RICHARD A. CROCOMBE PhD, operates Crocombe Spectroscopy Consulting, served as the 2020 President of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), and is Chair of the SPIE ‘Next-Generation Spectroscopic Technologies’ conference. He has 40 years of experience in the analytical instrumentation business. For the last 15 years, he has specialized in miniature and portable spectrometers. PAULINE E. LEARY, PhD, is a Reachback Chemist at Federal Resources where she specializes in miniature and portable spectrometers and instrument platforms. For over 15 years, she has been training users, including field scientists, emergency responders, and conventional and specialized forces of the United States military, on the theory and operation of portable systems. Pauline has presented on portable instruments at conferences and technical symposia throughout the world. BROOKE W. KAMMRATH, PhD, is the Assistant Director of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science and an Associate Professor in the Forensic Science Department of the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at University of New Haven. She also serves as a scientific consultant and expert witness for both criminal and civil cases. She served as the President of the New York Microscopical Society (NYMS) from 2017-2019, is on the Governing Board of the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS), and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Criminalistics (ABC).