Elizabeth Marrero

Elizabeth Marrero is a Forensic Scientist from New York City. She attained her Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science Criminalistics from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and attained her Master of Science in Forensic Science from PACE University in New York City where she received the highest form of recognition for her academic achievement. 

Elizabeth joined the faculty of the Department of Forensic Sciences in the Fall of 2021 and is currently teaching Criminal Law. She currently serves as a Forensic Expert, a Forensic Operations Manager and a Forensic Systems Administrator for the Federal Government.

Elizabeth is recognized for her work in aiding the NYC World Trade Center Identification efforts at the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) World Trade Center Identification Unit where she examined over 100,000 post-mortem mitochondrial DNA data. She is also recognized for her noble role as a HAZMAT/HAZWOPER responder in mass disasters such as Hurricane Sandy. She was also selected by the NYC OCME to demonstrate the process of sexual assault evidence analysis and DNA analysis to U.S. President Joseph Biden and former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Elizabeth’s experience includes crime scene processing and reconstruction at the New York City Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit to serving as a Criminalist/Forensic Scientist and a Forensic Expert witness for the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner in a variety of high-profile criminal case. At the NYC OCME, she also served as an FBI Quality Assurance Auditor, a Forensic Investigator and a Fire Warden. She was also an educator and trainer at the NYC Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Training Institute (SAFETI) and the NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault training licensed emergency medical professionals on evidence collection. Her experience extends to biopharmaceutics as a Crystallographer Scientist in the Research & Development and Computation & Structural Chemistry/Drug Discovery for GlaxoSmithKline in therapeutic areas of oncology, immuno-inflammation, respiratory and cardiovascular failure. She also has experience in policy management as a former Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Quality Management.

Elizabeth is a long-standing member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Criminalistics Section, and is bilingual English and Spanish