Program Manager
Strategic Technology Office
Dr. Wade Schwartzkopf joined DARPA in September 2023 as a program manager in the Strategic Technology Office.
His research interests include synthetic aperture radar (SAR), radio frequency (RF) sensors and systems, space, and signal processing.
Prior to DARPA, Dr. Schwartzkopf was a research and development (R&D) scientist with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, where he managed a number of SAR R&D collaboration efforts, including open-source SAR toolboxes, international partner interactions, and SAR data standards.
Dr. Schwartzkopf’s degrees include a bachelor’s in computer science and electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and both a master’s and a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.