Dr. Aaron Miles works at the intersection of physics, national security, and strategic policy. His scholarship and public writing span deterrence strategy, nuclear weapons and arms control, nonproliferation, space policy, fusion and fission energy, high-energy-density and nonequilibrium plasmas, pulsed power, astrophysics, and planetary defense.

He currently serves as Coordinator for Strategic Capabilities at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he helps shape national strategy on emerging and advanced technologies. He previously served there as Principal Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs and as Assistant Director for Nuclear and Strategic Technologies.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Miles advised senior leaders at the Department of State on arms control, deterrence, and strategic stability, and at the Office of the Secretary of Defense on nuclear deterrence policy.

He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland and a graduate certificate in National Security Studies from Texas A&M University.