A new outdoor laboratory at George Mason Universityâs Manassas campus will not only benefit students entering the forensic science field, but will also help law enforcement officers and researchers in other agencies solve crimes.
Scheduled to open this spring, the universityâs Forensic Science Research and Training Laboratory will be led by Mary Ellen OâToole, a retired FBI special agent who previously served in the agencyâs Behavioral Analysis Unit in San Francisco. OâToole, who retired from the FBI in 2009, has been a Stafford County resident for 23 years, and serves as the director of the forensic science program at George Mason University.