Scientific research company The Kavli Foundation revealed on Tuesday the election of Kevin Moses, PhD in Genetics, as the vice president of its Science Programmes.

Effective 1 December 2018, Dr Moses will lead the company's flagship programmes in astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience and theoretical physics, including the 20 Kavli Institutes around the world, the Kavli science meetings programme, summer schools, as well as the partnerships with national science agencies, scientific societies and other philanthropies. He will develop and implement fundamental science and technology projects to support scientists and their work.

Currently, Dr Moses serves as science officer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where he helped to establish its programmes, partnerships and grant-making initiatives.

Most recently, Dr Moses has worked for five years at the Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest charitable foundation.

Previously, Dr Moses was the associate director for Science and Training, chief academic officer as well as founder of Janelia, a research campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute dedicated to understanding the brain.