Students and Faculty Present at 2025 American Academy of Forensic Sciences Conference
For the week of February 16-22, the Arcadia University Master of Science in Forensic Science (MSFS) graduate program had the privilege of traveling to Baltimore, Maryland, to attend the 77th annual American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) 2025 Scientific Conference.
The second-year graduate students and faculty submitted their abstracts, and five students were selected to present their thesis research findings in Forensic Biology, Chemistry, and Toxicology at the AAFS Conference in the Young Forensic Scientists Forum (YFSF) poster session.
Arcadia University and the Department of Forensic Science are very impressed with all of their dedication and efforts. They each did a tremendous job presenting their research.
See below for a list of Arcadia students and faculty research presentations:
Wednesday, February 19
Allison Blocker, MSFS Graduate Student; Poster Presentation:
“LC/QQQ/MS Method Development and Validation for the Quantitative Analysis of Drugs and their Metabolites in Postmortem Blood.”
Jaycie Esteban, MSFS Graduate Student; Poster Presentation:
“DNA in Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Identify Drugs & the DNA Within.”
Daniel Leitholf, MSFS Graduate Student; Poster Presentation:
“Persistence of Trace DNA in a Carjacked Scenario.”
Sean Lordo, MSFS Graduate Student; Poster Presentation
“LC-MS/MS Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Arylcyclohexylamines in Blood.”
Hope Rozycki, MSFS Graduate Student; Poster Presentation
“Investigation of DNA Contribution from Trace Samples Recovered from a Hammer Used in a Simulated Assault Scenario.”
Dr. Fabio Oldoni, Arcadia MSFS Program Director; Poster Presentation
“A Small-Scale Ancestry Informative DIP-STR Marker Set for Biogeographic Ancestry Inference in United States Populations.”
Friday, February 21
Dr. Fabio Oldoni, Arcadia MSFS Program Director; Panel Moderator
“Administration and Planning.”
Arcadia University and the Department of Forensic Science congratulate the students and faculty of the Master of Forensic Science program who had the amazing opportunity to share their hard work with their colleagues at the 77th annual American Academy of Forensic Science 2025 Scientific Conference!
