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Arun Seraphin

Senate Armed Services Committee
Member of Congressional Staff

Dr. Arun Seraphin is a Professional Staff Member for the Senate Armed Services Committee. Prior to working on information technology and acquisition policy issues for the Senate Armed Services Committee, Dr. Seraphin was the Assistant Director for Defense Programs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), where his responsibilities included developing and implementing White House initiatives and policies in areas including defense research and engineering; defense manufacturing and industrial base; and promoting innovation in government research and engineering organizations.  Prior to being on detail to OSTP from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) where he was the Special Assistant for Policy Initiatives to the Director of DARPA, Dr. Seraphin worked for the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science’s Subcommittee on Research as a Professional Staff Member, and in the Science and Technology Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses, where his research included work on defense technology transition, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), export controls, technology forecasting, and international research cooperation.

 

In 1996, Dr. Seraphin earned a Ph.D. in Electronic Materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he performed research on silicon nanotechnology. His research focused on the development of novel silicon nanostructures and tailoring their optical properties. He also holds bachelor’s degrees in political science, with a concentration in American government, and in engineering science, with a concentration in materials science, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.