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Loyola University Chicago student Kristina Martinet wasn't expecting to leave school with a degree in forensic science after just one semester.
But that's exactly what happened, with the 19-year-old presenting her research at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences' annual conference in Denver earlier this year, NBC Chicago reports.
Martinet's topic: the analysis of terpenes and terpenoids, compounds responsible for the aroma of plants, including hops and cannabis.
"Terpenes aren't a widely studied part of cannabis so we wanted to work on a way for scientists to be able to separate terpenes from the plant and identify them," she says in a university press release.
Martinet and James DeFrancesco, the program director for Forensic Science at Loyola, developed a method for analyzing small and volatile molecules, such as terpenes and terpenoids, by separating the complex mixtures and identifying unknown peaks to determine trace levels of contamination.
Martinet says her research was "scary" as an undergraduate, but "my mentors assured me that the work I did meant something, and people will be excited to see it."
She plans to start her new job in forensic toxicology at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene in May 2024.
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