Rob Saperstein, Ph.D., is the deputy director of DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office. He most recently served as a program manager for the Strategic Technology Office starting in June 2018, where he led a portfolio of programs developing novel sensing, communications, and laser-based technologies for mission system applications.Prior to joining DARPA, Saperstein was vice president for research and development in photonics at Ziva Corporation in San Diego, Calif. There he led programs in physical layer encryption and non-traditional optical imaging systems, supported by computational imaging. Saperstein served in senior technical roles in programs on distributed ad hoc beamforming and on minimally invasive, multi-modal neural interfaces.