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Education
2020 - 2025 PhD in Analytical Chemistry
(expected) Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2020 - 2025 B.S. Forensic and Investigative Science
B.S. Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude with Honors
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Teaching
Fall 2020 - present Fall 2020-Present Teaching Assistant- Chemistry Department
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
HONORS AND REWARDS
2020
Ross Fellowship
2020
WVU Foundation Outstanding Senior Award
2019
Eastern Analytical Symposium Student Research Award
2019
John H. Strohl Chem 110 Scholarship
2018 - 2019 George H. Robinson Memorial Scholarship (CBD-IAI)
Fall 2018 Dean’s List- West Virginia University
2018
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Scholarship
2018
J. Edgar Hoover Leadership Foundation Scholarship
2018
John H. Strohl Memorial Scholarship
2017 - 2020 Morrisey-Ropp Chemistry Scholarship
Fall 2016-Spring 2018, President’s List- West Virginia University
Spring 2019, Fall 2020
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
May 2018-August 2020 Development of a flexible algorithm for substance identification
Dr. Glen P. Jackson’s Research Group, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (PRESENTER LISTED FIRST)
Work conducted at West Virginia University
4) Mehnert, SA, Jackson, GP, Ph.D., Lowe, BD, Ruiz, EA, Davidson, JT. A regression-based algorithm to maximize the confidence in mass spectral identifications.
Paper presented at: American Academy of Forensic Science’s 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting; 2020 February 17-22; Anaheim, CA.
3) Mehnert, SA, Jackson, GP, Ph.D., Lowe, BD, Davidson, JT. The development of a flexible algorithm for substance identification using mass spectrometry.
Paper to be presented at: 2019 Eastern Analytical Symposium & Exposition; 2019 November 18-20; Princeton, NJ.
2) Mehnert, SA, Jackson, GP, Ph.D., Lowe, BD, Davidson, JT. The development of a flexible algorithm for substance identification using mass spectrometry.
Paper presented at: American Academy of Forensic Science's 71st Annual Scientific Meeting; 2019 February 18-23; Baltimore, MD.
1) Mehnert, SA, Lowe, BD, Davidson, JT, Jackson, GP, Ph.D. The development of a flexible algorithm for substance identification using mass spectrometry.
Poster presented at: 10th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium; 2018 July 26; Morgantown, WV.