Dr. Dewey Murdick served as the Executive Director of Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technologies from 2021 to 2025, where he provided policymakers and industry leaders with data-driven analysis on the security implications of emerging technologies. Prior to this role, he was Director of Data Science and Research, where he founded CSET’s data analytic capabilities.
Before CSET, he served as Director of Science Analytics at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where he led data science and machine learning efforts for science-related initiatives; Deputy Chief Scientist at the Department of Homeland Security, where he had key oversight of the department’s research and development portfolio; and at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), where he co-founded an office in anticipatory intelligence and led high-risk, high-payoff research programs. His career also includes experience in intelligence analysis and software development across government and private sectors. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Physics from Andrews University.