Expertise

• Toxicology
• Pharmacology and analyses of alcohol and drugs of abuse.
• Testified as expert witness over 700 times in nearly 125 courts on a variety of forensic science issues which include: breath and blood testing for alcohol content, the pharmacological effects of alcohol, detection and identification of drugs in biological fluids, arson-related analyses, and the forensic examination of blood, semen, hair, paint, fiber, and glass evidence.

Experience

Present Forensic Science Consultant

Chief Forensic Scientist for the State of New Jersey

Dept. of Law and Public Safety

New Jersey State Police

• Technical Director of one of the largest forensic science laboratories in the United States, conducting over 3,500 case analyses per year and employing a staff of over 90 professional scientists.

Shell Chemical Company, Analytical Toxicologist.

• Group leader assigned to perform residue analyses on animal tissues and organs. Duties encompassed the development and implementation of laboratory procedures designed to measure the uptake of pesticides in livestock.

U. S. Treasury Dept., Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Laboratory, New York

• Forensic Chemist. Responsible for the analysis of drug and alcoholic beverage preparation. Testified on numerous occasions as an expert witness in Federal and State courts on alcohol and drug chemistry.

FORENSIC SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR AT:

• Trenton State College
• Ocean County College
• Law School of Widener University

Honors & Publications

• American Academy of Forensic Sciences - Fellow, 1977
• American Chemical Society
• American Microchemical Society
• Canadian Society of Forensic Scientists
• Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley
• Forensic Science Society of England
• International Association of Forensic Sciences
• Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists
• New Jersey Association for Identification
• New York Microscopical Society
• Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists
• Northwestern Association of Forensic Scientists
• Society of Forensic Toxicologists

• Award of Merit - American academy of Forensic Sciences, 1995
• Rosenblatt Memorial lecturer in Forensic Science, Northeastern U., 1994
• Member of the Editorial Board of:
• Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1984-1994
• Microchemical Journal, 1988-1995
• Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 1980-1984

Education

• Society of Forensic Toxicologists:
• Forensic Applications of LC/MS, 1997
• Forensic Alcohol Testing in the Workplace, 1995
• Drugs and Driving: Current Pharmacological Issues, 1995
• Advanced Forensic Toxicology: Pharmacologic, and Interpretative Topics
• Analytical Genetic Testing Center: Forensic DNA Analysis, Polymerase Chain Reaction, 1995; American Association for Clinical Chemistry; Poison 91 Fundamentals and Analytical Considerations, 1991; Workplace drug Testing Workshop, 1990; The Drinking Driver: Medical and Legal Issues of Blood Alcohol Testing, 1985