The Year, 2010, is My 52nd YEAR as a bio-analytical chemist

including 44 years, as a Forensic Toxicologist/Forensic Chemist

I have a B.S. degree from St. Joseph’s Univ., Pre-Med course in 1958; M.S. degree, St. Joseph’s Univ. Grad. School of Chemistry, my major interest was analytical chemistry & particularly chemical instrumentation in 1966.  I, also, spent two years at Jefferson Med. School, [1966 to 68] taking courses in cellular biology, physiology, & the forensic aspects of toxicology.  I spent a year at Univ of Pa. studying MicroBiology & Bio-Statistics. I earned my Ph.D. in Drug Dependency,  at LSU in 1994.
 
I have been an adjunct professor for 11 years at: St. Joseph’s Univ., Bucks Co. Comm. College, Holy Family Univ., teaching police technical courses: ,namely, Criminal Investigations, e.g. the various aspects of Forensic Sciences, Criminology, Forensic Toxicology, Motor Vehicle Accident Physics & Math, Field Sobriety Testing, etc. ...& at La Salle Univ., in their Drug & Chemical Dependency in their BS, MS, & PhD programs , counseling program for 4 years, where many of my students were in law enforcement & in the US Gov't..

I have been a Clinical Chemist, a Pharmaceutical Chemist, a Bio-Analytical Research Supervisor/ Consultant to the Pharm., Vet., Cosmetics, Food & Liquor Industries, a Bio-Analytical/Nuclear-Chemist/ Consultant to the Pharm. & Vet. Industries, .an. Bio-Analytical Toxicologist & Chemist for the City of Philadelphia at the Office of the Medical Examiner, where I did lab assay for the presence of alcohol, drugs & poisons in legally questionable deaths, &, also, part of my duties was to give advice on the Phila. Poison Information Phone to parents, doctors, & nurses. I, also, was a Forensic Toxicologist/ Chemist for the NJ State Police, where I did all of the alcohol, drug & poison bio-assays in live suspects for NJ State trooper cases & for NJ local police departments, & tox. assays in dead body specimens for all of the 21 NJ county medical examiners, ... I was a Lab Supervisor in a bio-analytical lab assays [National Medical Services, Willow Grove, Pa.].   In many of these former jobs of mine, the bio-assay of Rx, OTC & street drug contents were involved.

Since 1972, I have been self-employed as a Forensic Toxicologist/ Chemist/ Expert Witness, specializing in the DEFENSIVE FORENSIC issues in courtrooms, in all 50 States, plus Wash., DC, over the last 44 years. I am Nationally Known.   Defensive means that I do not do,by my own choice,  the opposite testimony for the prosecutor, for one can not do both sides without loosing credibility ... unless you like "double talkers"or those who worked for the CIA & KGB, at the same time! Would these type of individuals be more credible?  Not so. 

I, also, do help in courtroom defense cases concerning illegal possession of [&/or] the manufacturing of Street Drugs, [&/or] Prescription Drugs,[ Rx], [&/or] Over-The-Counter [OTC] Drugs.

I am Nationally known.