Wade Schwartzkopf
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, 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.