Jessica Gleba, PhD

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTEREST

BIOGRAPHY

Her research was focused on the postmortem pharmacokinetics of drugs of abuse with a focus on morphine, fentanyl and their metabolites. By using rat models, a comparison between the antemortem and postmortem pharmacokinetics will be made for the above mentioned drugs with a look into the phenomenon of postmortem re-distribution.

sje is a recipient of the NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and a member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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EDUCATION, HONORS AND PUBLICATION

EDUCATION

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Northeastern University, 2014, M.S, Pharmaceutical Science
Boston University School of Medicine, 2010, M.S. Biomedical Forensic Science
Campbell University, 2008, B.S. Chemistry

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Matthew Juascik, Jessica Gleba, Amanda Jenkins. “Formation of Benzoylecgonine Isopropyl Ester Following Solid-Phase Extraction”, 2012.

Gleba, J. (2010). Forensic Characterization of Mitragynine in Kratom Extracts (Master’s Thesis).