Graduates

2008

Crystal Arndt
Employment: Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office (Toxicology)
Intern: Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office (Controlled Substances)
Capstone Research: Analysis of New Designer Amphetamines in Urine Using Immunoassay, GC-MS and LC-MS-MS

Jessica Ayala
Internship: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Houston, TX (Controlled Substances)
Capstone Research: Effects of Alternative Sources of Alcohol on the SCRAM Device

Hayley Beason
Internship: Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office (DNA)
Capstone Research: Validation of the MiniFiler Kit: Stability studies using UV and other environmental factors

Garrett Burleson
Internship: Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Regional Firearms Identification laboratory, Houston, TX
Capstone Research: Identification of ammunition based on quantitative determination of gun powder particles using GC/MS

Kevin Callahan
Employment: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX (Firearms)
Internship: Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Regional Firearms Identification laboratory, Houston, TX
Capstone Research: Validation study of scanning electron microscopic (SEM) examination of firing pin impressions

Ayodelle Collins
Employment: Ameritox Ltd., Midland, TX (Toxicology)
Internship: Ameritox Ltd., Midland, TX
Capstone Research: Investigation of Stability and a Novel Derivatization of GHB using CI-GC-MS

Delisa Downey
Internship: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX (Toxicology)
Capstone Research: Screening and Quantitation of 24 Common Drugs of Abuse in Whole Blood

Shannon Gross
Employment: Baylor College of Medicine, Human Genome Sequencing Center
Capstone Research: Probing single stranded DNA using bioconjugated quantum dots

Jennifer Howard
Employment: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX (Trace)
Internship: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX (Trace)
Capstone Research: The development and employment of an analytical scheme to determine the discrimination value between automotive paint samples

Angela Johnson
Employment: Commercial Microbiology, Houston, TX
Internship: Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office (Toxicology)
Capstone Research: Molecular Characterization of Forensically Significant Insects with Applied Molecular Identification of Skeletal Remains in Southern Texas

Coral Luce
Internship: San Diego Police Department Crime Laboratory, San Diego, CA (DNA)
Capstone Research: Validation of the AmpFlSTR® MiniFiler‑TM PCR amplification kit and its application to identify human remains from a 1992 helicopter crash

Adriana Perez
Employment: Northern Louisiana Crime Laboratory, Shreveport, LA (DNA)
Internship: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX (DNA)
Capstone Research: Developmental validation of – A extensions by AmpFιSTR Identifiler PCR amplification kit

Phillip Stout
Employment: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX (Trace)
Internship: Harris County Medical Examiner's Office (Trace)
Capstone Research: Determination of Endogenous GHB Concentrations in Human Hair

2007

Kathleen Born
Employment: Orchid Cellmark, Dallas, TX (DNA)
Internship: Identigene Inc., Houston, TX
Capstone Research: Validation Study to Determine the Highest Observed Stutter Peaks for Short Tandem Repeats (STRs)

Monica Brady
Employment: Toxicology, SED Labs, Albuquerque, NM (Toxicology)
Internship: Ameritox Ltd., Midland, TX
Capstone Research: Analysis, Use and Effects of Sedative Hypnotics - Forensic Implications.

Amy Carlson
Employment: Myriad Genetics, Salt Lake City
Internship: Ameritox Ltd., Midland, TX (Toxicology)
Capstone Research: Tramadol: Analysis and Interpretation in Human Performance and Death Investigation Casework

Jamie Lee
Internship: Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston, TX, Homicide
Capstone Research: Current Practices and Advances in Crime Scene Investigation.

Anna Leggett
Employment: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX (Toxicology)
Internship: Washington State Patrol, Scientific Services Bureau, Seattle, WA, Toxicology
Capstone Research: Driving Behavior and Impairment Symptoms in Cannabinoid Positive Subjects Arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (DUID)

Sharla McCloskey
Employment: Texas DPS Crime Laboratory, Tyler, TX (Controlled Substances)
Internship: Ameritox Ltd., Midland, TX
Capstone Research: Driving Under the Influence of Methamphetamine: Comparison of Driving Behavior and Impairment Symptoms in Subjects Arrested for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)

Ryan Mudd
Employment: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX (Firearms)
Internship: Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Crime Laboratory, Firearms, Houston, TX
Capstone Research: An Analysis of Literary and Judicial Challenges on the Credibility and Admissibility of Evidence Submitted by Firearm Identification Laboratories

Stephanie Rollins
Employment: Abilene PD, Crime Laboratory, Abilene, TX (Latent Prints)
Internship: College Station Police Department, Crime Scene Unit.
Capstone Research: Quality Assurance/Quality Control Issues Arising with Fingerprint Evidence in a Post-Daubert World

Wendi Sanders
Employment: Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office, Houston, TX (DNA)
Internship: Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office, Houston, TX, Toxicology
Capstone Research: Methamphetamine Intoxication: Case Studies of Impaired Drivers and Related Fatalities

James Warkentine
Employment: ExperTox Inc. Lab Services, Deer Park, TX (Toxicology)
Internship, TRIES, Huntsville, TX
Capstone Research: Glyphosate: Analytical and Forensic Implications of a Common Herbicide

2006

Keith Anding
Employment: ExperTox Inc. Lab Services, Deer Park, TX (Toxicology)
Internship: TRIES, Huntsville, TX

Diana Gonzalez
Employment: Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office, Houston, TX (DNA)
Internship: Ameritox Ltd., Midland, TX

Rebecca Hale
Employment: Washington State Patrol, Scientific Services Bureau, Seattle, WA (Toxicology)
Internship: Ameritox Ltd., Midland, TX

Natalie Ludwig
Employment: Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office, Oklahoma City, OK (Toxicology)
Internship: TRIES, Huntsville, TX

Nicole Taylor
Employment: Northeast Laboratories (Environmental)
Internship: Maine State Police Crime Laboratory, Augusta, ME

Stacey Walker
Employment: Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office, Houston, TX (DNA)
Internship: Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Laboratory, Houston, TX

Christi Wells
Employment: Dallas County Crime Laboratory, Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX (DNA)
Internship: Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Laboratory, Austin, TX


2005

Kevin Bates
Anna Bayles
Leigh Beaty
Jennifer Gandy
Jennifer Owens
Michael Pierce
April Stowe
Mary Beth Thompson

2004

Heather Draper
Mpolokang Fana
Brea Foster
Abram Gorena
Amanda Norton
Masego Office
Kollean Orphe
William Pace II
Allison Rosen
Nadine Santos
Jeff Wise

2003

Jay Hoppenwaser
Genevieve Ledwell
Jennifer Petrash
Kelsie Simons