Dr. Nicole Chinnici is the Laboratory Director at the East Stroudsburg University Dr. Jane Huffman Wildlife Genetics Institute. As the Laboratory Director, she has secured annual state funding to launch the PA Tick Research Lab, offering free tick testing to all PA residents. In addition to her role as the Laboratory Director, she is an Adjunct Professor at ESU teaching Microbiology Labs and at the University of Florida teaching Advanced Genetics for Wildlife Forensics. Nicole has several scientific publications pertaining to ticks, tickborne diseases, and wildlife forensics. As a Certified Wildlife Forensic Scientist, she serves on the National Board for Wildlife Forensics, developing and optimizing standards used by all Wildlife Forensic Laboratories.