Donnell Christian: Donnell serves as the Senior Director of Training and Quality Management at PBSI. Prior to coming to PBSI, Donnell was the Forensic Science Development Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Justice’s International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). With ICITAP, he has assisted in establishing forensic science programs in the developing democracies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Senegal, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as well as the post conflict countries of Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo and Iraq. Mr. Christian has utilized his 15 years of experience with the Arizona Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory specializing in forensic chemistry and the clandestine manufacture of drugs and explosives as the basis for three books and numerous articles: Forensic Investigation of Clandestine Laboratories (CRC Press 2003), Field Guide to Clandestine Laboratory Identification and Investigation (CRC Press 2004) and Clandestine Lab Investigation Pocket Guide (PBSI 2006) as well as chapters in Forensic Science, An Introduction to Forensic Investigative Techniques (CRC Press 2003, 2005, 2009) and The Forensic Science Handbook (Humana Press 2006.)

Donnell has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Police Administration from Northern Arizona University and a Masters’ Degree in Criminal Justice from AMU.