Scott Moerschbacher of Washington, D.C., was appointed assistant professor of physics and astronomy for the 2009-10 academic year at Alfred University.

Prior to this appointment, Moerschbacher served as a visiting instructor of astronomy and physics and supervisor of Undergraduate Research at Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA; a research and teaching assistant at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; a MCAT physics instructor for the Princeton Review; a graduate research assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; and as a teaching assistant at American University, Washington, D.C. He also has worked as a tennis coach at Sidwell Friends School, Washington, D.C., and as a private physics and mathematics tutor.

Moerschbacher has a bachelor of arts in physics and astronomy, minor in mathematics from Lycoming College, a master of philosophy degree and a Ph. D., both in theoretical nuclear physics from The George Washington University.