Ph.D., The Graduate Center/CUNY, 2012
M.Phil., The Graduate Center/CUNY, 2011
M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, 2010
M.S., John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, 2007
M.A., New York University, 2003
B.A., Northwestern University, 2000
Dr. Kammrath’s research interests include uniting microscopy with spectroscopy, the identification and characterization of microscopic samples of forensic interest, the statistical analysis of trace, pattern and impression evidence, and investigations into the significance of physical evidence.
Dr. Kammrath currently serves as President of the New York Microscopical Society (NYMS), and is on the Governing Board of the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS). She is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Criminalistics (ABC).
San Pietro, D. and Kammrath, B.W. (Summer 2018). Forensic Science: A Forensic Scientist’s Perspective. The SciTech Lawyer.
Leary, P.E., Kammrath, B.W., and Reffner, J.A. (2018). Field Portable Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Instrumentation. Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry.
Kammrath, B.W., Koutrakos, A., Castillo, J., Langley, C., and Huck-Jones, D. (2018). Morphologically-Directed Raman Spectroscopy for Forensic Soil Analysis. Forensic Science International. DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.12.034.
Kammrath, B.W., Koutrakos, A., Leary, P.E., Castillo, J., Wolfgang, J., and Huck-Jones, D. (2018). Morphologically Directed Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Forensic Samples. Spectroscopy, 33(1), 46-53.
Schlagetter, T., Kammrath, B.W., and Glynn, C.L. (2017). The use of Raman spectroscopy for the identification of forensically relevant body fluid stains. Spectroscopy, 32(12), 19-24.
Kammrath, B.W., Leary, P.E. and Reffner, J.A. (2017). Collecting Quality Infrared Spectra from Microscopic Samples of Suspicious Powders in a Sealed Cell. Applied Spectroscopy, 71(3), 438-445. DOI: 10.1177/0003702816666286.
Kammrath, B.W, Koutrakos, A.C, McMahon, M.E., Reffner, J.A. (2016). The Forensic Analysis of Glass Evidence: Past, Present, and Future. In Forensic Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Katz E. (Ed.) and Halamek, J. (Ed.), (pp. 299-336). Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
Huck-Jones, D., Koutrakos, A., and Kammrath, B. (2016). Introducing morphologically directed Raman spectroscopy: A powerful tool for the detection of counterfeit drugs. Manufacturing Chemist, Vol. 87, No. 10, pp 36-38.
Brooke Kammrath, associate professor of forensic science, will be leading a presentation about portable gas chromatography and mass spectrometry identification of mitragynine in kratom at Pittcon this year.
The general criminalist, who can see the overall picture of evidence identification and collection, is vital to the future of forensic science. That’s what Brooke Kammrath, associate professor of forensic science; along with authors in the field argue for the future of the entire discipline.