Forensic Science

Convener:

Sarah Cresswell, University of Strathclyde, UK

Programme:

Thursday 6 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speakers

The forensic application of isotope analysis - is the right answer?
Sean Doyle, Forensic Explosives Laboratory, DSTL, UK

Title TBA
Robert Kalin, University of Strathclyde, UK

Speakers

The forensic recovery and identification of peroxide explosives traces
Matthew S. Beardah, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), UK

Photoacoustic FT-IR spectroscopy: A possible new technique for forensic art analysis?
Ian S. Butler, McGill University, Canada

Molecularly imprinted solid phase extraction (MISPE) and liquid chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis of ketamine and norketamine in hair samples
Norlida Harun, University of Glasgow, UK

The differentiation of GHB using Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry and Ion Chromatography
Rachel R. Hughes, Flinders University, Australia

Monitoring drugs in the environment - forensic use of environmental data
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, University of Huddersfield, UK

Device for explosive traces vapour detection
Thierry Maillou, CEA, France

Delta-13C and delta-D values of leaf wax n-alkanes: A tool for characterizing soil provenance
Nikolai Pedentchouk, University of East Anglia, UK

Detection of gender biomarkers, explosives and nicotine in lifted dusted fingermarks by mass spectrometry
Frederick Rowell, Nanyang Technological Unversity, Singapore

Symposium Information

Forensic science attracts enormous media attention through high profile trials and impacts on several aspects of policing and the criminal justice system.  Our aim in this symposium is to demonstrate some of the advances in the physical sciences which have impacted on aspects of forensic science.

One of our keynote speakers, for example, will talk about environmental forensics which is a growth area and which effectively demonstrates the need for teamwork and a firm understanding of both the physical sciences and aspects of engineering.

We wish to showcase topics which illustrate how innovations in analytical science have impacted upon forensic science.  At this stage we hope to encourage speakers to cover topics such as micro-fluidics, nanometrics and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry which has already found forensic applications in both environmental forensics and the analysis of explosives, to name but two examples.  The aim of this symposium is to highlight the themes of identity, origin and authenticity of samples which are key areas of both forensic and analytical science.