Stefanie Tompkins

Stefanie Tompkins
Tompkins in 2021
23rd Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
In office
March 15, 2021  January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byVictoria Coleman
Personal details
Born (1967-01-21) January 21, 1967
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 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.