Forensic Science Program

College of Pharmacy
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Faculty of the Department and of the Forensic Sciences Program

The Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, the home department of forensic science, has around 15 full-time graduate faculty, including the core forensic science faculty.

R.E. Gaensslen, Ph.D., Professor, Forensic Science; Director of Graduate Studies and Head of Program; Associate Editor, Journal of Forensic Sciences; Director of Graduate Education and Coordinator of External Research, College of Pharmacy

Adam Negrusz, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Forensic Science and Toxicology; Director, UIC Animal Forensic Toxicology Laboratory; Asst Director of Graduate Studies

William T. Beck, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology and Molecular Genetics; Head of the Department

R. Francis Schlemmer, Ph.D.  Associate Professor Emeritus, Pharmacodynamics

Donald P. Waller, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Pharmacology

Djaja D. Soeharto, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacognosy; Adjunct Professor, Forensic Science

   In addition, a number of individuals from forensic science laboratories and agencies regularly contribute to the program as adjunct faculty members. They include:

* Rodney Anderson, B.S., Applications Coordinator, Forensic Biology, ISP Forensic Science Center at Chicago, Adjunct Lecturer

Jan Johnson, Ph.D. Director, ISP Forensic Science Center at Chicago, Adjunct Professor

Gary Laughlin, Ph.D., Director, McCrone Research Institute, Chicago IL, Adjunct Associate Professor

*A. Karl Larsen, Jr., Ph.D., Training & Applications Coordinator, Forensic Drug Analysis and Toxicology, ISP Forensic Science Center at Chicago, Adjunct Professor

Stephen McKasson, B.S., Consultant;  retired Training & Applications Coordinator, Pattern Evidence, ISP Southern Illinois Forensic Science Center at Carbondale, Adjunct Lecturer

Brian Mayland, B.S., Firearms Examiner, ISP Forensic Science Center at Chicago, Adjunct Lecturer

Richard Paulas, M.S., Training & Applications Coordinator, Forensic Drug Analysis, ISP Forensic Science Center at Chicago, Adjunct Lecturer

James Snaidauf, B.S., Latent Prints Analyst, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, National Forensic Chemistry Center, Chicago, Adjunct Lecturer

Caryn Tucker, M.S., Firearms Examiner, ISP Forensic Science Center at Chicago, Adjunct Lecturer

* Illinois State Police - Designated UIC Program Liaison