FBI agent Eric S. Birnbaum, a 26-year-veteran of the bureau, will take over San Diego’s field office.
The Times of San Diego reports that Birnbaum has been named to succeed Daphne Hearn, who retired in August.
Birnbaum has a bachelor’s degree in math from Miami University in Ohio and a doctorate in physical chemistry from Stanford University in Palo Alto.
Since beginning his FBI career in 1988, Birnbaum has worked in the FBI Laboratory, the Inspection Division and the field offices in Washington, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Birnbaum supervised a white-collar squad in San Diego.
