Amy, Megan and Monica traveled to Seattle, WA to present at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting. They each presented a talk titled “The Development of a Technique for the Forensic Identification of Carrion Beetles”, “Best Buds - Ambient Ionization Coupled with Mass Spectrometry for the Forensic Analysis of Cannabinoid-infused Complex Matrices” and “‘Leaf’ It to Direct Analysis in Real-Time High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (DART-HRMS) and Multivariate Statistical Analysis for the Forensic Identification of Illegally Traded Timber”. In addition, Megan received the Forensic Science Foundation Student Travel Grant Award. Professor Musah also gave two talks in the virtual National Institute of Justice session titled “Fusion of DART-HRMS-derived Dark Matter and Infrared Spectroscopy for the Identification of New Psychoactive Substances” and “Progress Towards the Development of a Database of Chemical Fingerprint Signatures for Species Identification of Necrophagous Insects”.