Current Graduate Students | Department of Forensic and Investigative Science

Kourtney Dalzell is a master’s student in the Forensic and Investigative Science Program at West Virginia University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry with a minor in Sociology from West Virginia University in 2020. Kourtney has been with the Arroyo research group since 2019 and currently works as a graduate research assistant in the laboratory. Her research is focused on electrochemical and spectroscopic methods for the detection of inorganic and organic gunshot residues in forensic investigations.

Franklin, Veronica

PhD Student

Galvez, Isabel

MS Student

Hacker, Alia

MS Student

Hamilton, James

PhD Student

Hester, Sarah

MS Student

Ho, Jennifer

MS Student

Leon-Carrillo, Giuliana

PhD Student

Lin, En Tni (Lily)

PhD Student

Maney, Erica

Ph.D. Student

Erica earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry with minors in Biology, Mathematics, and Spanish from Duquesne University in 2019. She remained at Duquesne University for the following year, earning her Master of Science in Forensic Science in Law in 2020. Currently, Erica is a first year PhD student and a Provost Fellow in the Department of Forensic and Investigative Science at WVU. She works in Dr. Glen Jackson’s research group, focusing on the forensic applications of isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

Menking-Hoggatt, Korina

PhD Student

Ott, Colby

PhD Student

Ovide, Oriana

MS Student

Prusinowski, Meghan

PhD Student

Rupert, Katrina

MS Student

San Nicolas, Alexander

PhD Student

Smale, Alyssa

Ph.D. Student

Smith,Coral

MS Student

Sullivan, Kelli

MS Student

Vander Pyl, Courtney

PhD Student

Wroblewski, Isabel

MS Student

Isabel Wroblewski is originally from Pittsburgh, PA where she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. She is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in Forensic and Investigative Science at West Virginia University. Isabel is a member of Dr. Tatiana Trejos’s lab as part of the gunshot residue group and is a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the FIS department, where she helps with Forensic Chemical Analysis (FIS 340/341) and Gravesite Forensics (FIS 407).