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Graduate Student Profiles

Alexandra Adeoye

Ph.D. Student

Alexandra Adeoye is a doctoral student working under Dr. Jackson's research group. Her research involves developing and applying Expert Algorithm for Substance Identification (EASI) to emerging synthetic drugs to combat the opioid crisis.

Emma Chase

MS Student

Emma Chase is a first-year master's student working in Dr. Iyengar's research group. Her research focuses on predicting surface soil provenance in North-Central West Virginia using DNA metabarcoding.

Kay Dolan

MS Student

Kay is a first-year Master's student working in Dr. Keith Morris' research group. Her research is focused on determining the spatial origin within firearms of toolmarks on ballistics evidence, using a cross correlation function and a congruent matching cells algorithm.

Jacob Hetzke

MS Student

Jacob Hetzke is a second-year master's student working in Dr. Iyengar's research group. His research focuses on nucleic acid extraction methods, particularly for trace and degraded samples.

Emma Hornbeck

MS Student

Emma Hornbeck is a second-year master's student working in Professor Moroose's research group. Her research focuses on exploration into the efficient recovery and probabilistic interpretation of DNA from laundered semen stains.

Jessica Hovingh

PhD Student

Jessica Hovingh is a PhD candidate in Dr. Jacqueline Speir's research group. Her research focuses on the use of the hyperspectral imaging for detection and identification of physiological fluids in crime scenes.

Maria Johnston

MS Student

Maria Johnston is a second-year Master's student working under Professor Tina Moroose's research group. Her research explores the use of Probabilistic Genotyping to analyze sexual assault evidence.

Collin Kustera

MS Student

Collin Kustera is a first-year master’s student in the Arroyo research group. His research focuses on hair analysis for γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) detection, a drug frequently used to facilitate sexual assault.

Giuliana Leon-Carrillo

Ph.D. Student

Giuliana Leon-Carrillo is a second-year Ph. D. student in the Morris Research Group. She is currently working on the statistical evaluation of evidence in cold cases.

Madison Lindung

PhD Student

Madison Lindung is a first-year PhD student under Dr. Tatiana Trejos. Her research uses various spectroscopic, microscopical, and statistical methods to characterize modern nail polish products as trace evidence. 

Hannah McMillen

PhD Student

Hannah McMillen is a member of The Jackson Research Group. Her research pertains to the development of an algorithm to identify ignitable liquids in fire debris.

Christopher Moner

MS Student

Christopher Moner is a master's student working in Dr. Keith Morris' research group. His research is focused on developing a methodology to use the congruent matching cells algorithm to aid in the classification of rimfire cartridge cases found at crime scenes.

Sarah Mosinski

MS Student

Sarah Mosinski is a member of Dr. Jacqueline Speir's research group. Her research focuses on the development of an aptamer-based liquid crystal biosensor for the identification of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) using polarized light microscopy.

Baillie Poulton

PH.D. STUDENT

Baillie Poulton is in Dr. Keith Morris’ research group. Her research is focused on using a 3-D simulation software to model different shooting scenarios to help aid in shooting reconstructions. She will be doing this by comparing the simulations with real shooting data, and later using an algorithm to determine the trajectory.

Carly Smith

MS Student

Carly Smith is a member of Dr. Morris' research group. Her research is focused on how breech face impressions on shotshells are influenced by different components in ammunition.

Alexis Waggoner

MS Student

Lexi Waggoner is a second-year master's student working in Dr. Iyengar's research group. Her research focuses on a multi-analyte extraction method for trace biological samples typically encountered in sexual assault cases. 

Jessica E. Whitney

Ph.D. Student

Jessica is a third-year doctoral candidate working in Dr. Keith Morris’ research group. Her research focuses on evaluating forensic/investigative genetic genealogy methods with interest in computational metrics for relationship classification given challenging population structure.