Major Steve Holland, Indiana State Police Laboratory Division Supervisor, recognized Forensic Scientist I Kristin Sturgeon for her thirty years of service recently.
Kristin Sturgeon grew up in Sheboygan, Wisconsin where she graduated Sheboygan South High School. She graduated from Valparaiso University with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Chemistry. After graduation she returned to Sheboygan where she worked for Ebenreiter Company as a union carpenter for 1 ½ years before moving to Indiana and working for Enthone Corporation as a chemist.
In January, 1985 she was hired by the Indiana State Police Laboratory Division as a chemist and was trained at the Indianapolis Laboratory before being assigned as a Chemist II at the Lowell Laboratory.
In 2000 all state chemists were reclassified as Forensic Scientists and in 2001 Sturgeon was promoted to Forensic Scientist I.
Sturgeon in her spare time enjoys playing in two German Polka Bands (flute and piccolo), she also plays in an early music group (music from the 14th, 15th, and 16th Century), her church bell choir, is involved in local knitting groups, and is a rabid fan of the Chicago White Sox and Green Bay Packers.
Kristin resides in Porter County with her family.
