Toby L. Wolson, M.S., ABC-MBT, CBPA, is a forensic science practitioner and instructor with 33 years of experience as a criminalist and supervisor in the Forensic Biology Section of the Miami-Dade Police Department Forensic Services Bureau, now known as the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. His expertise includes serology, DNA analysis—including RFLP, PM, HLA DQ-alpha, and STR—and bloodstain pattern analysis. He is certified as a Molecular Biology Technical Specialist by the American Board of Criminalistics and as a Bloodstain Pattern Analyst by the International Association for Identification. He edited and contributed to the Handbook of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (CRC Press, 2024) and has presented before the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the Southern Association of Forensic Scientists, the International Association for Identification, and the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts. A Distinguished Member and Past President of the IABPA, Mr. Wolson chaired the OSAC Physics/Pattern Scientific Area Committee Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Subcommittee from October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2019, and remained a regular member through September 30, 2025. OSAC is a National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Justice initiative to strengthen forensic science in the United States. He also serves as Vice-Chair of the AAFS Academy Standards Board Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Consensus Body and on the IAI Board of Directors. He previously chaired the IAI Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Science and Practice Subcommittee and served on the IAI Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Certification Board. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the IAI Journal of Forensic Identification, a Retired Fellow of the AAFS, and a member of the IAI. Mr. Wolson has testified as an expert witness in federal and state courts across multiple jurisdictions, including courts in Florida, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ohio, the Cayman Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Nevada, Maryland, Montana, and Michigan. Since beginning his teaching career in 1983, he has instructed more than 200 workshops, seminars, and conferences.
As of August 2026, he had taught 1,733 students in 77 introductory bloodstain pattern analysis workshops and 518 students in 42 advanced or specialized workshops. Designed for working professionals, these courses have drawn participants from across the forensic and investigative community, including criminalists, crime scene technicians, police detectives, medical examiners, prosecution and defense attorneys, registered nurses, NCIS investigators, U.S. Army CID investigators, U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations investigators, FBI special agents, U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigators, college professors, graduate students, and a mystery writer. Participants have come from the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and numerous international locations, including Abu Dhabi, Aruba, Austria, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dubai, France, Germany, Grenada, Jamaica, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Turkey.
Updated: 8/24/2026