Pete Sercel, Ph.D.

Pete Sercel, Ph.D., is a co-founder of Xponent and was the company's President until October, 2001. He is presently Senior Technical Manager responsible for PLC development at the Company. Prior to founding Xponent, Sercel was Associate Professor of Physics with tenure at the University of Oregon, whose faculty he joined in 1992. He was the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 1996, the inaugural year of that award, presented for outstanding research innovation. Sercel has also received the U.S. Army Research Office Young Investigator Award. Sercel holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Caltech, earned in 1992, and a B.S. degree in Engineering Physics from University of Arizona.