Dr. Jay (Gee) Simmons

Deputy Air & Missile Defense Capability Area Lead DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Centre, US Army

Dr. Jay (Gee) Simmons is currently serving as the Air and Missile Defense C-sUAS Lead within the Aviation and Missile Center. Dr. Simmons received his PhD from Duke University in 2013 in Chemistry, with a focus in Material Science. He joined the Aviation and Missile Center in 2014 working on multiple projects in basic research including CW and Pulsed Laser characterization of materials, Terahertz spectroscopy, and materials by design using AI/ML. Dr. Simmons began working in the C-UAS world three years ago and currently serves as the lead on multiple Joint Service working groups. Dr. Simmons lives in Huntsville, AL with his wife and three children