He has 10 years of experience as a research physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory, where he worked on algorithms for acoustical seafloor images. A frequent presenter atconferences of organizations such as the American Physical Society, Bentrem also was a visiting research professor of physics at Tulane University during a sabbatical. He earned a doctoral degree in scientific computing and a master’s degree in physics, both at the University of Southern Mississippi, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering and physics at Bob Jones University.