Chief Toxicologist at the Regional Forensic Science Center
Director (retired) of the Sedgwick County [Kansas] Regional Forensic Science Center, a combination medical examiner's office and crime laboratory
Director (retired) of the Laboratories and Chief Toxicologist at the Regional Forensic Science Center
Previous Positions
Director of Laboratories at the Center for Forensic Sciences, Onondaga County, NY
Vice President and Director of Toxicology at Osborn Laboratories
Chief Toxicologist and Laboratory Director of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Oklahoma as well as consultant to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory
Toxicologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of West Virginia
Chief Toxicologist for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's Forensic Science Laboratory
Academic Positions
Current
Visiting Professor of Forensic Toxicology in the Master's program at the University of Lincoln [United Kingdom]
Visiting Professor and Member of the graduate faculty of Emporia State University
Previous
Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science at Wichita State University
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology at SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center - College of Pharmacy
Education
Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Science, with an emphasis in the areas of Pharmacology/Toxicology
Board certified [Fellow] by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology
Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry
Other Notable Roles
New York State Laboratory Director License for Clinical and Forensic Toxicology [1997 - 2019]
Laboratory Inspector [1990 - 2011] and Team Leader for U.S. Government's National Laboratory Certification Program
Previous Inspector for the College of American Pathologists Forensic Urine Drug Testing program
Publications
Author of over twenty five peer-reviewed articles
Given numerous scientific oral presentations in the field of toxicology and pharmacology
Authored several book chapters in toxicology and pharmacology
Author of Postmortem Toxicology - Challenges and Interpretive Considerations
Organizations & Awards
Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences [AAFS] and past Chairman and Secretary of the AAFS Toxicology Section
Awarded (2009) the Rolla N. Harger Award for outstanding contributions to the field of Forensic Toxicology
President (2006), past Vice President and past Treasurer as well as member of the Board of Directors for the Society of Forensic Toxicologists [SOFT]
President (1992 - 93) of the Southwestern Association of Toxicologists in addition to other leadership positions in the organization
Member of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists in addition to several other professional organizations
Committee member for SOFT's Drug Facilitated Crime [previously Sexual Assault] Committee
Affiliate and standards task group member of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees [OSAC] Toxicology subcommittee
AAFS/SOFT Drugs and Driving Committee and Oral Fluid committee
Sedgwick County [KS] Methamphetamine Lab Kids Initiative Task Force
Kansas Sexual Assault Initiative Working Group
Previous member and Vice Chair of the New York Crime Laboratory Advisory Committee
Wichita Area SANE/SART Advisory Committee
Previous member for the Board of Directors of the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center