Jean-Paul Chertien, MD PhD

JP is a program manager with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office, where he leads efforts integrating biomedical science and ML/AI for casualty care, mass casualty triage, diagnostics and exposure assessment, and other military and national security applications. Recently retired from the Navy after 20 years as a medical officer, his previous assignments include Pandemic Warning Team Lead, Defense Intelligence Agency; Senior Policy Advisor for Biodefense, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Innovation & Evaluation Team Lead, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch; Director of Force Health Protection, II Marine Expeditionary Force; and International Programs Coordinator, DoD-Global Emerging Infections System.

JP graduated from the US Naval Academy, where he was a Truman Scholar, and received his MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and PhD (genetic epidemiology) and MHS (biostatistics) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed residency in Preventive Medicine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and fellowship in Health Sciences Informatics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Seiga Kiribayashi, PhD

Seiga Kiribayashi received his Ph.D. from Tohoku University, Japan, in 2016 through research in rescue robotics. Following this appointment, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Tohoku University for three years, where he worked on unmanned aerial vehicle technologies. He is now a robotics software engineer developing a commercial security robots at SEQSENSE Inc. He serves as one of the members of the Robot Friendly Asset Promotion Association (RFA), which aims to accelerate the implementation of service robots. His passion is developing robots that work in real environments and help people live productive, safe lives.

Kris Dooley, MS

Kris Dooley is a program analyst at the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL), a government-owned and government-operated laboratory of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate.

In her currently role, Ms. Dooley primarily leads test and evaluation (T&E) efforts at the laboratory under the System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) and Operational Field Assessment (OFA) programs. This includes the planning and execution of events focused on technologies geared towards first responders and the homeland security community. In support of these efforts Ms. Dooley has facilitated events including focus groups and hands-on operational assessments, on varying technologies ranging from enhanced rescue hoist gloves to unmanned aircraft systems. In addition, Ms. Dooley serves as NUSTL’s Quality Management System subject matter expert and provides oversite as needed. This includes the facilitating certification audits, guiding staff as well as developing and maintaining documentation to foster continual improvement.

Tyler Mackanin, MS

Tyler Mackanin is a Support Contractor for the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL), a government-owned and government-operated laboratory of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate. Mr. Mackanin provides scientific and engineering support to NUSTL’s Test and Evaluation (T&E) Division. As a test engineer, he supports the System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER), Operational Field Assessments  and Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems T&E programs. Mr. Mackanin is responsible for planning and executing test events as well as data collection, analysis and reporting. In supporting NUSTL’s first responder customers, Mr. Mackanin has led and supported projects covering a wide range of technology fields, including but not limited to surveillance, physical security, PPE, communications, and unmanned systems. Mr. Mackanin holds a B.E. in naval engineering and a M.S. in maritime systems from Stevens Institute of Technology.