D. O. Kashinski is a Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He graduated Suma Cum Laude from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in May 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Mathematics minor. David immediately began his graduate studies in theoretical physics in August of 2005 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. In January of 2007 David was awarded a Master of Science degree in Physics. David completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in July of 2010. His dissertation research was centered on conducting electronic structure calculations of both ground and excited molecular states required for dissociate recombination studies of electrons with N2H+. David began his appointment at West Point during the summer of 2010 teaching introductory physics. In early 2013 his appointment was transitioned to the "tenure-track" and he began teaching in the advanced physics program as well as being appointed as a researcher in the Photonics Research Center. During fall 2015, David was appointed as the deputy director of the core physics program. During the spring of 2018 David was appointed as the Director of Advanced Physics, the role he is currently serving. David is actively involved in collaborative theoretical and computational molecular physics research with the Weapons and Materials Research (WMR) Directorate at the Army Research Labs (ARL) in Aberdeen as well as with the AMO group at Lehigh University and the Astro-Particle-Chemistry group at Montpellier, France. Current research initiatives include a continued understanding of dissociative recombination of electrons with heavy molecular ions and using modern quantum chemistry techniques to calculate observable properties of gas-phase molecules. Research in the Photonics Research Center mainly focused on the High Energy Laser (HEL) Project, began in the Fall of 2013. All of the research initiatives discussed above are still on-going and include cadet researchers at all levels.