Deputy Director
Strategic Technology Office
Matthew Higgins, PhD, is the Acting Deputy Director in STO. He joined DARPA in October 2020 as a program manager in the Strategic Technology Office.
Higgins' research interests include electronic warfare applications involving distributed sensing and effecting, electromagnetic coupling, and radio frequency high-power microwave.
Prior to joining DARPA, Higgins was program manager for the Foundational Research for Electronic Warfare in Multi-Domain Operations (FREEDOM) program, an essential research program at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), where he led an integrated portfolio of projects researching electronic warfare technologies.
Education
- PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico
Specialized in applied electromagnetics - MS, Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University
- BS, Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University