An award-winning international expert in the forensic sciences, I have over 30 years of expertise in casework, research, management, and writing. His casework includes the Branch Davidian Investigation, the September 11 attacks on the Pentagon, the D.B. Cooper case, and the West Memphis Three, among hundreds of others including my casework at the FBI Laboratory. I have managed tens of millions of dollars in grants and my committee work includes the White House, the National Academies of Science, the Royal Society, and Interpol. 

I am one of the most published professionals in his field and his work is among the top 2% of legal and forensic medicine researchers in the U.S. I serve as Editor-in-Chief of Forensic Science International: Synergy, the first Gold Open Access and Registered Reports journal in the discipline. I’m also an Editorial Board member of Nature Science Studies. 

I’m a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a full member of Sigma Xi and a retired member of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. I have appeared on Forensic Files, National Geographic, and History Channel. I’m currently the Graduate Program Director for the Professional Science Masters forensic series at the Global Forensic and Justice Center at Florida International University.