Audrey M. Williams profile

Audrey M. Williams

Director, Forensic Science Center

PLS / PLS Pado / Physical and Life Sciences Pad Office

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Biography

Background

Audrey Williams is the director of LLNL's Forensic Science Center, which supports the U.S. government in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive materials (CBRNE) forensic analysis. She also supports the intelligence community; the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Energy; and local and federal law enforcement.

Prior to her appointment as director, Williams was an analytical and forensic chemist with growing leadership roles in biomedical sample analysis, chemical attribution signatures, toxin analysis, and explosives analysis. She is a technical leader for the development and application of novel analytical methods for biomedical exposure signatures, chemical attribution and forensics, and explosives analysis.

Research Interests

Williams's focus areas are the fusion of multidisciplinary capabilities for application to U.S. national security issues; the characterization of biological signatures of chemical warfare agent exposure; identification, characterization, and interpretation of chemical warfare and toxic industrial chemical attribution signatures in different matrices; comprehensive forensic analyses of extraordinary questioned samples; and the trace and ultratrace materials profiling of a diverse array of explosives, drugs, toxins, and chemical compounds.

Education

  • PhD, Analytical Chemistry, Michigan State University, 2009
  • MS, Forensic Science, Michigan State University, 2006
  • BS, Chemistry, Xavier University, 2003
  • BS, Criminal Justice, Xavier University, 2003

Publications

2018 5 publications

  • Williams, AM; Norlin, R; Wiktelius, D. Synthesis route attribution of sulfur mustard by multivariate data analysis of chemical signatures, Talanta, 2018, 186, 615-621.
  • Williams, AM;Vu, AK; Mayer, BP; Hok, S; Valdez, CA; Alcaraz, A. Part 3: Solid phase extraction of Russian VX and its chemical attribution signatures in food matrices and their detection by GC-MS and LC-MS, Talanta, 2018, 186, 607-614.
  • Jansson, D; Wiklund Lindstrom, S; Norlin, R; Hok, S; Valdez, CA; Williams, AM; Alcaraz, A; Nilsson, C; Astot, C. Part 2: Forensic attribution profiling of Russian VX in food using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, Talanta, 2018, 186, 597-606.
  • Hojer Holmgren, K; Valdez, CA; Magnusson, R; Vu, AK; Lindberg, S; Williams, AM; Alcaraz, A; Astot, C; Hok, S; Norlin, R. Part 1: Tracing Russian VX to its synthetic routes by multivariate statistics of chemical attribution signatures, Talanta, 2018, 186, 586-596.
  • Mayer, BP; Valdez, CA; DeHope, AJ; Spackman, PE; Williams, AM. Statistical analysis of the chemical attribution signatures of 3-methylfentanyl and its methods of production, Talanta, 2018, 186, 645-654.

2016 1 publication

  • Mayer, BP; DeHope, AJ; Mew, DA; Spackman, PE; Williams, AM.Chemical Attribution of Fentanyl Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Orthogonal Mass Spectral Data, Analytical Chemistry, 2016, 88, 4303-4610.

2011 1 publication

  • Pitesky, M; Riot, VJ; Srivastava, A; Steele, PT; Williams, AM. Single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry (SPAMS) for high-throughput and rapid analysis of biological aerosols and single cells, Rapid Characterization of Microorganisms by Mass Spectrometry, 2011, 161-196.

2010 1 publication

  • Martin, AN; Farquar, GR; Jones, AD; Frank, M. Human Breath Analysis: Methods for Sample Collection and Reduction of Localized Background Effects, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2010, 396, 739-750.

2009 1 publication

  • Martin, AN; Farquar, GR; Jones, AD; Frank, M. The Use of Single Particle Aerosol Mass Spectrometry for the Automated Non-Destructive Identification of Drugs in Multicomponent Samples, Analytical Chemistry, 2009, 81, 9336-9342.