Research Areas

The focus of AFOSR is on research areas that offer significant and comprehensive benefits to our national warfighting and peacekeeping capabilities. Following are the research areas of AFOSR listed alphabetically by program officer last name.

Research Areas	Program Officers
Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry	Dr. Michael R. Berman
Space Power and Propulsion	Dr. Mitat A. Birkan
Human Performance and Biosystems	Dr. Patrick O. Bradshaw
Computational Mathematics	Dr. Jean-Luc Cambier
Optimization and Discrete Mathematics	Dr. Jean-Luc Cambier
Atomic and Molecular Physics	Dr. Tatjana Curcic
Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems (DDDAS)	Dr. Frederica Darema
Natural Materials Systems and Extremophiles	Dr. Hugh C. De Long
Biophysics	Dr. Hugh De Long and Dr. William P. Roach
Electronic Materials and Devices	Dr. Kenneth Goretta
Low Density Materials	Dr. Joycelyn Harrison
Dynamic Materials and Interactions	Dr. Jennifer Jordan
Systems and Software	Dr. Kathleen Kaplan
Test Science for Test and Evaluation	Dr. Michael Kendra
Trust and Influence	Dr. Benjamin Knott
Complex Networks	Dr. James Lawton
Computational Cognition and Machine Intelligence	Dr. James Lawton
Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems	Dr. Byung-Lip Lee
Organic Materials Chemistry	Dr. Charles Y. Lee
Dynamics and Control	Dr. Frederick Leve
High-Speed Aerothermodynamics	Dr. Ivett Leyva
Energy and Combustion Sciences	Dr. Chiping Li
Laser and Optical Physics	Dr. John Luginsland
Plasma and Electro-Energetic Physics	Dr. Jason Marshall
Space Science	Dr. Kent Miller
Remote Sensing and Imaging Physics	Dr. Julie Moses
Electromagnetics	Dr. Arje Nachman
Sensing, Surveillance and Navigation	Dr. Arje Nachman
Information Operations and Cybersecurity	Dr. Tristan Nguyen
Ultrashort Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions	Dr. Enrique Parra
Optoelectronics and Photonics	Dr. Gernot S. Pomrenke
Science of Information Computation and Fusion	Dr. Doug Riecken
Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments	Dr. Ali Sayir
Flow Interactions and Control	Dr. Ivett Leyva
Multi-Scale Structural Mechanics and Prognosis	To Be Determined
Quantum Electronic Solids	Dr. Harold Weinstock
International Research Areas	Program Officers
AOARD Physics and Mathematics	Lt Col Kristopher Ahlers
AOARD Materials Sciences	Dr. Kenneth Caster
EOARD Aerospace Sciences	Dr. Russell Cummings
SOARD Propulsion	James Fillerup
EOARD Laser Technology	Dr. John Gonglewski
AOARD Sensors and Devices	Dr. Seng Hong
AOARD Combustion and Aerospace Sciences	Lt Col David Hopper
EOARD Mathematics	Maj Jeremy Jordan
AOARD Information Science	Lt Col Brian Lutz
AOARD Electronic Materials	Dr. Misoon Mah
SOARD Computational Mathematics	Lt Col Michael Martinez
EOARD Space Sciences	Dr. Kent Miller
EOARD Special Programs	Dr. Thomas Kim
EOARD Life Sciences	Lee Poeppelman
SOARD Materials and Mechanics	Dr. Brett Pokines
EOARD Physics and Quantum Science	Lt Col Victor Putz
AOARD Lasers and Optics	Lt Col Scott Robertson
AOARD Quantum Sciences	Lt Col Mario Serna
EOARD Aerospace Structures	Lt Col (Sel) Matthew Snyder
EOARD Information Science	Lt Col Ryan Thomas
AOARD Space and Hypersonics	Dr. Ingrid Wysong