Dr. Stefanie Tompkins

Dr. Tompkins joined DARPA in 2007 as a Program Manager for the Strategic Technology Office. With a technical background that includes surveillance and reconnaissance systems, image understanding, geology, geophysics, and reflectance and emittance spectroscopy, her main program interests are in surface and sub-surface remote sensing.

Prior to joining DARPA, Dr. Tompkins worked at Science Applications International Corporation, researching remote sensing phenomenology and developing new approaches to information extraction from remote sensing data. She led the Advanced Technology Applications Division from 2003 - 2006, and managed a variety of technology development programs, primarily related to imaging spectrometry (hyperspectral imaging). As a NASA Principal Investigator, she conducted research in solar system remote sensing, and most recently served on a National Academy of Sciences panel that explored the "Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon." She has also previously worked for SETS Technology Inc. and served as a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army.

Dr. Tompkins received a B.A. in Geology and Geophysics from Princeton University and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Brown University. She holds patents for imaging spectrometer data analysis algorithms, and has published numerous papers related to this topic.