2022 NIJ Forensic Science Graduate Research Symposium

The National Institute of Justice has long hosted an annual Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium in which NIJ grantees present their research findings to promote the transition of research into practice. This inaugural NIJ Forensic Science Graduate Research Symposium aimed to provide a similar platform for graduate students and early career scientists. The symposium presented an excellent opportunity for new researchers, including current and former NIJ Graduate Research Fellows, to present their work to a broad audience. This virtual symposium was held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.

Presentations include - 

• Utilizing eDNA from Four Biological Taxa Associated with Geologic Evidence for Sample-to-Sample Comparisons and Study Site Separation; Teresa M. Tiedge and Kelly A. Meiklejohn, NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine
• Skeletal Blast Trauma: Determining the Effect of Known and Experimental Blast Events on Trauma Patterns and Fracture Behavior; Petra Banks, Texas State Forensic Anthropology Center
• Quantitation of Fentanyl and Metabolites from Blow Fly Tissue and Developmental Effects of Fentanyl on Lucilia sericata; Joseph Cox, West Virginia University
• Match Probabilities for NGS Data of Forensic Autosomal STR Markers; Sanne Aalbers, University of Washington
• Evolution in the Development and Understanding of GSR Analysis via LC-MS/MS; Suzanne Bell, Tatiana Trejos, and William Feeney, West Virginia University
• Generating Representative 3D Pediatric Healthy Femur Models for Biomechanical Analysis; Keyonna McKinsey, Angela Thompson, Raymond Dsouza, and Gina Bertocci, University of Louisville