Stefanie Tompkins | |
|---|---|
 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.[1] In February 2025, the Colorado School of Mines announced that she would be its next Provost, starting May 12, 2025.[2]
- ^ "Stefanie Tompkins Appointed 23rd DARPA Director". DARPA News. March 15, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "Colorado School of Mines names Stefanie Tompkins as new Provost". Mines Newsroom. February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.