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Partnered with the Tulsa Police Department Forensic Laboratory (TPDFL) to complete a training program in forensic serology and achieve competency to perform independent serology testing on actual casework.

Answer phones, manage schedules, and maintain digital databases. File and organize documents, including legal documents like contracts and affidavits. Conduct legal research and assist with basic legal research. Communicate with clients and work closely with lawyers and other professionals. Help to prepare for trials and hearings by gathering case information and organizing facts and paperwork.

Speak to court clerks (county and district criminal), set appointments for the attorney, create appearance and appeal bonds, letters of representation for county courts, speak to clients, and aided with paysheets for court-appointed counsel in criminal cases.

Observed and participated in on-scene investigations. Located, documented, marked, and collected physical evidence. Engaged in the analysis and process of evidence collected. Participated in the Comprehensive Exposure Model of the GPD Internship Program and observed different units that are integral to the Forensic Unit.

Performed laboratory testing in accordance with the laboratory’s quality control procedures; Maintained laboratory equipment and supplies, including ordering, inventory and calibration; Developed and maintained a safe and clean laboratory environment.

Tutored students on campus in both science and mathematics courses offered at the institution such as General Chemistry I and II, Organic Chemistry I and II, Instrumental Analysis, Computing for Science, Animal Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, College Algebra, Calculus I and II, and Statistics; Led study sessions pertaining to science and mathematics courses such General Chemistry I and II, Organic Chemistry I and II, Instrumental Analysis, Computing for Science, Animal Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, College Algebra, Calculus I and II, and Statistics.

Assist wildlife biologist and conservation scientist with research regarding overall herd health of Odocoileus virginianus populations in the northeast and southwest regions of the state of Oklahoma. Tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD) through the collection of the retropharyngeal lymph nodes. Collected biological specimens such as blood, kidneys, fetuses, and heart for laboratory analysis. Aged harvested deer by looking at characteristic patterns of teeth replacement and wear. Analyzed ectoparasitic activity. DNA sequenced the prion protein gene (PRNP) from collected tissue toresearch an association between PRNP single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with the susceptibility ofCWD.

Engaged in a state crime lab applying knowledge of chemistry, biology, and forensics; Rotated through the various forensic laboratory disciplines offered such as latent evidence, firearms and toolmarks, forensic biology, controlled substances, forensic toxicology, and digital evidence; Performed multiple tests, analyses, and research activities on chemical, biochemical, biological, and physical evidence samples; Focused on the trace evidence lab unit understanding fire debris analysis through extraction of volatile compounds from the submitted material, separation and detection of those volatile compounds, and data analysis and interpretation of the results to identify those compounds and their possible source using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS); Identified unknown peaks and determined trace levels of contamination for the identification of fire accelerant(s) present at a crime scene.

Work with the judge and the judge's law clerks, attend trials and hearings and help with administrative work.