Dr. N. Brice Orange

In 2014, Dr. Orange co-founded and has since served as the CEO of OrangeWave Innovative Science, LLC (OWIS), a research & development (R&D) company also providing research infrastructure and management services. Since 2015, he and OWIS have managed operations at the University of the Virgin Islands’ (UVI’s) Etelman Observatory, where he is presently the Managing Director. Since 2014, he has mentored 34+ undergraduate student research projects in topics from astrophysics to engineering to climate/environmental science to project management and analysis. He has built a diverse portfolio of experience in the management and (philosophy, revenue and knowledge) growth of research programs and companies, with emphasis on instilling mechanisms that increase the scientific productivity from and operational effectiveness of their research infrastructure. His research interests include solar physics, high energy astrophysical transients, plasma physics, extreme climate variability, robotic observatory control systems and system operations, and space systems and earth surface-based measurement technology.

He earned a bachelor degree in Physics from the College of Charleston in 2005, and a master degree in Space Sciences from Florida Institute of Technology in 2010. In 2014, he earned a PhD in Space Sciences from Florida Institute of Technology. While at FIT, he was awarded a NASA-Florida Space Consortium Graduate Fellowship for developing autonomous software to study transient events in the Sun’s coronal atmosphere (2010-2013); the John E. Miller Award for Teaching & Academic Excellence (2011-2012); and the Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2013-2014).

Prior to graduate school, Dr. Orange held positions as a astrophysics research assistant, intern with the Department of Defense Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, and assisted in data acquisition and data management for the SC Department of Nature Resources Governors Wood Duck project. He is a patented co-inventor on technology for an advanced plasma propulsion system that mimics energetic solar flares, and author of peer-review engineering design, astrophysics, solar physics, and climate studies.