Dr. Campbell is co-founder & growth director of LEAP Manufacturing (https://leapmanufacturing.com/), a national consortium of experts and organizations with the goal to be the leading force for developing new technology ecosystems in areas such as energy, critical materials, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology. He is also Founder and CEO of FutureGrasp (https://www.futuregrasp.com/), a technology advisory group focused on emerging technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), energy, and advanced materials, and their trends and implications in geopolitics, national security, and economics. Dr. Campbell was the first National Intelligence Officer for Technology (NIO-TECH) with the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). He has informed senior policymakers and corporate leadership, enabled hundreds of millions of dollars in industry and academic funding, broken ground in multiple new research areas, served as an expert witness in technology-related litigations, and kept diverse groups abreast of the rapid pace and implications of technology change. Dr. Campbell has extensive experience in government, academia, and industry - nationally and internationally. Dr. Campbell received the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for one year of fully funded post-doctoral research in Freiburg, Germany. He performed all his research in the German language. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences (funded by a three-year NASA Graduate Student Research Program fellowship) from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering (Magna Cum Laude, with Honors) from Vanderbilt University. While at Vanderbilt, he was president of the Pi Tau Sigma honor society for Mechanical Engineering, a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and the Gamma Beta Phi honor society, and the Fencing Club's Sabre team captain. He is also an Eagle Scout. In his spare time he is an avid hiker, having done multiday (>5 days) trips in the Smoky Mountains (Appalachian Trail), Scottish Highlands, Portuguese coast, Yosemite, Zion/Bryce Canyon, Olympic National Park, and other locations.
Listed skills include Nanotechnology, Materials Science, R&D, Research, and 23 others.