Forensic biologists come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are molecular biologists who study DNA botanists and palynologists who study plans and pollen, entomologists who study insects, and bloodstain experts who study how blood flows when it exits the body. I specialize in insect-plant-fungi bioecology.
I study where insects are found, what they eat, where they live, and how they help forensic scientists.

I co-wrote a field book with detective Larry Barksdale in Lincoln Nebraska on bloodstains as evidence. We also wrote a two-part paper on mathematical and statistical analysis of bloodstain pattern evidence. What, you might ask, does this have to do with entomology? Plenty. Some bloodstain-like patterns result from insect artifact. When a fly lands on blood, it fees on the blood and then regurgitates it or defecates on the crime scene. If you're not careful, you might mistake them for bloodstain patterns. How the stains are formed gives you clues as to the origination of bloodstain patterns. But why mathematical analysis? Because knowing the statistical boundaries of various insects can help you isolate the range of those insects.

My prior experience includes toxicology technician for the Los Angeles County Coroner/Medical Examiner and RIA technician for a clinical laboratory. My other interests are forensic entomology and botany, blood fluid mechanics, and forensic mathematics.