Dr. Kerri Dugan serves as the section head for Emerging Technologies and acting division director for Innovation and Technology Ecosystems in the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships. Prior to this appointment, Dugan led the Biological Technologies Office of DARPA from 2019 to 2024. Dugan served in several leadership roles in the Research and Analysis Directorates at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from 2007-2019. From 2000 to 2007, Dugan led biological sciences research at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory Division.