Dr. Douglas Kirkpatrick

Program Manager

Dr. Kirkpatrick joined DARPA in May of 2002. From 1997 to 2002, Dr. Kirkpatrick was VP of R&D for Fusion Lighting, a technology company developing and commercializing high brightness, high efficiency light sources for general lighting and the display industries. From 1988 to 1997 Dr. Kirkpatrick was with SAIC where he managed a division of scientists and engineers developing a broad set of materials technologies, spanning electromagnetics, biotechnology, RF devices, plasma physics, optics, and tribological and mechanical materials.

Dr. Kirkpatrick develops, manages, and transitions technology development and integration programs spanning a range of technical disciplines and maturation levels. Since joining DARPA in May of 2002, Dr. Kirkpatrick's constant program focus has been technology productization - the harvesting and rapid maturation of ready or near-ready technologies as rapidly as possible into DOD applications.

Dr. Kirkpatrick received his B.S. degree in Physics and Mathematics from the College of William and Mary in 1980, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988. Dr. Kirkpatrick has authored more than 30 journal articles and over 60 US and International Patents covering a broad range of fields including free electron lasers, field emission, microstructure composite materials, bio-composite electronics, coating processes and materials, high efficiency RF devices and circuits, and advanced lighting technologies including materials, non-imaging optics, and integrated technology systems.