Ashley Stowe, Ph.D.

Ashley Stowe, Ph.D., serves as chief research and university partnerships officer. In this role, he enhances ORAU’s scientific research opportunities and expands partnerships with universities, national laboratories and private industry. Under his direction, the Research and University Partnerships office provides awards to ORAU member universities, identifies and promotes funding opportunities by facilitating inter-institutional relationships, and leverages relationships with other organizations to support increased funding for scientific research and education.

Stowe previously served as the director of Y-12’s Oak Ridge Enhanced Technology and Training Center since 2021. He has a distinguished 18-year career at the Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex, including serving as the university partnerships program manager, technology transfer lead, CNS engineering internships program manager, fellows program manager, and director of Y-12’s Nuclear Forensics and Detection Division.

Stowe also serves as an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University, is an adjunct lecturer at the College of Business at the University of Tennessee, and is an assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at UT.

Stowe earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Florida State University and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Tennessee.