Kristina C. Williams
University of North Texas
Chemistry
(940) 369-5775
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Education

PhD, University of North Texas, 2016.
Major: Chemistry
Degree Specialization: Analytical Chemistry
Dissertation Title: Direct Inject Mass Spectrometry for Illicit Chemistry Detection and Characterization

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Forensic Sciences. (March 2019 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Workshop,"Inclusive Syllabus Workshop (Department of Chemistry)," UNT Anti-Bias and Culture Awareness Program, United States of America. (January 2023).

Workshop,"Managing Difficult Classrooms with Dr. Moe McGuiness," UNT Non-Tenure Track Faculty Mentoring Network, United States of America. (February 2022).

Other,"Accomodating Disabilities," UNT Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program Fall 2020, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 11, 2020).

Other,"Managing Bias," UNT Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program Fall 2020, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 11, 2020).

Workshop,"Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program Speaker Series: Introduction to Inclusion in Higher Educational Settings," UNT Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program Fall 2020, Denton, TX, United States of America. (November 6, 2020).

Conference Attendance,"SWAFS Annual Conference," Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists, Virtual, United States of America. (October 5, 2020 – October 8, 2020).

Workshop,"Microagressions and Inclusive Language," UNT Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program Fall 2020, Denton, TX, United States of America. (August 13, 2020).

Workshop,"Bias Awareness and Perceptions," UNT Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program Fall 2020, Denton, TX, United States of America. (August 10, 2020).

Other,"Building a Better World: Celebrating Women in STEM," COS Women Mentoring Program, Denton, TX, United States of America. (March 1, 2019).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
BIOL 4900, Special Problems, 13 courses.
CHEM 3330, Forensic Science Analysis, 11 courses.
CHEM 3451, Quantitative Analysis, 5 courses.
CHEM 3452, Quantitative Analysis Laboratory, 10 courses.
CHEM 4351, Forensic Chemistry, 15 courses.
CHEM 4360, Principles of Forensic Science, 11 courses.
CHEM 4900, Special Problems, 7 courses.
CHEM 4912, Undergraduate Research Capstone Experience, 3 courses.
CHEM 4920, Cooperative Education in Chemistry, 1 course.
CHEM 4930, Selected Topics in Chemistry, 4 courses.
CHEM 6940, Individual Research, 1 course.

Non-Credit Instruction

Guest Lecture. (April 14, 2022 – Present).

Directed Student Learning

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Wildlife Crime and the Illegal Wildlife Trade," Biological Sciences. (January 2023 – Present).

Other,"TBD," Biological Sciences. (January 2023 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Chemistry. (May 2020 – Present).

Internship Advisor,"Forensic Neuropsychology," Biological Sciences. (January 2020 – Present).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Controversy surrounding marijuana (Cannabis sativa) as a Schedule I substance," Chemistry. (August 2023 – December 2023).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Method Development of Drug Analysis using SPE and LC-MS," Biological Sciences. (August 2023 – December 2023).

Other,"Understanding Disparities in Forensic Science Using Race and Ethnicity," Chemistry. (August 2023 – December 2023).

Other,"Soil Microbiome Analysis in Forensic Investigations," Biological Sciences. (August 2022 – December 2022).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"DATA MINING USING DIRECT INJECTION TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY, INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY, INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY, AND POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION FOR THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF NUTRACEUTICALS AND CONTAMINANTS," Biological Sciences. (May 2022 – November 2022).

Other,"Investigating Victim Profiles of a Forensic Scientist's Unethical Casework," Biological Sciences. (January 2022 – May 2022).

Other,"Reasoning Faulty Forensics: Disputed Forensic Processes and Their Reliability," Biological Sciences. (August 2021 – December 2021).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Forensic Sexual Assault Evidence and the End the Backlog Movement," Biological Sciences. (January 2021 – May 2021).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Toxicology: Alcohol Concentration in Breath and Blood in Forensic Science," Biological Sciences. (August 2020 – December 2020).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Trace Evidence Found Underneath Fingernails," Biological Sciences. (August 2020 – December 2020).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Virtual Autopsy," Biological Sciences. (August 2020 – December 2020).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"The History and Science Behind Blood Alcohol Detection and Breathalyzers," Biological Sciences. (August 2020 – December 2020).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Lysergic Acid Diethylamide: The Mind and Body Effects," Biological Sciences. (August 2020 – December 2020).

Other,"Latent Prints: Collecting and Rendering," Biological Sciences. (August 2020 – December 2020).

Other,"Analysis of Fingerprint Transfer Through Gloves," Biological Sciences. (August 2020 – December 2020).

Other,"Analysis of Trace Evidence of Explosive Material," Biological Sciences. (January 2019 – May 2019).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Instructor's Manual
Williams, C. Forensic Chemistry Laboratory Manual. Denton, TX: UNT Libraries (Open Texts).
Journal Article
Nnaji, C. N., Williams, K. C., Bishop, J. M., Verbeck, G. F. (2015). Hydrogen as a GC/MS carrier and buffer gas for use in forensic laboratories. Other. 55(3), 162-167.
Williams, K. C., Nnaji, C., Verbeck, G. F. (2014). Overcoming Selectivity and Sensitivity Issues of Direct Inject Electrospray Mass Spectrometry via DAPNe-NSI-MS. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 25(5), 705-711.
Williams, K. C., Kretsch, A., Verbeck, G. F. (2014). Parallel artificial membrane permeability assay for blood-brain permeability determination of illicit drugs and synthetic analogues. Other. 54(5), 351-355.
Williams, K. C., Wiley, R., Waverka, K., Fox, J., Dziekonski, E., Verbeck, G. F. (2013). Direct Analyte-Probed Nanoextraction Coupled to Nanospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry of Drug Residues from Latent Fingerprints. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 58(4), 875-880.
Williams, K. C., Dake, J., Sisco, E., Verbeck, G. F. (2013). Trace analysis of energetic materials via direct analyte-probed nanoextraction coupled to direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry. Forensic Science International. 231(1-3), 98-101.

Presentations Given

Oral Presentation

Williams, K. (Author & Presenter), Verbeck, G. (Author), SciX 2015: 42nd Annual Meeting of FACSS, Characterizing and databasing drugs and drug analogs to stay ahead of clandestine designer drug laboratories, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Providence, RI, United States of America. (2015).

Clemons, K. (Author & Presenter), Kretsch, A. (Author), Verbeck, G. (Author), SciX 2014: 41st Annual Meeting of FACSS, Characterizing and databasing designer drugs to stay ahead of clandestine labs, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Reno, NV, United States of America. (2014).

Clemons, K. (Author & Presenter), Torabi, S. (Author), Mo, H. (Author), Verbeck, G. (Author), 61st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Nanomanipulation-Coupled to Mass Spectrometry for Direct Organelle Analysis to Explore Lipid Localization Chemistry within Single Cells, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2013).

Poster

Williams, K. (Author & Presenter), Kretsch, A. (Author), Verbeck, G. (Author), 27th ASMS Sanibel Conference on Mass Spectrometry Security and Forensic Applications, Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Assay and Cell Membrane Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry for Investigating and Databasing Drug Analogs, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Clearwater Beach, FL, United States of America. (2015).

Williams, K. (Author & Presenter), Kretsch, A. (Author), Verbeck, G. (Author), Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Scheduled drugs and drug analogs: Rapid synthesis of tryptamine analogs and assessment of blood-brain barrier permeability and receptor activity, American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX, United States of America. (2014).

Clemons, K. (Author & Presenter), Nnaji, C. (Author), Verbeck, G. (Author), Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Development of a single solvent for extraction of trace inorganic and organic explosives, American Chemical Society, Waco, TX, United States of America. (2013).

Clemons, K. (Author & Presenter), Wiley, R. (Author), Nnaji, C. (Author), Verbeck, G. (Author), SciX 2012: 39th Annual Meeting of FACSS, Direct Analyte-Probed Nanoextractioncoupled Nanospray Ionization – Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Illicit Substances, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2012).

Clemons, K. (Author & Presenter), Wiley, R. (Author), Fox, J. (Author), Dziekonski, E. (Author), Verbeck, G. (Author), 60th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Direct Analyte-Probed Nanoextraction (DAPNe) Coupled to Nanospray Ionization – Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Illicit Substances, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Vancouver, BC, United States of America. (2012).

Symposium

Williams, K. (Author & Presenter), Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education 2020, Incorporating soft-skill discussions and professional development into forensic science education, Division of Chemical Education (DivCHED) of the American Chemical Society, Oregon State University, United States of America. (2020).

Williams, C. (Author & Presenter), Verbeck, G. (Author), Association of Forensic Document Examiners Symposium, Forensic application of direct analyte-probed nanoextraction (DAPNe) applied to document ink analysis, Association of Forensic Document Examiners, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2019).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Teaching
Williams, C., "UNT Open Texts," Sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $7500 Funded. (May 2022 – Present).

Awards and Honors

Best Poster Presentation, 27th ASMS Sanibel Conference on Mass Spectrometry. (2015 – Present).

James J. and Ruth I. Spurlock Scholarship Award, UNT Department of Chemistry. (2015 – Present).

Service

University Service

Student Recruiter, Preview Day. (November 2022 – Present).

Other, Department of Chemistry. (August 2022 – Present).

Committee Member, Instructional Lab Supervisor Search Committee. (January 2022 – Present).

Committee Chair, Ad Hoc Committee for Career Readiness. (August 2021 – Present).

Member, Analytical Division Faculty. (January 2020 – Present).

Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee. (November 2019 – Present).

Member, Instrument Committee. (August 2019 – Present).

Student Org Advisor (Non-Professional Org), Forensic Science Club. (January 2019 – Present).

Other, Association for Women in Science. (November 2018 – Present).

Student Recruiter, COS Science Tours. (September 2018 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, Forensic Program Faculty Advisor. (August 2018 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, FEPAC Accreditation. (May 2023 – December 2023).

Member, Microcredential Steering Committee. (August 2023 – November 2023).

Committee Member, Forensic Molecular Biology Clinical Faculty Search Committee. (January 2022 – April 2022).

Member, COS Women in Science Mentoring Group. (October 2019 – May 2020).

Faculty Mentor, Honors College STEM Interest Community. (October 2019 – May 2020).

Student Recruiter, Preview Day/Mean Green Merit. (October 18, 2019 – October 19, 2019).

Guest Speaker, Proton Panel: Faculty Edition. (October 8, 2019).

Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee. (November 2018 – September 2019).

Guest Speaker, Student ACS Chapter. (April 9, 2019).

Student Recruiter, Preview Day. (March 2, 2019).

Guest Speaker, Forensic Science Club. (February 27, 2019).

Student Recruiter, Preview Day/Mean Green Merit. (November 2, 2018 – November 3, 2018).

Public Service

Member, Advisory Board for Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science at the Technology, Education & Career Center West (Lewisville ISD), Lewisville, TX. (April 2021 – Present).

Guest Speaker, Northwest ISD Women in STEM Career Day, Northlakes. (February 26, 2020).