Eric is a fourth-year Ph.D. student and a mid-career officer in the United States Air Force with a background in military space operations. His research interests include national security space policy formulation and national security decision-making processes. Prior to beginning graduate studies at Princeton, he served in a variety of operational, instructional, and staff military assignments, including to the U.S. Air Force Space Command, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and multiple deployments to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.