2025 NIJ Forensic Research and Development Symposium

Presentations include - 

• Assessment of the Added Value of New Quantitative Methodologies for the Analysis of Surface Soils in Forensic Soil Comparisons
  Kelly A. Meiklejohn, North Carolina State University
• The Influence of Soils and Chlorinated and Non-Chlorinated Agitated Water on Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Artificial Dyes on Hair
  Dmitry Kurouski, Texas A&M University
• Experimental Study of Heat Transfer and Fire Damage Patterns on Walls for Fire
  Model Validation
  Matthew J. DiDomizio, Fire Safety Research Institute
• Evaluation of the Occurrence and Associative Value of Non-Identifiable Fingermarks on Unfired Ammunition in Handguns for Evidence Supporting Proof of Criminal Possession, Use, and Intent
  David A. Stoney, Stoney Forensic, Inc.

Presentations include - 

• Optimizing Bruise Detection in Forensic Imaging: A Comparative Analysis of Object Detection Models
  Mehrdad Ghyabi, George Mason University
• Using Artificial Intelligence: Deep Learning for Human Decomposition Staging
  Audris Mockus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Deep Learning Empowers Fine-Grained Population Affinity Estimation with
  Craniometric Data
  Jinyong Pang, University of South Florida
• Is Decedent Residual Odor Detectable by Human Remains Detection (HRD) Canines and Analytical Chemistry?
  Dawnie Steadman and Mary Cablk, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Presentations include - 

• Identifying High-Quality Aptamers for Drug Detection
  Alexandra Bryant, North Carolina State University
• Caught Green-Handed: The Detection of Potential Cannabis-Use Biomarkers in Fingerprint Residues Using Mass Spectrometry
  Rabi Ann Musah, Louisiana State University
• Chromatographic Interferences That Can Inflate the Levels of Δ9-THC in Cannabis Samples
  Walter B. Wilson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Evaluation of a Quantitative Analysis Method for Tetrahydrocannabinol Isomers in Biological Matrices
  Rebecca Wagner, Virginia Department of Forensic Science

Presentations include - 

• Trace DNA in Activity-Level Propositions
  Ashley Hall, University of California, Davis, and Ray Wickenheiser, Ray Wickenheiser Forensic Consulting
• A Comparison of Small-Amplicon Mitogenome Enrichment Methods for Massively Parallel Sequencing of Low- and High-Quality Sample Types
  Courtney Cavagnino, AFMES-AFDIL and SNA International
• Fragmentomics of Hair DNA
  Samuel Sacco, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Adaptive Sampling for the Simultaneous Analysis of STRs, SNPs, and mtDNA in Human Remains Identification
  Katherine E. McBroom Henson, University of North Texas Health Science Center