Student Conference Presentations

Ryan Hinojosa, Generating Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Profiles on a Porous Substrate Using Nile Red Detection, Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando 2023.

Brianna Zettlemoyer, Distinguishing Piperazine and 12 Analogs Using Raman Microspectroscopy and Chemometrics, Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando 2023.

Juliet Pearsall, The Investigation and Quantitation Using Ultraviolet/Visible (UV/Vis) Spectrophotometry of the Products of the 4-Aminophenol Reaction With Cannabinoids, Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando 2023.

Tori Schaffer, The Separation of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) and its Analogs by High- Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC), Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando 2023.

Isabella Iorio, A Quantitative Determination of Four Designer Benzodiazepines by High- Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC), Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando 2023.

Brianna Gregory, Optimization of Fellatio Sample Analysis, Annual Meeting of the Eastern Analytical Symposium, November 2022.

Juliet Pearsall, Investigation and Quantitation Using Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry of the Products of the 4-Aminophenol Reaction with Cannabinoids, Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Niagara Falls, NY, October 2022.

Aubrey Shanahan, Comparison of the MicroGEM forensicGEM Universal kit with the Qiagen QIAamp DNA Investigator kit for the extraction of DNA from saliva, Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Newport News, VA, May 2022.

Alexandra Kuchinos, Gas-Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry of PCP Analogues, Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley, April 2022.

Kelsey Patterson, High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) of Tryptamine-Based Hallucinogens, Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley, April 2022.

Mia Fabbri, Separation of Hallucinogenic Trypatamines Using HPLC-PDA and UPLC-PDA/QDa, Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley, April 2022.

Mia Fabbri, The Separation of Natural and Synthetic Hallucinogenic Tryptamines Using HPLC-PDA and UHPLC-PDA/QDa, Seventy-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, February 2022.

Alexandra Kuchinos, GC-MS of PCP Analogues, Seventy-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, February 2022.

Kelsey Patterson, TLC Separation of Tryptamine Based Hallucinogens, Seventy-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, February 2022.

Brittany Claassen, Determining Minimum Size of Soil Samples for Forensic Geological Analysis, Seventy-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, February 2022.

Kelsey Patterson, Separation of Tryptamine Based Hallucinogens Using HPTLC, Eastern Analytical Symposium, Plainsboro, NJ, November 2021.

Morgan Maddock, Exploring Bodily Fluid Stain Identification Using Raman and IR Microspectroscopy, Eastern Analytical Symposium, Plainsboro, NJ, November 2021.

Caitlyn Kresge, Identification of Inorganic Residues Using Microcrystalline Tests and Raman Microspectroscopy, Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Newport RI, November 2021.

Brittany Claassen, Determining Minimum Size of Soil Samples For Forensic Geological Analysis, Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Newport RI, November 2021.

Nyla Ngegba, DNA Quantitation Levels of Common Saliva Coated Forensic Samples, Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Newport RI, November 2021.

Morgan Maddock, Exploring Bodily Fluid Stain Identification Using Raman and Microchemical Tests, Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Newport RI, November 2021.

Catherine Stacey, Investigation of Novel Chemiluminescent Detection Methods for Cannabinoids, Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Pocono Manor PA, September 2021.

Julie Pietrangelo, Using the CAMAG Laboratory Method for Detection of Nitramine, Nitro Aromatic, Nitrate Ester, and Peroxide Based Organic Explosives by High Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography, Forth-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, October 14-17, 2020 (virtual).

Katlyn Beidler. High Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) Separation of Benzodiazepines, Forth-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, October 14-17, 2020 (virtual).

Jane Berger, Determination of the Ultraviolet Absorption Properties of Twenty Synthetic Cathinones, Forth-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, October 14-17, 2020 (virtual).

Amber Rose, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry of Eight Aminoindane Analogues, Forth-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, October 14-17, 2020 (virtual).

Kathleen Maguire, A Comparison of DNA Profiles recovered From Cotton Versus Nylon-Flocked Swabs from Postcoital Cervicovaginal Swabs, Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim CA, 2020.

Melissa Rogers, A Determination of the Optimal Method for the Detection of Vaginal Fluid, Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim CA, 2020.

Haley Melbourn, developing a Raman Microspectrophotometric Method to Quantitate Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in CO-Exposed Blood Samples, Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim CA, 2020.

Julia Pietrangelo, Visualizing and Detecting Explosives Through the Use of High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC), Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim CA, 2020

Jane Berger, Ultraviolet (UV) Absorption Properties of Synthetic Cathinones, Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim CA, 2020

Yifan Liu, High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) Densitometric Analysis of Cannabinoids in Cannabis Sativa L, Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim CA, 2020

Celeste Lambert, A Forensic Comparison of Cable Ties to Create a Database, Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim CA, 2020

Melissa Rogers, Determination of the Optimal Method for the Detection of Vaginal Fluid, Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Lancaster PA, November 2019; Eastern Analytical Symposium, Princeton 2019

Kathleen Maguire, Comparison of DNA Profiles Recovered from Cotton-Tipped Versus Nylon-Flocked Swabs from Post-Coital Cervicovaginal Samples, Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Lancaster PA, November 2019

Celeste Lambert, Evaluation of the Evidentiary Value of Cable Ties, Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Lancaster PA, November 2019

Yifan Liu, HPTLC Analysis of Cannabinoids in Cannabis sativa L, Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Lancaster PA, November 2019; Eastern Analytical Symposium, Princeton 2019

Delilah DeWilde, Investigating the Optimal Gas Chromatographic Parameters of Thirty Fentanyl Analogues, Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Lancaster PA, November 2019

Haley Melbourn, Developing a Raman Microspectrophotometric Method to Quantitate Carboxyhemoglobin, Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Lancaster PA, November 2019

Jessica McFarland, An Investigation into the Discriminating Potential of Different Techniques for the Analysis of Cosmetic Foundations, Seventy-First Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, 2019.

Loren Williams, Adding an Objective Approach to Questioned Document Examination Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Mahalanobis Distance, Seventy-First Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, 2019.

Delilah DeWilde, A Confirmatory Method for the Analysis of 30 Fentanyl Analogs Using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), Seventy-First Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, 2019.

Matthew Quinn, The Identification of Phencyclidine (PCP) and Designer PCP Analogs Using Microcrystalline Tests Followed by Raman Microspectroscopy, Seventy-First Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, 2019.

Jessica McFarland, Discrimination of Cosmetic Foundations Using Several Spectroscopic Techniques, Eastern Analytical Symposium, Princeton, NJ, 2018

Alexis Baxter, The Prevalence of Male DNA under a Female’s Fingernails, Eastern Analytical Symposium, Princeton, NJ, 2018

Delilah DeWilde, Confirmatory Method Optimization for the Analysis of Thirty Fentanyl Analogues via Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Eastern Analytical Symposium, Princeton, NJ, 2018

Emily Prisaznik, Analysis of Fentanyl by Gas Chromatography/Solid State Infrared Spectroscopy, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Haley Ann Melbourn, Developing a Method to Quantitate Carboxyhemoglobin Using Raman Microspectrophotometry, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Alexis Baxter, The Prevalence of Male DNA under a Female’s Fingernails, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Jessica McFarland, Examining the Use of Spectroscopic Techniques for Discriminating Cosmetic Foundations, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Melissa Rogers, Comparison of Periodic Acid-Schiff Staining with Lugol’s Iodine for the Detection of Vaginal Fluid in Dried Material, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Delilah DeWilde, Optimization of a Gas Chromatographic-Mass Spectrometric Method for the Analysis of Thirty Fentanyl Analogues, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Emily Parchuke, Correlation of Ethanol Concentrations in Human Blood and Oral Fluid Samples, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Sarah Lighthart, The Detection of Male DNA Using Y-STRs in Post-Coital Samples of Vasectomized Males, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Matt Quinn, The Identification of PCP and designer PCP Analogues Using Microcrystalline Tests Followed by Raman Microspectroscopy, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Loren Williams, Adding an Objective Approach to Questioned Document Examination Using Principal Component Analysis, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Sarah Lighthart, Detection of Prostate Specific Antigen and Salivary Amylase in Vaginal Swabs Using Seretc Immunochromatographic Assays, Forty-Forth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Bolton Landing, NY 2018

Sarah Lighthart, Detection of Prostate Specific Antigen and Salivary Amylase in Vaginal Swabs Using Seretc Immunochromatographic Assays, International Symposium on Human Identification, Phoenix, 2018

Nicholas Laraia, Fast, Sample Prep Free Detection of Inorganic Gunshot Residue in Nasal Mucosa via Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists Annual Meeting, Hunt Valley, MD 2018

Amy Evans, Determining the Difference Between Blunt and Sharp Force Traumas in Human Hair, 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, 2018

Emily Parchuke, An Analysis of Ethanol in Blood and Oral Fluid Samples from Dosed Individuals by Headspace Gas Chromatography, 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, 2018

Angelica Wilz, Using SPME-GC/MS to Detect Volatile Compounds from the Storage of Dead Mice, Eastern Analytical Sympsoium, 2017

Emily Parchuke, Ethanol Determination in Human Blood and Oral Fluid Samples by Headspace GC, Eastern Analytical Symposium, 2017

Zachary Lutz, An Investigation into the Intermediate Produced in the Synthesis of 3,4-Dichlormethcathione, Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Pocono Manor, PA, 2017

Charles Kim, Bloodstain Patterns in Snow, Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Pocono Manor, PA, 2017

Nicholas Laraia, Detection of Gunshot Residue in Nasal Mucosa via Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Pocono Manor, PA, 2017

Chandler Grant, The Investigation into the Analysis of Narcotic Analgesics in Postmortem Blood Using Biocompatible Solid-Phase Microextraction, Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Pocono Manor, PA, 2017

Emily Parchuke, Ethanol Determination in Human Blood and Oral Fluid Samples by Headspace Gas Chromatography, Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Pocono Manor, PA, 2017

Amy Evans, Determining the Difference Between Blunt and Sharp Force Traumas in Human Head Hair, Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Pocono Manor, PA, 2017

Chandler Grant, Investigation into the Analysis of Narcotic Analgesics from Postmortem Blood Using Biocompatible Solid-Phase Microextraction, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Hershey PA 2017

Emily Williamson, Analysis of Stimulants and Their Metabolites from Dried Blood Spots via LC-MS/MS, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Hershey PA 2017

Jozlyn Gibbs, Using HILIC-MS/MS for the Simultaneous Determination of GHB and Its Glucuronide, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Hershey PA 2017

Emily Williamson, Analysis of Stimulants and Their Metabolites from Dried Blood Spots by LC-MS/MS, Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Pittsburg PA 2017

Angelica Wilz, Using SPME-GC/MS to Detect Volatile Compounds from the Storage of Dead Mice, Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Pittsburg PA 2017

Clare Fried, Recent Investigation into Preservation and Storage Conditions of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris Samples, Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Pittsburg PA 2017

Clare Fried, An Investigation Into The Preservation and Storage Conditions for Extracts of Ignitable Liquid Residues, Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, 2017.

Jozlyn Gibbs, The Simultaneous Determination of Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB) and GHB-Glucuronide (GHB-Gluc) in Urine Using Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HILIC-MS/MS), Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, 2017.

Chandler Grant, An Analysis of Illicit Substances from Postmortem Samples Using Biocompatible Solid-Phase Microextraction (BioSPME), Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, 2017

Kevin Karakkat, Alternate Reagents for Enhancing Soil-Based Footwear Impressions, Young Forensic Scientists Forum, New Orleans, 2017

Julia Maier, Using Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) to Reduce Interference in Gas/Chromatography (GC/MS) Analysis of Fire Debris Samples, Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, 2017.

Allison Murray, ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy as a Possible Screening Method for DNA Extraction from Burned Skeletal Remains, Young Forensic Scientists Forum, New Orleans, 2017.

Emily Williamson, An Analysis of Stimulants and Metabolites from Dried Blood Spots (DBS) Using Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, 2017.

Angelica Wilz, Using Solid-Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) to Detect Volatile Compounds Remaining From the Storage of Dead Mice, Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, 2017.

Konrad Wojtas, Temporal Effects in the Interpretation of Two-Component Touch DNA Mixtures at Low Copy Number Concentrations, Young Forensic Scientists Forum, New Orleans, 2017.

James Anasti, Parameter Effects in Hydrophilic-Interaction Liquid Chromatographic Method to Simultaneously Quantify Polar Metabolites and Closely Associated Parent Opiates in Urine, Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, 2014.

Sean Block, Characterization of Solder by Trace Metals Using AAS, Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hershey, PA, November 2014, and Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL 2015.

Heidi Campbell, STR Genotyping of Human DNA in Soil Beneath a Decomposing Body as a Way of Estimating Time of Body Deposition, Forty-first Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hyannis, MA, October 2015.

Susan Cheng, The Identification of Biological Fluids Based on DNA Methylation, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, February 2016.

Lauren Cohen, Comparison of Reducing Agents in Differential DNA Extraction, Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, 2014.

Caitlyn Deppen, High Resolution Melt Curve Analysis for DNA Methylation as a Novel Method for Human Semen Identification, Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hershey, PA, November 2014, and Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL, February 2015.

Ashia Eckroth, The Effect of PCR Inhibitors on DNA Mixture Interpretation, Forty-first Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hyannis, MA, October 2015 and Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Richmond, VA, May 2016.

Clare Fried, The Screening of Arson Accelerants by APCI-MS/MS and Flow Injection, Forty-first Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hyannis, MA, October 2015, Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, February 2016, and Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Richmond, VA, May 2016.

Kaitlin Hafer, An Analysis of Elemental Content in Various Brands of Cigarette Ash by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL, February 2015.

Kaitlyn Hess, Investigation into the Use of BioSPME for the Analysis of Illicit Substances in Urine, Forty-first Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hyannis, MA, October 2015, Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 2015, and Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, February 2016.

Andrea Jones, Investigation into the Analysis of Benzodiazepines in Dried Blood Spots using LC-MS/MS, Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hershey, PA, November 2014, Forty-first Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hyannis, MA, October 2015, and Sixty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, February 2016.

Kevin Karakkat, Cobalt Chloride as an Enhancement Reagent for Footwear Prints Made in Ice-Melt Products, Forty-First Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hyannis, MA, October 2015.

Karen Lau, Determination of the Stoichiometry in the Modified Ferric Hydroxamate Test for Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB), Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL, February 2015.

Jennifer Leach, Identification of Methcathinone in Urine by GC/MS Using a One-Step Simultaneous Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Extraction/Cyclohexanone Derivation, Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hershey, PA, November 2014, and Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL, February 2015.

Heather Moody, The Effect of Walking on the Evidentiary Value of Soil Taken from Footwear, Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL, February 2015, and Forty-first Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, Hyannis, MA, October 2015.