Faculty
Loyola's faculty members are dedicated to quality undergraduate teaching and a student-centered approach to education. All forensic science instructors are current or former forensic science practitioners, with practical experience they bring to the classroom & laboratory to share with their students. Students are assigned to a faculty advisor, who helps them plan their curriculum, and offers them valuable assistance in finding a job or gaining admission to graduate school.
James DeFrancesco, Program Director & Senior Lecturer
PhD, Physical Organic Chemistry | Michigan State University
Area of Forensic Specialization: Drug Chemistry, Toxicology, Clandestine Drug Lab Investigations
Forensic Experience: US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Clandestine Laboratory Investigators Association / Clandestine Laboratory Investigating Chemists Association, American Chemical Society, Chicago Chromatography Discussion Group (President)
Courses Taught: CHEM 212, CHEM 214, CHEM 300, UCSF 137, FRSC 343, FRSC 350/350L, FRSC 360/360L, FRSC 361/361L, FRSC 390, FRSC 394
Contact: jdefrancesco@luc.edu (773)508-3283
Wendy Gruhl, Lecturer
MS, Forensic Science | University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Forensic Specialization: Forensic Biology, DNA
Forensic Experience: Illinois State Police
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Courses Taught: BIOL 391, FRSC 370/370L, FRSC 371, FRSC390, FRSC394
Contact: wgruhl@luc.edu (773)508-3607
Garry Bombard, Lecturer Emeritus
PhD, Public Health | University of Illinois at Chicago
Area of Forensic Specialization: Forensic Serology
Forensic Experience: Illinois State Police
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (MAFS), American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD)
Courses Taught: n/a
A. Karl Larson, Adjunct Lecturer
PhD, Pharmacodynamics | University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Forensic Specialization: Toxicology, Drug Chemistry
Forensic Experience: Illinois State Police, University of Illinois Chicago
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists, Association of Racing Chemists, FEPAC Board of Commissioners
Course Taught: FRSC 342
Contact: klarsen@luc.edu or larsena@uic.edu
James Snaidauf, Lecturer
MS, Forensic Science | University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Forensic Specialization: Fingerprints
Forensic Experience: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), DEA, Illinois State Police
Professional Affiliations: International Association for Identification (IAI, Illinois Division, Florida Division, and Parent Body), American Academy of Forensic Sciences Standards Board (ASB) - Friction Ridge Consensus Body Member, International Association for Identification Science and Practices Committee/Latent Print Development
Courses Taught: FRSC 350/350L
Contact: jsnaidauf@luc.edu
Kevin Kulbacki, Lecturer
MS, Forensic Science | University of Florida
Area of Forensic Specialization: Questioned Documents
Forensic Experience: US Federal Government, KDX Forensic Consulting LLC, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Osborn & Son Forensic Document Examination
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Forensic Sciences, American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE), Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) - Forensic Document Examination Subcommittee Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Standards Board (ASB) - Forensic Document Examination Consensus Body Member and Chair
Courses Taught: FRSC 350/350L
Contact: kkulbacki@luc.edu
Caryn Tucker, Lecturer
MS, Forensic Science | University of Illinois Chicago
Area of Forensic Specialization: Firearms, Toolmarks
Forensic Experience: Illinois State Police
Professional Affiliations: n/a
Courses Taught: FRSC 350/350L
Contact: ctucker@luc.edu
Jennifer Wagenmaker, Lecturer
PhD, Microbiology and Immunology | Virginia Commonwealth University
Area of Forensic Specialization: Forensic Biology, DNA
Forensic Experience: Illinois State Police
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Course Taught: FRSC 371
Contact: jwagenmaker@luc.edu
Lisa Gilbert, Lecturer
MS, Analytical Chemistry | Governors State University
Area of Forensic Specialization: Drug Chemistry, Latent Prints
Forensic Experience: Illinois State Police
Professional Affiliations: International Association for Identification (IAI)
Courses Taught: FRSC 340
Contact: lgilbert@luc.edu
Anne Grauer, Professor of Biological Anthropology (Anthropology Department)
PhD, Anthropology | University of Massachusetts- Amherst
Area of Forensic Specialization: Anthropology
Forensic Experience: Cook County Sheriff’s Police and Medical Examiner’s Office, FBI Evidence Response Team, Illinois Historic Preservation Office, Field Museum of Natural History, State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Professional Affiliations (selected): American Academy of Forensic Sciences, American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Paleopathology Association
Forensic Courses Taught: ANTH 326, ANTH 396
Contact: Dr. Grauer's page
*Updated 16 August 21
