Faculty Research Interests

Forensic Anthropology

• digital forensic facial reproduction (Dryer)
• scientific visualization & medical illustration (Dryer)
• digital forensic facial reproduction (Dryer)
• sex determination (Rogers)
• human variation in modern populations (Rogers)
• crime scene analysis (Rogers)
   

Forensic Biology

• forensic genetics (McGregor)
• massively-parallel sequencing (McGregor)
• real-time PCR (McGregor)
• STR profiling (McGregor)
• SNP profiling and phenotype prediction (McGregor)
• assay development and validation (McGregor)

Forensic Chemistry

• identification of compounds in biological fluids (Luk)
• heavy metal analysis (Luk)

Forensic Epistemology & Pedagogy

• applied ontology (Larsen)
• philosophy of science (Larsen)
• forensic science education (Luk)
• forensic metrology (Luk)
   

Forensic Psychology

• psychopathy (Larsen)
• personality, social & abnormal psychology (Urbszat)
   

Forensic Toxicology

• analytical toxicology (Lamparter)
• pharmacology (Lamparter, Woodall)
• alcohol roadside test validation (Luk)
• Ontario opiate crisis (Woodall)
• cannabis and cannabinoid roadside test validation (Woodall)
• the role of drugs in motor vehicle fatalities (Woodall)
• oral fluid drug testing technologies (Woodall)
   

Forensic Identification & Crime Scene Investigation

• novel methods in friction ridge identification (Knaap)
• development and preservation of physical and trace evidence (Knaap)
• crime scene management (Knaap)
   

Criminal Justice and Legal System

• judicial uses of mental diagnoses (Larsen)
• mental health provisions of the criminal code (Schneider, Pakosh)