Gregory Moffatt is MIT’s Chief Research Security and Compliance Officer (CRCO). Positioned within the Office of the Vice President for Research, he coordinates the development and implementation of research security, export control, conflict of interest, and other research integrity and compliance programs across MIT. Moffatt collaborates with the Institute's Office of General Counsel to monitor, interpret, and implement relevant federal policies and regulations. He is responsible for evaluating Institute research activities to identify and mitigate risk in collaboration with MIT's schools, departments, labs, centers, and institutes, and advises the Institute’s senior management on emerging issues. Moffatt works with MIT’s communications professionals and others in designing outreach strategies and materials to raise awareness of topics in research security and compliance.
Prior to joining MIT, Moffatt worked for fourteen years in the Office of General Counsel at Raytheon Company. Before his time at Raytheon, Moffatt served in the U.S. Department of Justice, most recently as Deputy Chief of the Anti-Terrorism and National Security Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Moffatt holds undergraduate and J.D. degrees from Georgetown University and an M.A. in Philosophy from Fordham University.