What is Arati Prabhakar?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Arati Prabhakar |image = Arati Prabhakar, OSTP Director.jpg |caption = Official portrait, 2024 |office = 12th Director of the [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] |president = [[Joe Biden]] |deputy = [[Alondra Nelson]] |term_start = October 3, 2022 |term_end = January 20, 2025 |predecessor = [[Eric Lander]] |successor = [[Michael Kratsios]] (nominee) |office1 = [[Science Advisor to the President]] |president1 = Joe Biden |term_start1 = October 3, 2022 |term_end1 = January 20, 2025 |predecessor1 = Eric Lander |successor1 = ''Vacant'' |office2 = Director of the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] |president2 = [[Barack Obama]] |term_start2 = July 30, 2012 |term_end2 = January 20, 2017 |predecessor2 = [[Regina E. Dugan]] |successor2 = Steven Walker |office3 = Director of the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] |president3 = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start3 = 1993 |term_end3 = 1997 |predecessor3 = John Lyons |successor3 = Raymond Kammer |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|2|2}} |birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]] |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = |children = 2 |education = [[Texas Tech University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[California Institute of Technology]] ([[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) |module = {{Infobox scientist |embed = yes |fields = [[Applied physics]] |workplaces = [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]<br>[[U.S. Venture Partners]]<br>[[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] |thesis_title = Investigation of Deep Level Defects in Semiconductor Material Systems |thesis_url = https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06212004-160535 |thesis_year = 1985 |doctoral_advisor = Thomas McGill}} }} '''Arati Prabhakar''' (born February 2, 1959) is an Indian-born American engineer and politician. She was the Director of the [[Offic