Joe bozenko

Joe Bozenko is a Senior Research Chemist with the DEA’s Special Testing and Research Laboratory at Dulles, Virginia and a Scientific Advisor to DEA’s Special Operations Division. He’s been with the DEA for 23+ years and investigates synthetic drug manufacturing around the world. Mr. Bozenko has processed some of the largest methamphetamine laboratories in the world, traveled extensively, and has authored and presented many reports and peer-reviewed scientific articles pertaining to the clandestine synthesis and analysis of controlled substances. Mr. Bozenko is closely involved with science-related officer safety and leads DEA’s handheld instrumentation testing and evaluation. In addition to this, Mr. Bozenko has also been instrumental in the development of the DEA’s High-Hazard Level ‘A’ Clandestine Laboratory Response Training Program. Mr. Bozenko is also charged with the specialized analysis of selected fentanyl, methamphetamine, and MDMA samples, both domestic and international, for intelligence purposes. Mr. Bozenko holds both Baccalaureate and Master’s Degrees in Chemistry and is an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Shepherd University. Mr. Bozenko also holds a patent, jointly with Harvard University, on the Archimedes Magnetic Levitation System. Mr. Bozenko has been featured on television, periodicals and in Sam Quinones’ new book The Least of Us: True Stories of American and Hope in the Times of Fentanyl and Meth.