Darold R. Spillman Jr. received an Associate of Arts degree in Human Resources from the Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, GA in 2005 a B.A. degree in General Studies in 2015 and a M.A. degree in Communications and Leadership from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston IL in 2021. He served in the United State Air Force from 1984 – 2007. Mr. Spillman brings real world experience to the Biophotonics Research Laboratory and brings out-of-the-box thinking to research. His focus in research is in the design and development of novel ideas in the form of packaging and use of equipment. He has also studied the effects of probiotics on lactose intolerance as well as imaging of chromatophores on live cuttlefish to explore how the chromatophores provide camouflage. He was a 1993 Presidential Point of Light Award nominee and was spotlighted in the Inside Illinois publication.