Stefanie Tompkins

Stefanie Tompkins
Tompkins in 2021
23rd Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Assumed office
March 15, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byVictoria Coleman
Personal details
Born (1967-01-21) January 21, 1967 (age 57)
South Korea
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Brown University (MA, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsLunar geology
Institutions
ThesisCentral peaks of impact craters as probes of lunar crustal composition: Results from laboratory and remote spectral data (1997)
Doctoral advisorCarle M. Pieters

Stefanie Tompkins is an American geologist. She has been the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) since 2021.[1]

  1. ^ "Stefanie Tompkins Appointed 23rd DARPA Director". DARPA News. March 15, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.