Heidi Eldridge, Research Forensic Scientist In episode six of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Heidi Eldridge, who discusses her unusual background and her path to becoming a researcher at RTI and a PhD candidate at the University of Lausanne. This episode of Just Science is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology […]
Dr. Megan Grabenauer, Research Chemist In episode five of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Dr. Megan Grabenauer, where she discusses her chemistry research background and current NIJ grant. This episode of Just Science is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence [Award 2016-MU-BX-K110]. Listen/Download at: You […]
Dr. John Morgan, Project Director Listen to learn more about Dr. John Morgan’s past with the NIJ and how that aligns with the FTCoE mission by providing evidence-based resources about forensic technologies and emerging challenges. This episode of Just Science is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence [Award 2016-MU-BX-K110]. […]
Dr. Jeri Ropero-Miller, Chief Scientist Dr. Ropero-Miller first discusses how her early interest in math and science led to a degree in chemistry that resulted in a job working within the research phases of the oil industry. This was followed by an interest in medicine and research. She worked in the research phase of […]
Donia Slack, Associate Director In episode three of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Donia Slack, who shares her past research experience and how that contributes to the successful operation of the center. This episode of Just Science is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence [Award 2016-MU-BX-K110]. […]
Nicole Jones, Addressing Challenges Manager In episode four of the FTCoE special release season, Just Science interviews Nicole Jones, about the different ways in which the she is helping address challenges in the community. This episode of Just Science is funded by the National Institute of Justice’s Forensic Technology Center of Excellence [Award 2016-MU-BX-K110]. Listen/Download […]
Just Genetic Marker Linkages In the sixth episode of the 2018 R&D Season, Just Science speaks with Dr. Michael Edge of UC Davis about his research with record linkage of CODIS profiles with SNP genotypes. Can you tell if a set of CODIS markers and a set of SNP genotypes match the same person? Just […]
Just Portable Mass Spectrometer Possibilities In the fifth episode of the NIJ R&D Season, Just Science speaks with Dr. Jamie Wieland and Dr. Christopher Mulligan of Illinois State University about assessing the impact of implementing portable mass spectrometers for on-site drug evidence processing. Listen along as Just Science explores cross-disciplinary research to determine the analytical, […]
Just a Whole-Body CT Image Database In episode four of the 2018 NIJ R&D Season, Just Science speaks with Dr. Shamsi Berry, from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, about her research with standardizing a large-scale, whole-body CT image database. In 2010 the Office of the Medical Investigator for New Mexico was awarded an NIJ grant where they did […]
Just Skin Microbiomes as Evidence In the third episode of the 2018 NIJ R&D Season, Just Science speaks with Dr. David Carter, Director and Associate Professor of Forensic Sciences at Chaminade University of Honolulu, about his research, “Evaluating the Skin Microbiome as Trace Evidence on Common Surface Types.” Microbiome trace evidence samples can be tracked […]
