Colby Steiner is the associate director of RAND Project AIR FORCE's Resource Management Program, and a senior scientist with a background in laser, quantum, and solid state physics. At RAND, his research has focused on technical, operational, and logistical issues for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. Specific areas of research include air superiority; command, control, and communications; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; space systems; emerging technologies; directed energy; weapon systems maintenance and sustainment; expeditionary logistics; and air base resilience.
Steiner received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. He previously worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the Air Force Research Lab.
Ph.D. in physical chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
