Forensic Majors Achievements

2023

                     Student 5     

              Rachel Hicks , CSI Technician, City of Atlanta 

                       Student 6

                   Jada Smith, GBI                                                                                       

                                                                            

                      Student 7 

Evelyn Redmond

Summer Research Program at Indiana University Bloomington (IU-MSI)

Travel awardee SOT

ABRCMS 2023 Poster Presentation

 

                     Student 8

Ashyanni Talabes

BS/MD Summer Enrichment Program at Meharry Medical College (MMC)

 Ashyanni Talabes was provided the opportunity to complete the BSMD program at Meharry Medical School. During the program, she received MCAT preparation. The resources provided were very helpful in preparing her for the MCAT. She also attended a cadaver lab session, and completed a tour of the simulation and clinical skills centers. “My overall experience was great! I learned a lot of helpful information and got to network with Meharry’s staff, and students from Albany State and other HBCUs wanting to pursue a career in medicine/dentistry.” 

                    Student 9

ASU Forensic science students and faculty won Society of Toxicology 2023 Undergraduate Diversity Program (UDP) travel award and Society of Toxicology Diversity Program Advisor award.

2021

Toxicology Mentoring and Skills Development Training Program

T. WilliamsTre’Von Williams Forensic science students at the unsinkable Albany State University is one of 25 undergraduate students competitively selected from across the country to the Toxicology Mentoring and Skills Development Training Program (ToxMSDT).  Tre’Von Williams is the first student ever to have been selected to participate in ToxMSDT from Albany State University. Tre’Von will be mentored by Dr. Moumita Dutta.

Program components include the self-directed completion of six learning-modules providing foundational knowledge in toxicology ranging from ‘Principles of Toxicology’ to ‘Applied Systems Toxicology’. The expected outcome of this training and mentoring program is that graduating students will be trained in toxicology by professionals to competitively join graduate training programs in toxicology.

 

Internship with the Dougherty County Coroner’s Office

D. Hawkins

Deauvion Hawkins is a graduating senior majoring in Forensic Science at Albany State University. Originally from a small town known as Colquitt, GA in Miller County, she now lives in Albany, Georgia. Deauvion Hawkins is currently an intern with the Dougherty County Coroner’s office. She has been exposed to various death related crimes. She serves as secretary of the Forensic Science Club at ASU and plans to use the knowledge and skills she is learning from both the internship and program to help further reach her career as a crime scene investigator.

 

 

 

 

TMCF 21st Annual Leadership Institute

J. Smith

Earlier this summer Jada Smith received an acceptance to attend the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) 21st Annual Leadership Institute and was also selected to participate in the 2021 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Immersion Program. The CIA program exposed her to various team building exercises and professional development experiences; learning soft skills via stimulation exercises.

 

According Jada Smith the program was definitely an eye opener. “I am not only grateful to have been chosen to learn about the Central Intelligence Agency, but I am honored to be able to represent Albany State University. This program allowed her to meet so many prominent agents and scholars, and I am thankful I was able to be amongst great minds”. 

 

 

 

2019

Job Positions – Post Graduate  Forensic Alumni

Mr Andrew Tabatt got a job in the GBI lab  Moultrie  as a lab technician February 2020 ,  is a graduate of ASU forensic science degree program, graduated in 2016.

Deandra Francis got a job in Albany Police Department as a Crime Scene Technician February 2020 . She was the past president of the Forensic Science club and vice president of DDE.
Malette Adrianna got a job in Brookhaven Police department January 2020
Christiana Dun Atlanta Police Department
Alexis Bailey got a job as a Crime Scene Technician in Shalimar, Florida  since 16th December 2019.
Shaniece Makayla Castro became a Forensic Scientist at Quest Diagnostics, Atlanta

 

Specific Internship / Research performed

Name Semester Internship / Research
McCrae Da’ Monie 2019-20 Fall Spring GBI Internship Spring 2019- 2020, Sylvester GA
Kiandria Floyd 2019 Fall 12 week Internship with Albany Police academy , Crime scene visit and analysis
Darlene Mills 2019 Fall Research- Identification of the Binding strength of synthetic cannabinoids to serum proteins as compared to CB1
Alexis Cuff 2019 Fall Intern with Dr Fowler, Coroner , Dougherty county on four death cases
Makyah Clayton 2019 Fall

Review of research papers

Rapid Analysis of Cocaine in Saliva by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Michael West 2019 Fall

Review of research papers

“Fire Arson and Explosives”
Alese Brown 2019 Spring Research on Identifying Human Touched Objects by Reverse Fingerprint Lifting
Teflon Marsham 2019 Fall Department of Justice, Virgin Island US

 

2017

Summer Research Experience
Sample Khalil:
Attended the Summer research Experience at the Center for Statistics and Applications in forensic Science (CSAFE) at Iowa State University, Iowa from 30th May to August 4 , 2017
Adrew Kimble:
Attended the Summer research Experience at the Center for Statistics and Applications in forensic Science (CSAFE) at Iowa State University, Iowa from 30th May to August 4 , 2017
Alexis Bailey:
Summer research fellowship Furman University NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (Faculty research mentor: Dr; O.A. Vanderpuye) May-July, 2017, Greenville, SC
Christina Dunn:
Summer research fellowship, Furman University NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (Faculty research mentor: Dr; O.A. Vanderpuye) May-July, 2017, Greenville, SC
Conferences: Forensic Majors
Alexis Lampkin:
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Scholarship, July 2017
Ze’Andra Whitfield and Ashli Brown:
Society of Toxicology Travel Award, for March, 2017, San Antonio, TX
Alexis Bailey:
Southeastern Section of Society of Toxicology Travel Award, for October, 2017, Fort Valley, GA
Ze’Andra Whitfield:
Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Scientists Travel Award , November, 2017, Phoenix AZ
Ze’Andra Whitfield:
Emory University Student Research Symposium, September, 2017, Atlanta, GA
Alexius Lampkin:
Emory University Student Research Symposium, September, 2017, Atlanta, GA
Alexius Lampkin:
National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical engineers, November, 2017, Cincinnati, OH
Alexis Bailey (coauthor, Christina Dunn):
  1. Poster on p450 metabolism of synthetic cannabinoids – Society of Toxicology Southeastern Regional Meeting, October, 2017, Fort Valley State University, GA
  2. Poster on p450 metabolism of synthetic cannabinoids – Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, November, 2017, Charlotte, VA
Christina Dunn (co-author, Alexis Bailey):
  1. Poster on human liver microsomes metabolism of synthetic cannabinoids – Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Scientists, November, 2017, Phoenix, AZ
  2. Poster on human liver microsomes metabolism of synthetic cannabinoids – Black Doctoral Network , undergraduate poster session, October, 2017, Atlanta, GA
Deandra Francis:
Oral presentation on Terahertz spectroscopy identification of illicit drugs and explosives and spectral library construction- National Institute of Standards and Technology, SURF Colloquium Gaithersburg, MD, July, 2017.
Ze’Andra Whitfield:
  1. Poster on synthetic organic chemical synthesis – Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Scientists, November, 2017, Phoenix, AZ
  2. Poster on synthetic organic chemical synthesis – Emory University Student Research Symposium, September, 2017, Atlanta, GA
Kahlil Sample:
Poster on forensic steganography– Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority Scientists, November, 2017, Phoenix, AZ
Alexius Lampkin:
  1. Poster on sum frequency generation IR analyses of collagen in microscopy of tissue- National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical engineers, November, 2017, Cincinnati, OH
  2. Poster on laser assisted microscopy imaging- Black Doctoral Network , undergraduate poster session, October, 2017, Atlanta, GA
Mercedes Fortune:
Poster on synthetic organic chemical synthesis – Emory University Student Research Symposium, September, 2017, Atlanta, GA
Ashley Walker:
Poster on organophosphorus nerve agent toxicity for mouse neuronal cell lines- Society of Toxicology Annual Conference, March 2017, San Antonio, TX
Ashley Walker:
Albany State University,6th Annual Undergraduate Research Regional Symposium, October, 2017,  research presentations were made by these and other forensic science students: Kahlil Sample, Andrew Kimble III, Da’monie McRae, Ashley Walker, Jasmine Thomas
Ashley Walker:
1st place award for oral presentation in STEM category went to Da’monie McRae for her presentation on: Quantification of blood cyanide using micro diffusion sample preparation and cobinamide spectrophotometric analysis
Ashley Walker:
1st place award for poster presentation in STEM category went to Ashley Walker for her poster on: Toxicology of mevinphos for NB41A3 mouse cell line
Undergraduate Research
Jasmine Thomas:
Title of the research: Characterization of fingerprinting for forensic case studies – Fall 2017
Allen Tynesha:
Characterization of Fingerprints
Awards Won by Students
Alexis Lampkin:
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Scholarship. July 2017
Deandra Francis:
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, May-July 2017.
Alexis Bailey and Christina Dunn:
Research fellowship at Furman University NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (Faculty research mentor: Dr; O.A. Vanderpuye) May-July, 2017, Greenville, SC
Jasmine Thomas, Ze’Andra Whitfield, Shaniece DeCastro:
Research internship at University of California Irvine, Center for Chemistry at the Space Time Limit, Irvine, CA
Alexis Lampkin, Da’monie McRae:
Research internship at University of California Irvine, Pathways to Biophotonics and Bioengineering, Irvine, CA
Post-Graduation Information

Students Jobs and Graduate School

Jonathan Jones:
Teaching Assistant and current MS student in Chemistry at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Kirsti Gilmore:
Graduated MPH, University of Illinois, Chicago
Pamela Johnson:
was Forensic Technician with Dekalb County, GA Medical Examiner, currently technologist at Quest Diagnostics, Atlanta
Keonna Jones:
Pathologists Assistant, DeKalb County, GA, Medical Examiner
Victoria Stephens:
Post Baccalaureate program, (preparation for MD-Ph. D program application) Iowa State University, IA
Brandi Parker:
Crime Scene Investigator trainee, Atlanta Police Department