Lawrence Quarino is the Director of the Forensic Science Program at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He received a doctorate from the City University of New York and a Master of Science from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He spent eleven years as a supervising forensic biologist at the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office and three years as a forensic scientist with the New Jersey State Police. He currently serves as a Commissioner with the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission and on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Criminalistics.