Graduate Assistant

Katya Beltran Bella graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science - Chemistry. During her undergraduate career, Bella completed internships in both the toxicology and seized drugs units of the Orange County Crime Lab in Santa Ana, California. Her research included a seized drugs qualitative comparative study between LC-QTOF-MS and GC-MS, as well as a method validation for the quantification of carfentanil and fentanyl via LC-MS/MS.

Bella is now pursuing a Master of Science in Forensic Toxicology from Thomas Jefferson University. Alongside her graduate studies she has joined the CFSRE as a Graduate Assistant and will be working with the toxicology team on the ongoing NPS Discovery program.