Dr. Merritt Moore

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States8 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Forbes 30 under 30 recipient
Rigorous astronaut selection candidate
Artist-in-residence creating human-robot dance duet

Stackforce AI infers this person is a multidisciplinary professional in performing arts and quantum physics.

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About

Dr. Merritt Moore graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors in Physics from Harvard and graduated with a PhD in Atomic and Laser Physics from the University of Oxford. She also pursues a professional ballet career, previously with the Zurich Ballet, Boston Ballet, English National Ballet, and Norwegian National Ballet. She was recently awarded Forbes 30 under 30, and she was one of the 12 selected candidates to undergo rigorous astronaut selection on BBC Two "Astronauts: Do you have what it takes?" Merritt urges that the arts and sciences should not be mutually exclusive, and has been invited to be the featured speaker at the Forbes Women's Summit in NY, Princeton Physics Department, panelist for the U.S. Embassy 'Women in STEM' Panel in London, and is featured in the bestseller "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls". Invited as artist-in-residence at Harvard ArtLab, Merritt is creating a duet between human dancer and industrial robotic arm. She continues to explores the future of A.I./ machine learning, specifically with dance, and welcomes all forms of collaboration fusing dance, physics and tech.

Experience

8 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 5 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Ballet de l'opera de nice

Professional Ballet Dancer

Sep 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Boston ballet

2 roles

Professional Ballet Dancer

Feb 2024 – May 2024 · 3 mos

Professional Ballet Dancer

Feb 2023 – Apr 2023 · 2 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

New york university abu dhabi

Adjunct Professor of Practice and Distinguished Artist in Residence

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Harvard university

Artist In Residence

Jan 2020 – Feb 2020 · 1 mo · Harvard ArtLab

Den norske opera & ballett

Ballet Dancer at Norwegian National Ballet

Apr 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Oslo Area, Norway

Bbc

"Astronauts: Do you have what it takes?"

Aug 2017 – Sep 2017 · 1 mo

One of the 12 selected astronaut candidates out of thousands to of applicants to undergo rigorous astronaut selection on BBC Two "Astronauts: Do you have what it takes?".

English national ballet

Ballet Dancer at English National Ballet

Nov 2014 – Jan 2015 · 2 mos · London Coliseum

Boston ballet

Ballet Dancer at Boston Ballet

Aug 2010 – Jan 2011 · 5 mos · Greater Boston Area

Harvard university

2 roles

Physics Research Assistant

Promoted

Jan 2010 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Explore semiconductor based methods to generate and detect Majorana fermions with long-term goal of developing topological quantum information processing in these systems.

Physics Research Assistant

Jun 2009 – Dec 2009 · 6 mos

High Energy Particle Physics, Harvard University and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois. Coauthor of ‘W Boson Charm Quark Cross Section’ research paper

Eth zürich

Student

Dec 2008 – Apr 2009 · 4 mos · Zürich Area, Switzerland

Audited courses at ETH while dancing professionally with the Zurich Ballet

Ballett zürich

Professional Ballet Dancer

Jun 2008 – Jun 2009 · 1 yr · Zürich Area, Switzerland

Repertoire included William Forsythe's “Artifact,” Heinz Spoerli's “Peer Gynt,” August Bournonville's “Le Sylphide,” Heinz Spoerli's “Don Quixote”

Harvard ballet company

Artistic Director

Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 · 0 mo

Harvard Ballet Company ‘MOMENTUM’ Production
Initiated a multidisciplinary collaboration between Harvard’s top dancers, digital sound composer, live musicians, aerialists, video designers, and visual artists