Joseph Bogan, Jr., Ph.D.

As Chief Research Fellow, Joe is responsible for leading the research operation business units at MRIGlobal including Integrated Health Surveillance and Diagnostics, Integrated Defense Solutions, and Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences.

In this role, Joe provides strategic leadership and ensures operational excellence across hundreds of contracts for dozens of government and commercial clients. Joe is committed to MRIGlobal’s mission to improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research. He is also a member of the institute’s Executive Leadership Team.

Joe and his wife have three children. He enjoys spending time with his family, travelling, fishing, and doing anything in, on, and around the ocean. Joe is also dedicated to the scientific, professional, and personal growth of staff at MRIGlobal and the positive impact the institute has on the community.

Joe joined MRIGlobal in 2002 as a Senior Scientist to rapidly establish a 24/7/365 biological threat agent detection and research laboratory capability for the USG following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Before joining MRIGlobal, Joe worked as a National Academy of Science Research Associate for the National Institutes of Health.