Acting Deputy Director
Microsystems Technology Office
Jonathan Hoffman, Ph.D., is the acting deputy director of the Microsystems Technology Office.
His research interests include quantum sensing and information science, PNT, optics, and photonics.
He joined DARPA in November 2021 as a program manager. Previously, Hoffman was a research scientist at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL). At ARL, he co-developed the Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC) program and was the Army IPT lead on the Next Generation DoD Atomic Clock (NGAC) program.
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Maryland
- M.S., Physics, University of Maryland
- B.A., Mathematics, Boston University
- B.A., Physics, Boston University
Ideas under incubation
- Advanced understanding and application of quantum superposition: Can we realize, in situ, robust control and sensing of structure and function for complex processes in chemistry, materials science, and biology at the atomic length-scale without averaging out the underlying phenomena? What are the approaches and challenges of each?