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Forensic Science Faculty Research
Forensic Science Faculty Research
Our faculty have a wide variety of research interests across all disciplines of forensic science.
Dr. Jason Brooks
My research interests are in:
- Medicolegal Death Investigation
- Veterinary forensic pathology
- Pathology of gunshot wounds and estimation of range of fire
- Estimation of postmortem interval
Dr. William Campbell
My research interests are in:
- development of LC/MS techniques for drug analysis of bodily fluids
- development of HPLC phase chemistry for drug and alcohol analysis
- analysis of various matrix types for trace analysis
- development of HPLC/MS techniques for rapid analysis of designer drugs
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Prof. Susan Clutter
My research interests are in:
- Crime scene investigation
- Blood pattern interpretation
- Fire science
Dr. Mitchell Holland
My research interests are in:
- basic biological discovery, especially in the area of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetics
- leveraging the power of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) to
- measure rates of mtDNA heteroplasmy in different population groups
- evaluate the transmission of heteroplasmic variants between maternal relatives and tissue types
- assess the impact of damage on the interpretation of low-level heteroplasmic variants
- develop best practices for the application of MPS approaches to forensic casework.
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Michael Kusluski
My research interests are in:
- photonic visualization of gunshot residue patterns on victim clothing
- reconstruction of shooting incidents involving automobile glass and complex surfaces
- sequencing of bloodstain patterns
Dr. Jenn McElhoe
My research interests are in:
- massively parallel sequencing
- evaluating heteroplasmy in mitochondrial DNA
- bioinformatics
- applying statistical evaluation to datasets
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Ralph Ristenbatt
My research interests are in:
- areas related to crime scene investigation and reconstruction
- analysis of traces at crime scenes including blood, firearms evidence, impression evidence, etc.
- aspects of crime scene reconstruction as the apply to forensic veterinary pathology
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