Stefanie Tompkins
Stefanie Tompkins | |
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Tompkins in 2021 | |
| 23rd Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | |
| In office March 15, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Victoria Coleman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 21, 1967 South Korea |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Brown University (MA, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Lunar geology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Central peaks of impact craters as probes of lunar crustal composition: Results from laboratory and remote spectral data (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | Carle M. Pieters |
Stefanie Tompkins is an American geologist. She was the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from 2021 to 2025. In February 2025, the Colorado School of Mines announced that she would be its next Provost, starting May 12, 2025.