Matthew Daniels

Dr. Matthew Daniels is a technology and policy leader in Washington, DC. He has held technical, leadership, and strategy roles at the White House, NASA, and Department of Defense, and remains a senior advisor for DoD. His work focuses on space security, scientific exploration, and artificial intelligence. 

At the White House, Matt led initiatives on space and national security, lunar exploration, US-India space cooperation, and planetary defense. He has also served as Senior Advisor to the Director of Net Assessment, focusing on space and nuclear security; the DOD's Tech Director for AI, overseeing the DOD's broad AI R&D portfolio; and a senior technical advisor in the office of the NASA Administrator, focusing on deep space exploration and development. Outside of the U.S. government, he has worked with MIT's Lincoln Lab, Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, and continues to teach on space security and exploration at Georgetown. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. 

Matt started as a research engineer at NASA. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in engineering from Stanford, a B.A. in physics from Cornell, and was a fellow at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation. He has twice been a recipient of Department of Defense Distinguished Service medals.