Scott Teare is a physicist, astronomer and university professor. He has worked in industry and academic research before joining New Mexico Tech's Electrical Engineering Department in 2000 where he is participating in the development of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory to be located outside of Socorro, NM. His diverse background and range of experiences provides an interesting perspective on technology and its application in astronomy.

He is an astronomical instrument builder and user; and has recently turned his hand to making spectrometers for use on both professional and amateur telescopes. His research, instruments, and writing have appeared in professional journals and in science magazines. Teare is also involved in educational outreach in astronomy, and presents a workshop on astronomical photometry at the International Amateur- Professional Photoelectric Photometry-Western Wing conference held on Big Bear Mountain in Southern California.

His research interests range from site survey work to laser beacon adaptive optics and he specializes in building and working with high angular resolution instrumentation. In a recent collaborative effort, he published some of the first high-angular resolution photographs of the planet Mercury taken using ground-based telescopes with Ron Dantowitz.

He is a member of a number of professional societies including American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Canadian Association of Physicists and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.