Biological Technologies Office
Maj. Senthil Mudaliar, M.D., U.S. Army, joined DARPA in April 2026 as a deputy program manager in the Biological Technologies Office. His research interests include multifractal signal processing, time-varying complex systems in acute trauma, and lowering the risk of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome in combat casualties.
Mudaliar most recently served as the chief of training and education for the Chemical Casualty Care Division at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense. He previously served as the brigade surgeon for the 16th Military Police Brigade (XVIII Airborne Corps), where he oversaw the medical readiness of 4,000 soldiers and deployed in support of global contingency operations. Mudaliar also serves as an educator at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, where he instructs residents and medical students on occupational medicine, epidemiology, toxicology, and CBRNE mass casualty response.
Mudaliar’s research has been recognized with a Best Poster award at the International Conference on Complex Acute Illness for the Society for Complex Acute Illness (September 2025, Vienna, Austria), and he has briefed senior U.S. Army leadership on the need to improve medical care capabilities for battlefield multi-organ failure. He has published in peer-reviewed journals, including Entropy.
He is board-certified in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He completed an occupational and environmental medicine residency at the National Capital Consortium, and a transitional year internship at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center.
Education
- M.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- MBA, Johns Hopkins University
- M.P.H., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- M.Eng., Engineering Mechanics, Cornell University
- B.S., Engineering Physics, Cornell University