Matthew Higgins
Deputy Director
Strategic Technology Office
Dr. Matthew Higgins is the Acting Deputy Director in STO. He joined DARPA in October 2020 as a program manager in the Strategic Technology Office.
Higgins' research interests include electronic warfare applications involving distributed sensing and effecting, electromagnetic coupling, and radio frequency high-power microwave.
Prior to joining DARPA, Higgins was program manager for the Foundational Research for Electronic Warfare in Multi-Domain Operations (FREEDOM) program, an essential research program at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), where he led an integrated portfolio of projects researching electronic warfare technologies.
Higgins holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico, where he specialized in applied electromagnetics. He also holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from The Ohio State University.