Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin D. Roth is assigned to the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He is currently serving as an instructor within the department of physics. Lt Col Roth is a 2007 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. After graduation he was stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base at the Space Vehicles Directorate as a Research Physicist, mitigating space weather impacts to Satellite systems. Lt Col Roth was then stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB as a student at the Air Force Institute of Technology where he completed a Masters degree in Engineering Physics. He then was assigned to the Sensors Directorate managing three different sensor development projects with an acquisition cost totaling over one hundred million dollars. He then was assigned as the staff executive officer to the Air Force Research Laboratory in charge of communication of research laboratory developments to General Officer and Congressional inquiries. His next assignment was at Los Angeles Air Force Base where he led a team of 300 people in the production of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) nuclear command and control satellite system. Maj Roth then was stationed at Rochester Institute of Technology where he completed his PhD in imaging science. His dissertation focused on remote sensing modeling and looked specifically at lidar systems monitoring forested environments. His next assignment was at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, developing technologies for Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction applications. He is currently stationed at the U.S. Air Force academy as an instructor.

Doctor of Philosophy in imaging science, Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y. (2020)

Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence (2018)

Squadron Officer School, in residence (2014)

Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (2012)

Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (2007)

Bachelor of Science in physics, U.S Air Force Academy, Colo. (2007)

Instructor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. (September 2021-Present)

Chief Technical Advisor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va. (August 2020-August 2021)

PhD student, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y. (July 2018-July 2020)

Chief, Advanced Extremely High Frequency Spacecraft, Space and Missiles Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. (June 2015-June 2017)

Staff Executive Officer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (April 2014-April 2015)

Laser Radar Program Manager, Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (March 2012-April 2014)

Student, Air Force Instituted of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (August 2010-March 2012)

Research Physicist, Space Vehicles Directorate, Hanscom AFB, Mass. (June 2008-August 2008)

Student Pilot, 84Th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas (March 2008-June 2008)

Flight Scheduler, 354Th Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Az. (August 2007-March 2008)

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal

Air Force Achievement Medal