Supervisor of Chemistry & Toxicology, Lake County Crime Laboratory
Biography
Douglas E. Rohde has been employed by the Lake County Crime Laboratory (OH) since January 2000 and serves as the Supervisor of Chemistry and Toxicology. He holds a BS in Chemistry from Gannon University and a MS in Chemistry (Clinical) from Cleveland State University. Prior to his current position, he was employed in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation for 12 years and began his career in 1983 performing toxicology testing for the Erie County Coroner (PA). He has provided expert testimony/opinion reports in the areas of controlled substance/poison identification and toxicology analysis/impairment in several counties in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow (Toxicology Section) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, a member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists and The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists and holds board certification from the American Board of Criminalistics and the American Society for Clinical Pathology. He is a member of the National Safety Council - Alcohol, Drugs and Impairment Division and has served as an adjunct instructor at Cleveland State University, John Carroll University, Ohio Northern University and Lake Erie College.
