Program Manager
Microsystems Technology Office
Thomas Schratwieser, PhD, joined DARPA in December 2024 as a program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO).
His research interests include power storage, solid-state lasers, optics, high-energy effects, metrology, and position, navigation, and timing (PNT).
Before joining DARPA as a program manager, Schratwieser worked as a staff scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton supporting DARPA efforts in MTO and in the Defense Sciences Office (DSO) spanning atomic and quantum physics, magnetic materials, radio frequency (RF) communications, PNT, and photonics.
Schratwieser read physics at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, receiving a Bachelor of Science with Honors. He earned a Master of Science degree in Photonics and Optoelectronic Devices through a joint program between the University of St Andrews and Heriot-Watt University, going on to pursue his PhD at the latter institution.
His research focused on the development of small-size, high-repetition-rate femtosecond optical frequency combs for precise frequency dissemination.
Education
- PhD, Ultrafast Optics, Heriot-Watt University
- MS, Photonics and Optoelectronic Devices, University of St Andrews / Heriot-Watt University
- BS, Physics with honors, University of St Andrews in Scotland