Angela Zdanowski is a Criminalist with the Los Angeles Police
Department, Scientific Investigation Division, having started her
career with LAPD in 2002. She obtained her Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1998, with
majors in Biology and Anthropology-Zoology. She then obtained a
Master’s degree in Criminalistics from California State University, Los
Angeles in 2005. Criminalist Zdanowski has been part of the Field
Unit and is currently assigned to the Serology/DNA Unit as a DNA
analyst. As part of her expertise, Criminalist Zdanowski has analyzed
hundreds of pieces of DNA evidence. She has also processed over
50 crime scene investigations, and is a court-qualified expert at both
the State and Federal levels.
While working at the LAPD, Criminalist Zdanowski has assisted in
solving cold cases with DNA and in helping eliminate a backlog of
6,132 previously untested sexual assault evidence kits.
Criminalist Zdanowski is a member of the American Academy of
Forensic Sciences, the California Association of Criminalists and the
California Homicide Investigators Association.