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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