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. Alex's career goals include working as a forensic chemist and eventually transitioning to academia.
Eleen Alfonso
MS Student
Eleen Alfonso is a second-year master's student working under Dr. Keith Morris’ research group. Her research focuses on the solvability factors contributing to cold case closures.
Zachary Andrews
Ph.D. Student
Zachary Andrews is a member of Dr. Tatiana Trejos’ research group. His research involves developing consensus-based methods for the examination and interpretation of contemporary vehicle, architectural, and portable electronic device glasses by micro-X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.
Sara Bodnar
Ph.D. Student
Sara Bodnar works under Dr. Iyengar. Her current research focuses on the optimization of the collection and processing of challenging trace DNA samples with the Verogen MiSeq FGx Sequencing System and traditional STR profiling.
Kourtney Dalzell
Ph.D. Student
Kourtney Dalzell is a member of with the Arroyo research group. Her research is focused on electrochemical and spectroscopic methods for the detection of inorganic and organic gunshot residues in forensic investigations.
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.
Kailey Evanowsky
MS STUDENT
Kailey Evanowsky is a first year Master’s student working in Dr. Arroyo’s research group. Her research is in the area of forensic toxicology, specifically oral fluid extraction methods for the presence of opioid drugs.
Veronica Franklin
Ph.D. Student
Veronica Franklin works as part of Dr. Keith Morris' research group. Her primary research focuses on subclass characteristics found on spent cartridge cases in firearms examination.
Chaney Ganninger
MS Student
Chaney is a first-year Master's student who is continuing her research with Dr. Glen Jackson's research group. Her research utilizes a thermodynamic mathematical model to predict the potential weathering patterns of ignitable liquids.
Maria Johnston
MS Student
Maria Johnston is a Master's student working under Professor Tina Moroose. Her research focuses on utilizing Probabilistic Genotyping to interpret complex DNA samples.
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.
Lacey Leatherland
MS Student
Lacey Leatherland is a second-year Master’s student working in Dr. Tatiana Trejos’ research group. Her research focuses on the elemental analysis of electrical tapes using modern micro-X-ray Fluorescence (u-XRF) SDD systems.
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.
En Tni (Lily) Lin
Ph.D. Student
Lily Lin is a member of Dr. Spier's research group. Her research focus is on footwear evidence image quality assessment using subjective human raters and objective image feature-based metrics. The goal of her research is to develop quantitative tools for footwear image quality and understanding correlations between quality and image factors.
Madison Lindung
MS Student
Madison Lindung is a first-year master's student under Dr. Tatiana Trejos. As an undergraduate, she studied organic and inorganic gunshot residue (GSR) in Dr. Trejos' group. Now, her research has shifted to characterizing modern nail polish products as a form of trace evidence using analytical techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (SEM-EDS), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), and microscopic techniques by Polarizing Light Microscopy (PLM).
Erica Maney
Ph.D. Student
Erica Maney is a member of Dr. Glen Jackson's research group. Her research focuses on the forensic applications of isotope ratio mass spectrometry.
Hannah McMillen
MS Student
Hannah McMillen is a member of Dr. Glen P. Jackson’s research group. Her research relates to arson research she began in his group during her 2021 summer internship.
Menking-Hoggatt, Korina
PhD Student
Korina Menking-Hoggatt, Ph.D. is currently a post doctoral student in the Trejos Research Group. She recently received her Master’s of Science from the Forensic and Investigative Science Department at West Virginia University in 2018. Prior to that, she received her Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from West Virginia State University in 2009. During the time between her graduate and undergraduate studies, she worked as a clinical laboratory technician for cytology and microbiology laboratories. When Korina first joined the department, she was a graduate teaching assistant for crime scene, firearms,and bloodstain courses in the program along with performing the duty of managing the Crime Scene Complex. Currently she is a graduate research assistant who is funded by a NIJ through a fellowship for promoting STEM research in the field of forensic science.
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.
Coral Smith
Ph.D. Student
Coral Smith is a member of Tina Moroose’s research group. Her area of research is in touch DNA and direct PCR.
Leah Thomas
MS Student
Leah Thomas is a first-year master’s student working in Dr. Trejos’ research group. Her research focuses on the importance of trace evidence and specialized training for analysts in the US and Costa Rica.
Jessica E. Thornton
Ph.D. Student
Jessica is a first year doctoral student working in Dr. Keith Morris’ research group. Her research will focus on evaluating forensic/investigative genetic genealogy methods with interest in computational metrics for descent estimations.
Nathaniel Weston
MS Student
Nathan Weston is a member of Dr. Speir’s research group. His research focuses on the acquisition, retention, and geometric evolution of individualizing features on footwear.