Daniel W. O’Hagan is the Fraunhofer-University of Siegen Professor for Signal Processing. He is the Chief Scientist and Head of the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) in the Multi-Functional RF and Radar Systems (MFR) Division of the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR. Daniel is the Fraunhofer Society’s Segment for Defence and Security (VVS) spokesperson for Hypersonic Technology.

From 2017 to 2023 Daniel was Head of the Passive Radar and Anti-Jamming Techniques Department, Fraunhofer FHR, Wachtberg, Germany.

From 2014 to 2017 Daniel was Associate Professor in Radar at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and convener of the internationally renowned UCT Radar Masters Course. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham, U.K., affiliated with the Microwave Integrated Systems Laboratory (MISL).

Daniel is Chair of NATO SET-296 on “Radar against Hypersonic Threats”, former Chair of NATO SET-268 “Bi-/Multi-static radar performance evaluation under synchronised conditions”, and former Chair of SET-207, and SET-164. He is the recipient of the NATO SET Early Career Award in 2019.

Daniel is former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE AESS Magazine and Associate Editor for Radar Systems with the same publication. Daniel is the co-author of the 2023 book “Passive Radar on Moving Platforms.”