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Kenneth Plaks, PhD

1989 HERTZ FELLOW

MAKING HISTORY

Kenneth Plaks is an Office director in the Tactical Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he oversees a portfolio of high-risk, high-reward defense technology programs. Plaks earned his undergraduate degree before completing his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where his fellowship began in 1989. His career has taken him from physics research into program management at DARPA, where he has been responsible for developing and managing programs in advanced defense systems.

EDUCATION

Graduate Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics

Graduate Thesis
A Spectroscopic Analysis of the Starburst Galaxies NGC 3395 and NGC 3396

Undergraduate Studies
United States Air Force Academy

 

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