Linda Jankowski:  

Life After graduating from Woodbury High School, I went on to get a BA in biology from Gettysburg College. I was employed by the NJ State Police as a Forensic Scientist for 34 years (long before forensic science was cool!), eventually becoming the Lab Director of the DNA lab. Got an M.S. in biology from Rutgers. The writers of CSI consulted with me before the first show was aired. (little did I realize it would become the most popular show on TV!) Since retiring from the State Police in 2006, I have been consulting. I am currently contracting with the federal government, to help police departments and forensic laboratories in developing countries worldwide. I have previously worked with the Forensic Center in Kyiv, Ukraine. Although Ukraine is not a "developing" country, exactly, since its independence from USSR in 1993, it struggles to rebuild a democracy with a capitalist economy. I love the people in Ukraine and have made several great friends. I also worked in Armenia. I have been working with 2 forensics labs in the Republic of Georgia since 2008. I work there for 6 weeks and then return home for 4-6 weeks. I am helping them prepare for accreditation. One of the labs was accredited in 2012 and the other should achieve accreditation this year (in April 2019). Roy has visited me there a few times. A really gorgeous country and great people. Last summer I brought a contingent of Georgians to the US to visit some accredited laboratories here. I have been skiing there at three different ski slopes.. The Caucasus mountain range is higher than the Alps. I've been married for 47 years to my college sweetheart, Roy Jankowski (yes, my name is Linda Jankowski). No children (by choice). Roy has had many adventurous jobs, a Sheriff in a wild west show, building 65 foot and 85 foot steel tall ships, (which he sailed to the keys), commer...Expand for more