Chris McMullen earned his Ph.D. in phenomenological high-energy physics at Oklahoma State University. He has coauthored a half-dozen papers on the collider phenomenology of large extra dimensions. He began his teaching career at Penn State Altoona, and now teaches physics to high-achieving, high-aptitude 11th- and 12th-year students from across the state at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. He is also an adjunct instructor at Northwestern State University.