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relevant PO(s) with a short descriptive
summary that includes their research
objectives, test requirements, collabo-
rative partners, and resource estimates.
Constructive iteration of the sum-
mary document helps refine proposal
quality and greatly increases funding
potential. The appropriate PO then
evaluates the proposal, and this pro-
cess usually involves a peer review
where subject matter experts provide
assessments. This often involves tech-
nical personnel working with one of the
nine AFRL Technical Directorates. If a
grant is approved for funding, the PO
will work to award the grant of contract
action. Due to the AF fiscal schedule,
this process may involve funding avail-
ability issues that each of the proposing
agencies should consider. For example,
grant funding availability may not align
with the academic schedule of the uni-
versities or academic facilities involved,
which may create problems with hiring
student researchers or recruiting tech-
nical personnel. Therefore, these issues
should be considered when scheduling
tasks.
After a research award is granted,
program officers work with researchers
to review progress and help transition
results. Status reports are provided,
and patents and other technological
discoveries are identified. Researchers
also present their research status at an
annual programreviewsponsoredby the
programmanager. POs use this review to
highlight their respective research port-
folios and provide networking and col-
laboration opportunities for researchers
and interested colleagues, including fel-
low POs within AFOSR and AFRL.
TABLE 1—PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Research area Emphasis areas (not inclusive) Program officer
Aerospace materials for
extreme environments
Predictive materials science, materials response far from
equilibrium, and combined external fields.
Ali Sayir
703.696.7236
Atomic and molecular
physics
Quantum degenerate atomic and molecular gases, strongly
interacting quantum gases, new quantum phases of matter,
nonequilibrium dynamics of cold quantum gases, cold/
ultracold plasmas, precision spectroscopy, and high-precision
navigation, guidance, and sensing.
Tatjana Curcic
703.696.6204
Electromagnetics
Electromagnetic properties of novel materials/composites,
parity-time symmetry media, inverse scattering theory,
wideband radar waveforms, and nonlinear EM phenomena.
Arje Nachman
703.696.8427
Laser and optical physics
High average power lasers, novel lasing processes, methods
for enhancing power, energy, and waveform stability of lasers
across the wavelength spectrum.
John W. Luginsland
703.588.1775
Optoelectronics and
photonics
Nanophotonics, light at the nanoscale, plasmonics and
excitonics, sub-wavelength components, photonic crystal
and negative index materials, optical logic, optical signal
processing, and chip scale optical networks.
Gernot S. Pomrenke
703.696.842
Plasma and
electro-energetic physics
High power microwaves (HPM) and/or vacuum electronics,
phonon transport, contribution of phonon dispersion modes
to thermal transport, extreme thermal conductivity, and
thermal conductivity in hybrid materials.
Jason A. Marshall
703.696.7721
Quantum electronic solids
Materials that improve efficiency and selectivity of and reduce
the size of communications system components including
antennas, filters, and lenses, and thin-film, oxide-based
materials with strong electronic application.
Harold Weinstock
703.696.8572
Remote sensing and
imaging physics
Remote sensing and imaging; propagation of electromagnetic
radiation; remote target location, characterization, and
tracking; space object identification; and spectral and
polarimetric signatures.
Julie Moses
703.696.9586
Space science
Structure and dynamics of the solar interior, mechanism(s)
heating the solar corona, triggers of coronal mass ejections,
magnetospheric plasma, geomagnetic storms, electron
density structures, and neutral atmosphere densities.
Julie Moses
703.696.9586
Ultrashort pulse
laser-matter interactions
High-field laser physics, optical frequency
combs, and attosecond science.
Enrique Parra
703.696.8571