Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Cullenbine
Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Bio
Lt Col Cullenbine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He currently serves as the department’s Deputy Director of the Core Directorate, the Operations Research Major liaison and is part of the Senior Military Faculty.
Education
2012 Air War College (Correspondence)
2011 PhD, Quantitative Economics, Colorado School of Mines, Colo.
2008 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence & In-Residence Credit)
2001 Squadron Officer School, Distinguished Graduate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2000 Masters, Operations Research, Distinguished Graduate, Air Force Institute of Technology, Ohio
1996 Bachelor of Science, Mathematical Sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
Professional Experience
July 2022–Present, DFMS SMF & Associate Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
July 2018–Jan 2022, DFMS SMF & Operations Research Division Chief, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
June 2017–July 2018, A9O Analysis & Assessments Chief, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
June 2016–June 2017, DFMS SMF & Personnel Division Chief, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
Dec. 2014–June 2016, DFMS DO & SMF, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
June 2014–Dec. 2014, DFMS DO & Assistant Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
March 2013–June 2014, DFMS ADO & Assistant Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
March 2012–March 2013, OAT Chief, Qatar
July 2011–March 2012, DFMS Assistant Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
Aug. 2008–July 2011, PhD Student, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.
July 2006–Aug. 2008, DFMS Course Director/Instructor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
May 2001–July 2006, HR/Architecture/Program Analyst, Chantilly, Va.
March 2000–May 2001, Personnel/Promotions Analyst, Randolph Air Force Base, TX
Aug. 1998–March 2000, MS Student, AFIT, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
June 1996–Aug. 1998, Squadron Section Commander, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
Honors & Awards
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (4 OLC)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal (1 OLC)
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
AF Outstanding Unit Award (1 OLC)
AF Organizational Excellence Award (3 OLC)
Other Achievements
2021 USAFA Field Grade Officer Analyst of the Year
2020 DF Pandemic Math and Science Team of the Year
2011 Mineral and Energy Economics William Jesse Coulter Award Winner
2007–2008 DFMS Outstanding Academy Educator
2006 (Fall Semester) DFMS Outstanding New Instructor
2003 NRO Director’s Circle Award
Publications
Campus Reset: Dynamic planning and response to SARS-CoV-2 infections, Sitko, John; Almand, Erin; Cullenbine, Christopher; Steel, J.; Rohrer, Joseph; Wickert, Douglas; Hasstedt, Steven, Public Health Reports, Epub 12 Feb 2022.
Efficiency of pooled surveillance testing in academic labs to detect and inhibit COVID-19 outbreaks, Sitko, John; Steel, James; Almand, Erin; Cullenbine, Christopher; Rohrer, Joseph; Wickert, Douglas; Hasstedt, Steven, Bioanalysis (2021) 13 (15): Special Report.
Estimates of Single Dose and Full Dose BNT162b2 Vaccine Effectiveness among USAF Academy cadets, 1 Mar – 1 May 2021, Douglas P. Wickert, PhD; Erin A. Almand, PhD; Kevin J. Baldovich, MD; Christopher A. Cullenbine, PhD; Steven C.M. Hasstedt, PhD; Odaro J. Huckstep, DPhil; Joseph W. Rohrer, MD,5; John C. Sitko, PhD; J. Jordan Steel, PhD; medRxiv (2021).
Fizzle Testing: An Equation Utilizing Random Surveillance to Help Reduce COVID-19 Risks, Cullenbine, C., Rohrer, J., Almand, E., Steel, J., Davis, M., Carson, C., Hasstedt, S., Sitko, J. and Wickert, D., Mathematical and Computational Applications (2021) 26 (1): 16.
Theoretical and computational advances for network diversion, Cullenbine, C., Wood, R.K. & Newman, A., Networks (2013) 62 (3): 225-242.
A sliding time window heuristic for open pit mine block sequencing, Cullenbine, C., Wood, R.K. & Newman, A., Optimization Letters (2011) 5: 365.
Now we are talking trash, Cullenbine, C. and Van Dinter, J., Interfaces (2010): 451-453.
Assigning Nuclear Weapons with Reactive Tabu Search, Cullenbine, C. A., Gallagher, M. A., and Moore, J. T., Military Operations Research (2003) 8: 57–69.