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.
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.
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.
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 second-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.
Jacob Hetzke
MS Student
Jacob Hetzke is a first-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.
Jessica Hovingh
PhD Student
Jessica Hovingh is a second-year PhD student 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 first-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
MS Student
Madison Lindung is a second-year master's student under Dr. Tatiana Trejos. Her research involves 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).
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 will focus on the forensic utility of 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.
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. Whitney
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.