Dr. Christopher Tabor is a Senior Research Scientist within the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He currently leads the Polymer and Responsive Materials and Process Research Team, exploring fundamental and early applied research on soft sensors and electronics, responsive structures, and resilient polymers. After obtaining a Ph.D. in chemistry from Georgia Tech in 2009, he joined AFRL as a National Research Council Fellow before moving to a permanent staff scientist position researching flexible and stretchable electronics, with an emphasis on room temperature liquid metals. Dr. Tabor’s work has been highlighted in the defense technology media on multiple occasions, and he has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles with 20 patents.