Dr. Eric Person is an Assistant Professor of Forensic and Analytical Chemistry at California State University, Fresno. He earned his doctorate in Biophysics from the University of California, San Francisco in 2001 and worked for four years as a forensic chemist with the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory before joining the chemistry department in 2005

Dr. Person's principle research interests lie in the area of forensic chemistry, particularly the analysis of clandestine (methamphetamine) laboratory evidence. He developed expertise and interest in this area while investigating an analyzing evidence from methamphetamine laboratory cases as a forensic scientist for four years with the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory.