Joseph Cacciatore is a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He obtained his M.S. degree in Engineering Technology under the guidance of Dr. Kilaz and Dr. Eric Dietz as a member of the Purdue Military Research Institute. He earned his B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 2018. His research interests are using two-dimensional gas chromatography to aide in assuring electronics authenticity for applications in the Department of Defense.