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A former Army intelligence officer with a doctorate in geology, Tompkins first joined DARPA in 2007 as a program manager in the Strategic Technology Office. She later led DARPA's Defense Sciences Office from 2014 to 2017 and was the agency's acting deputy director in 2017.
The Biden administration is reportedly tapping Stefanie Tompkins to run the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, spurring the third leadership change at the secretive Pentagon organization since January 2020.
'..my time here has helped prepare me for a number of national challenges, such as critical mineral supply chains...I also have a much deeper understanding of academia's role in the national security research ecosystem, and look forward to renewed engagement with the many universities working on DARPA programs.
Here are the political appointees whom the incoming Biden administration has slated to fill some of top Defense Department jobs, starting Wed., Jan 20...Director, DARPA Stefanie Tompkins...
Tompkins was born in South Korea (her brother was born in Tehran), and she'd already lived in Japan and Taiwan before she moved to Hawaii during her high school years. Her father was a career army officer, and her mother was a linguist
Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, who has spent the last decade in leadership and program management roles at DARPA, will oversee all research activity at Mines, serving as the public face of the university's diverse research portfolio as it pushes to expand the reach and impact of the projects it conducts for industry and government.
DARPA's mission is to make pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security, thus catalyzing the development of capabilities that give the Nation new options for preventing and creating strategic surprise.
Tompkins also brings academic research experience in her return to DARPA as she spent the last three years as the vice president for research and technology transfer at the Colorado School of Mines.
Stefanie Tompkins on March 15 assumed the top post at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Tompkins is DARPA's 23rd director.
