Accredited Laboratory Details

Laboratory Name

Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences

Status

Active

Address

1861 Old Spanish Trail
Houston, Texas 77054
County: Harris

Main Laboratory Phone

8329275000

Website

https://ifs.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/CrimeLaboratoryService.aspx

Laboratory Director Name

Katie Welch

Quality Manager Name

Michal Pierce

Sector

County

Will the laboratory perform forensic analysis for criminal defense assuming no conflict?

Yes (fee-for-service)

Accreditation(s)/Discipline(s)

Accrediting Body	Dates Accredited	Forensic Discipline(s)	Accreditation Standard(s)
ANAB	11/21/2022 - 01/31/2027	Fire Debris and Explosive; Firearms/Toolmarks; Forensic Biology/DNA; Materials (Trace); Seized Drugs; Toxicology; Toxicology (Limited to Blood Alcohol)	ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 & AR-3125 Forensic Supplement FBI Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic DNA Testing Laboratories (Forensic Biology/DNA) ABFT Laboratory Accreditation Standard (Toxicology) ABFT Laboratory Accreditation Standard (Toxicology (Limited to Blood Alcohol))
ANAB	12/08/2018 - 11/20/2022	Firearms/Toolmarks; Forensic Biology/DNA; Materials (Trace); Seized Drugs; Toxicology; Toxicology (Limited to Blood Alcohol)	ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 & AR-3125 Forensic Supplement
ASCLD/LAB	12/03/2013 - 12/07/2018	Firearms/Toolmarks; Forensic Biology/DNA; Materials (Trace); Seized Drugs; Toxicology; Toxicology (Limited to Blood Alcohol)	Contact laboratory for historical accreditation standard details
ASCLD/LAB	12/03/2008 - 12/02/2013	Forensic Biology/DNA; Materials (Trace); Seized Drugs; Toxicology; Toxicology (Limited to Blood Alcohol)	Contact laboratory for historical accreditation standard details
ASCLD/LAB	02/12/2004 - 12/02/2008	Forensic Biology/DNA; Materials (Trace); Seized Drugs; Toxicology; Toxicology (Limited to Blood Alcohol)	Contact laboratory for historical accreditation standard details

Accreditation/Laboratory Document(s)

File Description	Accrediting Body
ANAB Certificate	ANAB
FSC Certificate	ANAB

Licensees

Currently Employed	Previously Employed
Acosta, Jessica Alvarado, Linda Laura Anders, Kelly Annon, Ammar Arndt, Crystal Auippa, Rachel Baggerley, Tyler Bauer, Lauren Christina Janet Bazile, Elise Beach, Sydney Behnke, Grayce Berrow, Kymbur Binder, LaToya Blackwell, Ashley Bowden, Sarah Bridges, Tristan Brooks, Ryan Bryant, Erin Casey, Shannon Cavazos, Cassandra Chavez, Francisco Claassen, Brittany Clay, Collin Cooper, Kelsey Csikos, Emily Dao, Matthew Daszkiewicz, Julia DelHomme, Katherine DelHomme, Michelle Dietze, Kiara Donley, Diana Donley, Michael Donovan, Katherine Eakin, Mary Christine Fader, Adam Fleischman, Julie Flournoy, Erika Foley, Dustin Fontanez, Amber Fults, Susan Galioto, Mario Gandara, Paola Gaswint, Jason Goding, Kali Gonzalez, Nancy Gray, Teresa Greenwood, Andrew Griffin, Ashlee Gunter, Kegan Head, Kristen Henry, Chelsea Hernandez, Crystal Hlavaty, Tori Hodge, Sabrina Hofstetter, Madalyn Holguin, Alexander Hollowell, Josie Hughes, Kourtni Johnson, Hannah Kelly, Anna Laing, Xavier LaPorte, Dawn Lara, Michael Longsworth, Gia Lukasik, Ashlynn Marie Lyons, Tammy Mapeli, Jeanna May, Kristina McClain, Kay McElyea, Kaleb Thomas Mendralla, Christina Moser, Alexis Nguyen, Taliz Nunnery, Docoda Palmquist-Orlando, Kaitlyn Pedersen, Sara O Phelps, Wendi Phillips, Ryan Phillips, Zury Balvina Pierce, Michal Pipkin, Raquel Porter, Chianti Quintanilla, Brenda Lizeth Reyes, Samantha Marie Robinson, Madeline Rodriguez, Veronica Ross, James Sailors, James Meredith Sandoval, Joshua Sandy, Yannic Sargent, Rebecca Schroeder, Jason Schultz, Heidi Shi, Grace Sims, Michelle Smith, Shila Soto Martinez, Miriam Steege, Jonathan Stewart, Sarah Strickland, Erin Catherine Taylor, Tammy Testerman, Chelsie Nichole Thompson, Mary Timanova, Anna Torres, Elizabeth Truppi, Joseph Turner, Jennifer Vishnyakova, Elena Wallisch, Amanda Watson, Kintress Welch, Katherine Wiersema, Jason Williams, Donna Wisneski, Tiffany Witt, Ginger Wolfshohl, Diana	Aleman, Janice Alicea-Centeno, Alessandra Allen, Marcus Antinick, Timothy Ashok, Tanuja Austen, Rochelle Ayala, Jessica Baker, Charlotte Ballou-Crawford, Jett Bharathi, Sophia Branch, Lisa Bucci, Noah Callaway, Rachel Castle, Priscilla Chen, Emily Cheng, Rebecca Crawford, Brittany Davis, William Day, Justin DeSantis, Paige Devany, Alexandra Cameron DeWalt, Ashandra G Dillard, Ashley Dockter, Emily Ehmann, H Ross Flores, Shahida Franklin, Destiny Hain, Andrea Hannon, Sarrah Harrah-Lea, Heather Harrell, Breanne Haw, Tyler Hedda, Benjamin Heneghan, Nicole Hill, Priscilla Isenhower, Jada Johnson, Morgan Johnson, Yanesha Jones, Jasmine Kahn, Roger Khadiri, Mohamed Kodur, Arthi Konarik, Ashley Lee, Kathryn Leon, Lorena Marroquin, Claudia Masarirambi, Pardon Tinashe Maywald, Jason McDaniel, Ethan McGuane, Alexander Medlin, Stephen Methner, Deanna Nicole Mikulasovich, Rebecca Monte, Claudia Nakhla, Meriam Nguyen, Thy Nickell, Linda Ogan, Chelsea Perry, Lauren Polakovic, Alexandra Redmond, Nikia Renteria, Asusena Ricco, Emily Rossman, Jennifer Schwartz, Meagan Segal, Jonathan Shaw, Rachel Skillman, Britni Small, Patricia Taylor, Weslynn Tokay, Sean Tsang, Anson Vircks, Kyle Edward Wade, Brittany Waiters, Kacie Wamsley, Victoria Watson, Kirbie Wolfe, Lauren Yip, Dennis Young, Blake Zavala, Jesse

Currently Employed

Previously Employed

Acosta, Jessica

Alvarado, Linda Laura

Bauer, Lauren Christina Janet

Eakin, Mary Christine

Lukasik, Ashlynn Marie

McElyea, Kaleb Thomas

Palmquist-Orlando, Kaitlyn

Pedersen, Sara O

Phelps, Wendi

Phillips, Ryan

Phillips, Zury Balvina

Pierce, Michal

Pipkin, Raquel

Porter, Chianti

Quintanilla, Brenda Lizeth

Reyes, Samantha Marie

Robinson, Madeline

Rodriguez, Veronica

Ross, James

Sailors, James Meredith

Soto Martinez, Miriam

Steege, Jonathan

Stewart, Sarah

Strickland, Erin Catherine

Taylor, Tammy

Testerman, Chelsie Nichole

Alicea-Centeno, Alessandra

Ballou-Crawford, Jett

Devany, Alexandra Cameron

Masarirambi, Pardon Tinashe

Methner, Deanna Nicole

Mikulasovich, Rebecca

Standards

Standard Name	Implementation Date	Implementation Type
ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs	08/03/2021	Full
ASTM E2548-16 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 068, Safe Handling of Firearms and Ammunition, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 093, Standard Test Method for the Forensic Examination and Testing of Firearms, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ASTM E1588-20 Standard Practice for Gunshot Residue Analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry	08/03/2021	Full
ASTM E3309-21 Standard Guide for Reporting of Forensic Primer Gunshot Residue (pGSR) Analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (SEM/EDS)	08/10/2022	Full
ASTM E3245-20e1 Standard Guide for Systematic Approach to the Extraction, Analysis, and Classification of Ignitable Liquids and Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris Samples	08/03/2021	Full
ASTM E2451-21 Standard Practice for Preserving Ignitable Liquids and Ignitable Liquid Residue Extracts from Fire Debris Samples	08/10/2022	Full
ASTM E1412-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Samples by Passive Headspace Concentration with Activated Charcoal	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 023, Standard for Training in Forensic DNA Isolation and Purification Methods, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 110, Standards for Training in Forensic Serological Methods, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 115, Standard for Training in Forensic Short Tandem Repeat Typing Methods using Amplification, DNA Separation, and Allele Detection, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 116, Standard for Training in Forensic DNA Quantification Methods, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 040, Standard for Forensic DNA Interpretation and Comparison Protocols, First Edition, 2019	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 077, Standard for the Developmental and Internal Validation of Forensic Serological Methods, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 022, Standard for Forensic DNA Analysis Training Programs, First Edition, 2019	08/10/2022	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 018, Standard for Validation of Probabilistic Genotyping Systems, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 020, Standard for Validation Studies of DNA Mixtures, and Development and Verification of a Laboratory's Mixture Interpretation Protocol, First Edition, 2018	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 017, Standard Practices for Measurement Traceability in Forensic Toxicology, First Edition, 2018	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 036, Standard Practices for Method Validation in Forensic Toxicology, First Edition, 2019	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 053, Standard for Report Content in Forensic Toxicology, First Edition, 2020	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 037, Guidelines for Opinions and Testimony in Forensic Toxicology, First Edition, 2019	08/03/2021	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 152, Standard for the Minimum Content Requirements of Forensic Toxicology Procedures, First Edition, 2021	08/10/2022	Full
ANSI/ASB Standard 054, Standard for a Quality Control Program in Forensic Toxicology Laboratories, First Edition, 2021	08/10/2022	Partial
ANSI/ASB Standard 119, Standard for the Analytical Scope and Sensitivity of Forensic Toxicological Testing of Blood in Medicolegal Death Investigations, First Edition, 2021	08/10/2022	Partial
ANSI/ASB Standard 121, Standard for the Analytical Scope and Sensitivity of Forensic Toxicological Testing of Urine in Drug-Facilitated Crime Investigations, First Edition, 2021	08/10/2022	Partial
ANSI/ASB Standard 120, Standard for the Analytical Scope and Sensitivity of Forensic Toxicological Testing of Blood in Impaired Driving Investigations, First Edition, 2021	08/10/2022	Partial