Rate My Professor Adam Stern

Dr. Stern's academic interests encompass the development of minimally invasive veterinary autopsy techniques, investigation of causes of death in unowned stray cats and dogs via the 'A Cat Has No Name' program, novel approaches to estimating time of death in animals, ecotoxicology related to lead and pentobarbital, and artifacts of decomposition. His clinical responsibilities include performing veterinary forensic autopsies and postmortem examinations of racehorses. As principal investigator, he leads grants such as the FWC/UF Forensics Program Partnership (2024-2027, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission), Establishment of Systemic Data Standardization for Artificial Intelligence-Implemented Veterinary Forensic Investigation and Animal Disease Diagnostics (2024, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency), and A Multidisciplinary Approach to Marine Mammal Death Investigations Using Forensic Science (2022, US Department of Commerce National Marine Fisheries Service). He teaches courses including ENY6707 Forensic Entomology, VME6575 Veterinary Forensic Medicine, VME6576 Veterinary Forensic Pathology II, and VME6577 Practicing Pathology (Veterinary Forensic Pathology I). Notable publications include the book Veterinary Forensics: Investigation, Evidence Collection, and Expert Testimony (CRC Press, 2017) and "Veterinary forensic pathology of animal sexual abuse" (Veterinary Pathology, 2016). Dr. Stern serves as Director of the International Society for Animal Forensic Sciences, chair of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists Fellowship Training Committee, and maintains leadership positions in three Florida animal cruelty task forces, while delivering lectures to veterinarians, investigators, and attorneys locally, nationally, and internationally.