Frederick (Rick) Cox, Ph.D., is the Director of the Research and Operations (R&O)
Directorate at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
(CCDC) Chemical Biological Center. Cox is also a member of the Senior Executive
Services Corps (SES).  In this capacity, he exercises personnel, budget, equipment, facilities and maintenance responsibility over the robust research, technology, and operations program within the directorate.This responsibility includes over 500 government and contractor personnel, and 140 buildings located at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

As Director, Cox manages the day-to-day operations with the mission of applying a
broad spectrum of scientific expertise to detect, decontaminate, and protect against
chemical and biological warfare agents, and support operations to remediate and destroy agents in diverse locations. Previously, Cox served as Director and Deputy Director of Research & Technology (R&T) at CBC. Prior to being the Deputy Director, Cox served as the Division Chief to the Chemical Biological Protection
and Decontamination Division of the directorate from 2013-2016.

In this capacity he managed annual budgets of $19M and directed over 30 division employees and 30 contractors in threebranches. Additionally, he led division research and provided high level scientific guidance to diverse programs such as those in development of novel multifunctional materials, next generation respiratory protection (mask), and decontamination of surfaces.

From 2009-2013, Cox served as chief for the Chemical, Biological, Radiological
Filtration Branch. In unison with the operation management duties for the
branch, Cox directed research and development programs in chemical
protection. The focus of these initiatives included the filtration of chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, and biological agents, from basic research of materials to reach back support of fielded items such as filters in the hands of warfighters.

In these roles at DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center, Cox spearheaded threat agent and applied science efforts to counter contemporary and imminent
chemical and biological threats and has contributed to building a solid foundation for the emerging generation of defense capabilities. Cox’s research contributed to several scientific publications and he delivered multiple presentations to colleagues within the Center, members of the private industry, and the Department of Defense community.

Before his roles at DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center, Cox worked as a principal research scientist for Battelle Memorial Institute (2003-2009), where he developed instrumentation and methods for chemical and toxin detection, and was a research
fellow in the Multisite Mass Spectrometry Program (1998-2003) at the University of Delaware. Cox holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Loyola University in Maryland (1998) and a Ph.D., in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Delaware (2003). He has more than 24 years of experience in the fields of chemistry, mass spectrometry and chemical and biological defense.