Marta Pazos

Dr. Marta Pazos is a polymer chemist, technologist, and strategic advisor with nearly two decades of experience at the intersection of advanced materials, defense manufacturing, and supply-chain resilience. She is the founder of DR.MP, a small business providing high-impact technical and strategic advisory services to the U.S. Department of War, investors, and industrial stakeholders across defense, automotive, and consumer markets.

Most recently, Dr. Pazos led the Critical Chemicals for Kinetic Capabilities portfolio within Industrial Base Resilience (IBR) at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment. In this role, she designed and executed nationally significant programs to restore, modernize, and de-risk domestic production of defense-critical materials. She built a portfolio of more than $350M, with projects that include the re-establishment of U.S. black powder manufacturing, standing up domestic antimony trisulfide production for munitions igniters, and leading DPA Title III Call 12, a $192.5M investment establishing U.S. production of 22 essential defense raw materials.

Dr. Pazos brings a deep, practical understanding of how government operates, from requirements generation and interagency coordination to acquisition pathways, industrial policy, and Congressional and stakeholder dynamics. She is widely recognized for her ability to translate complex technical challenges into executable government programs, white papers, and funding proposals, with a strong track record of successful awards across DOW and interagency initiatives.

She has served as a trusted technical and strategic advisor to companies across the defense and advanced manufacturing ecosystem, including X-Bow Systems, where she helped define the company’s propellant roadmap and continues to advise on energetics and critical chemical supply chains. She also serves as a technical and strategic advisor at the board level, including with Regeneration.VC, supporting investment diligence and technology-to-market strategy.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Pazos was the Subject Matter Expert for polymer binders and advanced packaging materials for missiles and munitions under the Joint Enhanced Munitions Technology Program (JEMPT). Her work spanned novel polymeric binders for solid rocket motor energetics, lightweight thermally insulating composite systems, and high-temperature protective foams for defense applications.

Her technical expertise includes chemical formulation; polymeric materials for defense, automotive, and consumer products; composites (including epoxy resins, polyurethanes, and carbon and glass fiber systems); advanced manufacturing; and full-chain supply-chain analysis—from raw material extraction and processing to distributors, producers, and end-use integration. She combines exceptional scientific rigor with pragmatic problem-solving, enabling rapid assessment of technical risk, scalability, and commercialization potential.

A native of Spain, Dr. Pazos holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry and an M.S. in Polymer Science. She came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar to earn her Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Akron. Her career spans leadership roles across North America, Europe, and Asia, bridging deep technical expertise with strategic insight at the highest levels of government and industry.