Program Manager
Microsystems Technology Office
Jonathan Hoffman, PhD, joined DARPA in November 2021 as a program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). His research interests include quantum sensing and information science, PNT, optics, and photonics.
Prior to joining DARPA, Hoffman was a research scientist at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL). At ARL, he co-developed the Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC) program and was the Army IPT lead on the Next Generation DoD Atomic Clock (NGAC) program.
Education
- PhD, Physics, University of Maryland
- MS, Physics, University of Maryland
- BA, Mathematics, Boston University
- BA, Physics, Boston University
Ideas under incubation
- Quantum and photonic backend processing
Can quantum and integrated photonic technologies dramatically change sensor backend or receiver designs by replacing analog to digital converters, enabling analog processing, improving tunability, and other functions? - Low-loss high permeability and permittivity materials
Are there novel materials with high permeability and high permittivity that allow dynamic control to radically change the capability of traditional capacitors, transformers, circuit substrates, electrically small antennas, and other components? - Low-SWaP, high bandwidth HF-UHF antennas/receivers
As lower frequency electromagnetic waves typically require large antennas and receive systems, are there novel quantum, photonic, or even classical approaches that can dramatically reduce the size, weight, and power (SWAP) and improve sensitivity over the current state of the art?