He is currently a professor of materials science and engineering, and holds the title of Murchison-Mallory Chair in the department of chemistry.
He is a member of the Autonomous Materials Systems Group, and has served as co-chair of the Institute's Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures theme.
[9] As a teacher, Moore has developed innovative approaches to large enrollment courses in organic chemistry at the university, integrating online resources, webcasts, and Web-based conferencing to encourage curiosity-driven learning, student participation, autonomy, and problem solving.
... As they attack complex, real-world problems, students learn to take calculated risks, work through uncertainty, and persevere despite setbacks.
[17] He has extensively studied macromolecular architectures,[18][19] the molecular construction of structures such as foldamers,[20][21] and the synthesis of shape-persistent macrocycles.
[12] In 2005, Moore, Jennifer A. Lewis and others demonstrated a light-sensitive monolayer that could be used to design colloidal fluids, gels and crystals whose surface charge and chemical structure would change depending on their exposure to ultraviolet light.
[10] As of 2014, Moore's team demonstrated a two-stage process that would enable larger areas of damage, on the order of a bullet hole, to be regenerated.
[12][30] Moore has been a principal investigator (PI) or co-PI for a number of federal and corporate grants, often working with colleagues across disciplines.
[28][31][32][33] In 2007, as PI of "Mechanochemically-Active Polymer Composites", he was one of the winners of a Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) grant competition from the Department of Defense.
Moore's group is studying redox-active molecules and macromolecules so as to develop macromolecular designs for non-aqueous redox flow battery systems.