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 | Professor Tsuneo Suzuki
ATELIER S, Iida Nishi 4-7-33, Yamagata, 990-2331, Japan
E-mail Prof. Suzuki
Professor Tsuzuki was born in 1933, and graduated from Tohoku University School of Medicine in 1958. In 1959, he joined the same University as an Assistant in the Department of Forensic Medicine. He became Assistant Professor of Forensic Medicine in 1972. In 1975, he moved to the Department of Forensic Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine as a Professor, from where he retired in 1999. Currently he is Professor Emeritus in the Yamagata University School of Medicine. Professor Tsuzuki has been very active in the field of forensic medicine, having more than 150 research publications in various International Journals. |
 | John H. Trestrail, III, RPh, FAACT, DABAT (Toxicologist)
Center for the Study of Criminal Poisoning, Toxicology Section, 1840 Wealthy, S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49506-2968, USA
Telephone: (616) 774-5329 (voice)
Fax: (616) 774-7204
E-mail Mr. Trestraila
Mr. Trestrail graduated with honors, obtaining a B.S. degree in Pharmacy, from Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, in 1967, where he was initiated into Rho Chi (Pharmaceutical Honors Society). From 1967-1968, he attended graduate school, majoring in natural product chemistry, at the College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Trestrail's public service experience was with the United States Peace Corps, from 1968-1970, where he taught chemistry at the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture, in the Republic of the Philippines. He is a practicing boarded toxicologist, and is a visiting instructor at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Since 1976, he has served as the Managing Director of one of the nation's certified regional poison centers. He has been honored as a Fellow by the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, and is a Diplomate, by examination, of the American Board of Applied Toxicology. Mr Trestrail founded the Center for the Study of Criminal Poisoning, as well as the Toxicological History Society, and has been featured in several episodes of “The New Detectives”, on the Discovery Channel. He is a participant in the International Program on Clinical Safety, of the World Health Organization (WHO) . Mr. Trestrail has also served as an expert consultant in many criminal poisoning investigations, to law enforcement and attorneys. Since 1990, Mr. Trestrail's seminars on “Murder by Poison!” and “Poisoners Throughout History”, have been received with wide acclaim by audiences throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is the author of the pioneering book - Criminal Poisoning: An Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys, published by Humana Press. Mr Trestrail is a member of the several professional organizations some of which are The American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC), The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT), The International Homicide Investigators Association (IHIA), The International Society on Toxinology (IST), The North American Mycological Association (NAMA), The Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) and The Toxicological History Society (THiS) |
 | Bryan Chrz
Forensic Odontologist, 503 14th Street, Perry, OK 73077, USA
Contacts: Office 580-336-2255; Home 580-336-9381; Fax 580-336-4059; Cell 580-370-1492
E-mail Dr. Chrza
Dr. Bryan Chrz has a private dental practice in his home town of Perry, Oklahoma. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry in 1978. Along with his wife Billie, they raise four children, six dogs and two cats. Dr. Chrz is a member of the staff of Perry Memorial Hospital, Dental Consultant to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the State of Oklahoma, Independent Medical Examiner for the Workers' Compensation Court of the State of Oklahoma, and consults for Kenyon International Emergency Services.
Dr. Chrz is a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon and Alpha Omega both honorary dental fraternities. He is a recipient of the Masonic Lodge's Good Citizen Award. He received numerous certificates of recognition for his activities during the Alfred P. Murrah bombing including a proclamation from the Governor of Oklahoma and a certificate from the U.S. Department of Treasury and U.S. Customs. He was honored by the Oklahoma Dental Association with the Benjamin Franklin Scroll Award for his contributions to the ODA Journal.
Dr. Chrz has been interested in forensic odontology for the past fourteen years. He is a member, past director, and reviewing editor of the American Society of Forensic Odontology. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Dr. Chrz is a diplomate and officer of the American Board of Forensic Odontology. He is a member of the DMORT region VI team and was activated numerous times for disaster response. He has written numerous articles and is active in lectures across the country on forensic odontology and computer assisted identification. He is currently working on digital radiography and photography applications in forensic investigations. Most recently he was activated by DMORT in response to the Hurricane Floyd damage in North Carolina. He also acts as an expert witness in criminal and civil trials. |
 | O.P. Jasuja
Professor in Forensic Science, Department of Forensic Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, India
TEL. 91-175-2285505 (R), 91-175-3046271
E-mail Dr. Jasujaa
Dr. Jasuja is Working as a professor in Post Graduate Department of Forensic Science at Punjabi University Patiala, India and is engaged in teaching Forensic Anthropology, Questioned Document Examination and Fingerprints. He got his doctorate in 1987 on ‘Estimation of Stature from Foot impressions’. He is very actively involved in research in forensic science and has published more than 36 research papers in various national and International referred journals on various aspects of forensic science such as Footprints, fingerprints and documents examination. He has supervised a large number of Postgraduate students for their Dissertation and one student for Ph.D degree. He has attended a number of national and international conferences including one in Japan and USA. He has number of awards to his credit for his research presentations. One of his papers (with his student) on Photocopy Toners analysis was awarded young scientist's award at Tokyo meeting of International Association of Forensic Science. He is also a member of a number of national and international professional bodies. He chaired the Department of Forensic Science, Punjabi University, Patiala from August 2001 to August 2004. Recently he has been nominated by the Ministry of Home, Government of India, as a member of the Forensic Science Advisory Committee of the Directorate of Forensic Science, New Delhi. Among Dr. Jasuja's other interests is Science communication. All India Radio stations of the region have broadcasted a number of his talks and interviews on various topics in science. He is a major consultant in Anil Aggrawal's Forensic Careers page. |
 | Zeno Geradts
Department of Digital Evidence, Netherlands Forensic Institute, Volmerlaan 17, 2288 GD Rijswijk, Netherlands
Tel. +31704135681
Fax +31703639238
E-mail Zeno
Zeno Geradts works since 1991 at the Netherlands Forensic Institute. After a study of Physics, he worked for the research department for the development of digital photo copying machines. In 1991 he started at the toolmarks department of the Netherlands Forensic Institute. Here he handled over 300 cases in four years, and did research projects on digital storage of images of shoeprints and toolmarks. In 1995 he switched to the firearms-department, and worked on digital image systems for cartridge cases. In 1998 he moved to the computer crime department, and worked on forensic video processing. In 2000 he became research co-ordinator of digital evidence projects, and since 1998 he is working on a PhD-thesis on pattern recognition in digital image databases. |
 | Ndubuisi Eke, FRCSEd, FRCS (Eng), FWACS, FICS
Head, Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt, 27, Old Aba Road, P.O.Box 5575, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Tel: 234 84 611296, 234 84 480061 and 234 8037214188
Fax: 234 84 611606
E-mail Ndubuisi Eke
Dr. Eke works as the Head, Department of Surgery in the University of Port Harcourt, and holds the rank of Senior Lecturer. He is especially interested in Forensic aspects of surgery and has many publications related to forensic medicine to his credit. |
 | Bertrand Ludes
Directeur, Institut de Medicine Legale et de Medecine Sociale, Laboratoire d'Analyses Toxicologiques, P.O.Box 5575, 11, rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Tel: (33)03 88 24 91 20
Fax: (33)03 88 35 67 58
Laboratory: (33) 03 88 24 91 29
E-mail Professor Ludes
Professor Bertrand Ludes is Director of the Institut de Medicine Legale et de Medecine Sociale, France. |
 | Jason Payne-James, LLM MB BS FRCS (Edin & Eng) DipFMSA Rnutr FLLA
19 Speldhurst Road, London E9 7EH, United Kingdom
Telephone/Facsimile +44 (0) 1621 77 22 00
Jason Payne-James qualified in medicine in 1980 having studied at the London Hospital Medical College. He trained in surgery and gastroenterology and then developed an interest in clinical aspects of forensic medicine. His clinical, academic and research interests are in clinical forensic medicine (as a Forensic Medical Examiner in London UK) - , clinical nutrition and gastroenterology.
He has contributed to and written or edited several books (Forensic Medicine: Clinical & Pathological Aspects, Colour Guide: Forensic Medicine, Symptoms and Signs of Substance Misuse, Artificial Nutrition Support in Clinical Practice, Symptoms and Early Warning Signs, Medicolegal Essentials of Healthcare, Key Facts in Clinical Nutrition) and published widely in peer-reviewed medical journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine. He is Co-Editor of Current Medical Literature - Clinical Nutrition. He regularly appears in court as an expert witness. He is Principal Forensic Physician to the City of London Police. He is external Consultant to the National Crime Faculty. He is a Director of Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd.
E-mail Jason Payne-James |
 | Guy N. Rutty, MB, BS, MRCPath, Dip RCPath (Forensic)
Forensic Pathology Unit, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX, United Kingdom
Tel: 00 44 116 2523221
Fax: 00 44 116 2523274
E-mail Dr. Rutty |
 | Cecil Wingo
Forensic Analyst, 304 Linden Lane,, Angleton, Texas 77515, USA
Phone: (979) 849 9154
E-mail Dr. Cecil Wingo |
 | Jorge Paulete Vanrell, MD, DSc (PhD), LLB, JD, BEdSc
Forensic Examiner and Forensic Analyst, P.O. Box 816, 15015-200 São José do Rio Preto, SP, BRAZIL
E-mail Dr. Vanrell
Contacts:
Office +55-17-233-1733;
Home +55-17-235-2836;
Fax +55-17-233-1733;
Cell +55-17-9771-3833
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, where Dr. Vanrell initiated his scientific career, he was invited by Brazilian Gorvernment to teach and to reserch at Rio Grande do Sul, at São Paulo State, early in 1966. He graduated in Medicine, and he obtained his PhD degree in 1967. He was Fellow, Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, NH, USA (1970) and Invited Researcher, Genetics Department, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (1971). He obtained his Bachelor in Educational Sciences in 1981 and, because of his interest in Forensic Medicine, he graduated also in Laws in 1983. Since 1985 he is a member of the permanent staff of the Institute of Forensic Medicine (Instituto Médico-Legal) of the State of São Paulo and Independent Medical Examiner for the Federal Workers' Compensation Courts at the State of São Paulo. Dr. Paulete Vanrell has been interested in forensic medicine for the past twenty years and he is a member, and lecturer of the Brazilian Society of Forensic Medicine. Now he is Full Professor of Forensic Medicine in the School of Laws at São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, and Professor of Forensic Odontology in the Paulist University (UNIP) School of Dentistry, at São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State. He is also Professor of Forensic Medicine and Criminology in the São Paulo State Police Academy. He has written numerous articles and is active in lectures across the country on forensic Medicine. He also acts as an expert witness in criminal and civil trials. |
 | Hugo D. Rodríguez Almada
Bulevar Artigas 1515 C.P. 11200, Montevideo-Uruguay
Telephone/Facsimile: (598-2) 4014701
Dr. Hugo D. Rodríguez Almada is a medical doctor, with a specialization in Forensic Medicine. He is working for Ministry of Justice as a Forensic Examiner. He was a member of the staff of Legal Medicine at the Medical School of the University of the Republic (Montevideo, Uruguay), and he is also Visitor Professor of the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Perú).
Presently, he is General Secretary of the Ibero-American Society of Medical Law and he also integrates the board of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Legal y Deontología Médica (Latin American Society of Forensic Medicine and Medical Deontology).
Dr. Rodríguez Almada integrates, as an editor, the staff of the Revista Española de Medicina Legal (Spanish Journal of Forensic Medicine) and The Red Telemática Latinoamericana de Medicina Legal, Bioética y Derecho Médico (Latin American Telematic Web of Legal Medicine, Bioethic and Medical Law). He has published several papers mainly about Paediatric Forensic Medicine (Battered Child Syndrome, Sexual Abuse and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) and on Medical Law. He has also been lecturer on congresses in Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, España, México, Paraguay, Perú and Uruguay.
E-mail Hugo D. Rodríguez Almada |
 | John G. Williamson, Dip. FM. FlFireE
Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, Headquarters, Garstang Road,, Fulwood, Preston PR2 3LH, United Kingdom
Telephone: (01772) 862545
Fax: (01772) 866033
John Williamson joined Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service in 1967 and served throughout Lancashire. In 1979 he was promoted to Assistant Divisional Officer and transferred to Strathclyde Fire Brigade in Scotland. Operational issues were main reference areas, which included operational command and Fire Investigation. His special interest is in fatal fire investigation. He is a member of Strathclyde's Technical Support Team.
Williamson's interests include Fire Investigation, Technical Fire Safety, Community Fire Safety, Health & Safety, Litigation, Crime & Disorder liaison.
Williamson's hobbies include Music, (listening & playing) swimming and motorcycling.
He is the contributing editor in our “Fire and Arson Investigation” section.
E-mail John Williamson |
 | Daryl W. Clemens
PMB 163, 3923 28th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512, USA
Daryl W. Clemens has been a crime scene investigator since 1994. He is a former professional photographer, and has specialized training in fingerprint processing, bloodstain pattern analysis, and shooting reconstruction. He works several hundred cases a year, ranging from simple larcenies to multiple homicides.
Mr. Clemens is a member of the International Association for Identification, the International Crime Scene Investigators Association, the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction, and the Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists. He is the editor of “The Examiner”, the newsletter of the International Crime Scene Investigators Association and Crime and Clues.
Mr. Clemens lives in Grand Rapids, MI.
E-mail Daryl W. Clemens |
 | Mehmet Yasar Iscan, Ph.D.
Adli Tip Enstitusu, PK 10,, Istanbul Universitesi 34303 Cerrahpasa,, Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: 90-212-588-0880;
Fax: 90-212-588-0011
Website: http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/enstituler/adli/index.htm
Mehmet Yasar Iscan (Ph.D., Cornell University, 1976) is currently a professor and associate director of the Istanbul University Institute of Forensic Sciences, board certified Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, consultant to the Turkish Ministry of Justice Council of Forensic Medicine and adjunct professor of the IU Cerrahpa_a Medical Faculty. Specializing in human osteology and forensic anthropology and human facial image identification, he has published numerous books and articles including The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine (with Krogman WM), CC. Thomas, 1986; Age Markers in the Human Skeleton (editor), CC. Thomas, 1989; Reconstruction of Life from the Skeleton (with Kennedy KAR), John Wiley, 1989; Forensic Analysis of the Skull (with Helmer R), John Wiley, 1993, “The rise of forensic anthropology,” Yrbk. Phys. Anthropol., 1988; “Medicolegal anthropology in France (with Quatrehomme G),” Forensic Sci. Int., 1999; “Forensic anthropology in Latin America (with Solla H),” Forensic Sci. Int., 2000; “Characteristics of gunshot wounds in the skull (with Quatrehomme G),” J. Forensic Sci., 1999, and various chapters in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Academic Press, 2000. He is the Osteology and Anthropology editor of Forensic Science International and on the editorial board of numerous journals including Legal Medicine and Anthropological Science. He is the founder and past president of the Dental Anthropological Association, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
E-mail Dr. Iscan |
 | John AM Gall, BSc, MB, BS, PhD, MACLM, DMJ (Clin & Path)
PO Box 2491,, Kew 3101,, Australia
John Gall is a Forensic Physician in private practice in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to reading medicine at the University of Melbourne, he gained a science degree with honours in biochemistry and then a doctorate in pathology. His areas of research were in the field of liver pathology with postdoctoral experience being gained in the Department of Anatomy, University of Melbourne, engaged in projects involving atrial naturetic factor and the peripolar cell. He has spent five years of formal training in anatomical pathology, two of which were in the field of forensic pathology. During his period in forensic pathology, he developed an interest in clinical forensic medicine and worked as a part-time Forensic Medical Officer with Victoria Police, and in 1996 was appointed to a full-time staff specialist post with the Division of Clinical Forensic Medicine, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM). While at the VIFM he held various hospital appointments and was an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, Monash University. In addition to providing a full range of forensic services, he was actively engaged in the teaching of medical and law students at both the University of Melbourne and Monash University, medical graduates, members of Victoria Police and other interested groups. He developed and organized an international web-based continuing education programme in forensic medicine, much of which has been published in the Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine. He also edited, taught and co-authored the subject, Custodial Medicine, in Monash University's graduate Diploma of Forensic Medicine. Dr Gall has published widely. He resigned from the VIFM in 2001 and currently holds an appointment in the Child Protection Unit, Monash Medical Centre, and provides private general, forensic and military medical services.
E-mail Dr. Gall |
 | Virginia A. Lynch, MSN, RN, FAAFS, FAAFN
Director, Forensic Nursing and Forensic Health Science, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 514 Hopi Circle, Divide, CO 80814, USA
E-mail ForensicNS@aol.com
Contacts: Ph. 719-687-8087, Fax. 719-587-8082
Virginia A. Lynch is one of the American pioneers in nursing and the founder of forensic nursing as a scientific discipline. She is a forensic clinical nurse specialist with extensive experience and education in the forensic arena. Her primary forensic experience is in the field of death investigation and sexual violence. Her Master's thesis, titled “Clinical Forensic Nursing: A Descriptive Study in Role Development,” became the first publication related to clinial forensic nursing. She was awarded a scholarship to the Health and Human Rights course at Harvard University in 2000.
Virginia has been invited to introduce forensic nursing in Canada, Central America, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, England, Wales, and in Australia and Thailand where she served as a Visiting Scholar. She has established forensic nursing practices in Zimbabwe and South Africa at invitations of the Attorney General, Minister of Health and Human Rights Organizations in these countries.
Virginia Lynch, founding president of the International Association of Forensic Nurses, an organization of over 2000 members in 11 countries, now serves as the Director of Education and International Relations. In 1994, she was awarded the IAFN Virginia A. Lynch Pioneer Award, now an annual award for individuals who exemplify distinguished advances in the science of forensic nursing. In 1996, she was honored for her multiple contributions to forensic nursing with the IAFN Distinguished Fellow Award. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and holds a Diplomate status with the American College of Forensic Examiners, serving as Chair of the American Board of Forensic Nurses for the year 2000. Most recently Virginia was named a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurses in 2001 and has been named Outstanding Instructor of the Year 2002 in recognition of her international program in addressing global violence. She currently resides in Divide, Colorado where she maintains an independent consulting practice and Directs the Forensic Nursing and Forensic Health Science at the University of Colorado. |
 | Richard Munroe, B.Sc., FGAC, P.Geo.
1408 Madrona Place, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, V3E2S5
E-mail: rmunroe@TripleI.ca
Contacts:
Home: 1-604-464-2116
Mobile: 1-604-728-1875
Fax: (from North America) 1-866-334-0953
(International) 1-604-464-2104
Website: http://triplei.ca/forensics/index.asp
Richard Munroe is a Canadian forensic scientist with over 19 years experience in police investigations and forensic identification. He has an international reputation of developing innovative applications of scientific principles to the investigative process. He served with the Winnipeg Police Service as an acting police sergeant, forensic identification crime scene specialist, detective and fully operational uniformed police constable. While serving in the detective division, he was also assigned to the Arson Squad. He subsequently obtained certification in Fire Cause Determination at Levels I, II and III from the Manitoba Fire College. He has obtained his Basic, Advanced and Senior Forensic Identification Specialist Certificates at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa. He has also frequently been an invited lecturer to the Senior Forensic Identification and Major Crimes Investigative Techniques Courses at the College. He is a court certified expert in fingerprint identification, photography and forensic geology and is allowed to provide opinion evidence on tool mark, ballistics and footwear examinations. He also holds a Certificate in Forensic DNA Collection Techniques issued by the Chief Medical Examiner of Alberta.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology, is a registered Professional Geoscientist and a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science, the American Society of Forensic Geologists and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM). He is also the past Provincial Director of the Canadian Identification Society, past Regional Educational Program Director for CIM and was a Director of the Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association. He has been named as Forensic Geological Consultant to the State of Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association.
He has lectured extensively in Canada and the United States. He has also written several published articles on investigative techniques and has appeared on television, radio and in newspaper interviews. He presently acts as a forensic consultant to law enforcement agencies in Canada and the United States. |
 | Professor Patrick S Igbigbi
Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Private Bag 360, CHICHIRI, Blantyre 3, Malawi.
E-mail: pigbigbi@yahoo.com
Contacts: Phone: (265) 1 671911/631661/676498
(Office), (265) 1 674904
(home), cell: (265) 9 936 775,
Fax: (265) 1 672644/674700/675313
Professor Patrick S Igbigbi was born in 1954 and graduated from the University of Ilorin Medical School in 1984. In 1986, he joined the Department of Anatomy, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria as a Lecturer II and rose to Lecturer I in 1990. In 1992 he was the best graduating M.Sc. student in Human Anatomy from the University of Calabar in Nigeria and became a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Anatomy at the University of Port-Harcourt in 1993.
Between 1995 and 1997, he was a visiting Associate Professor of Human Anatomy at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara in Uganda. In 1998, he was appointed an Associate Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Malawi and became full Professor in 2000. He is currently the Head of Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Malawi. His areas of specialization are Anthropology (Physical and forensic), Teratology and Neuroanatomy.
Professor Igbigbi has 47 publications in referred journals, 4 published books in Human Anatomy, 11 chapters in Neuroanatomy textbooks and 39 published abstracts. He is a member and chairman, Editorial Board of Malawi Medical Journal (MMJ) and a reviewer for many international journals. |
 | Mark Benecke, PH.D.
Certified Forensic Biologist, International Forensic Research & Consulting, Postfach 250411,, 50520 Cologne, Germany
Website: http://www.benecke.com
E-mail: forensic@benecke.com
Contacts: Phone & SMS: +49-173-287-3136,
FAX only: +49-221-660-2644
Mark Benecke's professional interests lie in DNA typing, forensic entomology, and blood spatter reconstruction. He received his Biologist Diploma in 1995 (DNA typing of nematode strains), and in 1997 he was awarded a PhD (DNA typing of biological stains), summa cum laude.
At the University of Cologne he worked initially within the Institute for Zoology, then the Institute for Legal Medicine. His work then took him to the United States (Chief Medical Examiner's Office in New York City), Manila, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy, the Anthropological Research Faculty (University of Tennessee), Hochiminh City, Mexico, and Singapore. He also works Guest Lecturer and Trainer at several police academies, including federal police units.
He is the author of four popular science books: “Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors” (1997), “ The dream of eternal life. Biomedicine as a key to longevity” (1998 (German), 2002 (English)), “Forensic Biology” (1999, 2001), “Criminal Cases of the 20th Century - A Pitaval” (2002 (German), 2003 (English)), co-editor of “Annals of Improbable Research”, and guest editor of Forensic Entomology Special Issue of “Forensic Science International” (Vol 120(2002)1-160). He was the recipient of a medal of honour by the German BDK (Association of the Criminal Police, 2002).
Doctor Benecke is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and holds membership of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the German Society for Legal Medicine, the German Zoological Society, the Society of German Natural Scientists and Medical Doctors, the International Academy of Legal Medicine, the International Society of Forensic Genetics and the Colombian Society for Legal Medicine. He was scientific consultant to National Geographic TV's “Dracula Unearthed” production (2002), and to the examination of the remains of Adolf Hitler (2002/2003). |
 | George B. Palermo, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,, Medical College of Wisconsin,, Adjunct Professor of Criminology,, Marquetee University,
Website: http://www.georgepalermo.com
E-mail: palermogb@juno.com
Contacts: 1000 North Water Street, Suite 1004, Milwaukee, WI53202, USA
Phones: (414)277-9181, (414)271-2382, (414) 397-9737
FAX: (414)277-9181, (414)271-2382
A graduate of the University of Bologna Medical School, Italy, Prof. George Palermo, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners and of Forensic Medicine. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Director of Criminological Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Professor Adjunct of Criminology at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is also a Lecturer in Psychiatry and in Bioethics at Stritch Medical School, Loyola University, in Chicago. In 2002 he received the Lex et Giustizia award from Marquette University, Department of Criminology and Law Studies.
Following his graduation from medical school, he specialized in general medicine and psychiatry in the United States. He practiced general and forensic psychiatry in Milwaukee until 1969, when he returned to Italy where he practiced psychiatry in Rome and was the psychiatric consultant for the International Hospital until 1988. He was Professor of Psychiatry (Psychogeriatrics) at the Catholic University of Rome Medical School, Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychology at the Gregorian University, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Loyola University Rome Center, and consultant for the Department of Psychopathology at the University of Rome.
Dr. Palermo has authored and co-authored numerous published articles on forensic psychiatry and criminology. He is the author of The Faces of Violence and of L'Aggressivit Oggi: Teorie e Manifestazioni; co-author (with Edward M. Scott, Ph.D.) of the The Paranoid: In and Out of Prison; the co-author (with The Hon. Maxine Aldridge White) of Letters from Prison: A Cry for Justice; co-author (with Michele Del Re, J.D.) of Satanism; co-author (with Mary Ann Farkas, Ph.D.) of The Dilemma of the Sexual Offender; co-author (with Mark T. Palermo, M.D. and Matteo Villanova, M.D.) of Psichiatria di Emergenza; and co-author (with Mary Ann Farkas, Ph.D. and Domenico Carponi Schittar, J.D.) of L 'abuso e la molestia sessuali: Aspetti storico-culturali, psicologici, pschiatrici e legali; and co-author (with Mark T. Palermo, M.D.) of Affari di famiglia: Dall’abuso all 'omicido. In press (in Italian) are The Paranoid Phenomenon and The Faces of Violence, 2nd edition.
Dr. Palermo is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Among others, he is a member of the Board of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health; Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners, and Diplomate in Forensic Medicine; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine; Fellow of the Deutsche Akadamie für Psychoanalyse and the World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry; Member of the Italian Society of Forensic Psychiatry; Member of the American and International Society of Criminology.
He has been visiting professor at the Serbsky Insitute in Moscow and at various universities in Italy. In 2002, he was a visiting professor at the Chinese People's Public Security University, Beijing, and the China Criminal Police College, Shenyang, China. He is a frequently requested speaker at scientific meetings in the United States and abroad. He is considered an expert on violence and serial killers. He currently practices forensic psychiatry in Milwaukee where he is Director of the Center for Forensic Psychiatry and Risk Assessment. |
 | Ed Friedlander, M.D.
Department of Pathology, UHS-COM, 1750 Independence Avenue, Kansas City MO 64106, USA
Tel: 816-283-2208
Fax: 816-283-2373
Website: http://www.pathguy.com
E-mail: erf@uhs.edu
Ed Friedlander MD trained at Northwestern and Wake Forest, and is boarded in anatomic and clinical pathology, and developed an interest in forensics while working with Charles Stahl MD and Bill McCormick MD in Johnson City, Tennessee. Ed's main focus is on education, and making pathology accessable both to beginning physicians and to the general public. He is chairman of pathology at the University of Health Sciences in Kansas City, and still finds time to do autopsies and jump out of perfectly good airplanes.
Ed is one of those rare pathologists who combine a love of pathology with computers. One of his most remarkable creations is an applet on Time since death, which can be visited by clicking here. |
 | Erwin Perez Erfe, BS Psych, M.D., LL.B.
Medico-Legal Consultant / Attorney & Counselor-At-Law, Professor of Legal Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence, Bioethics & Hospital Administration, Jonelta Foundation School of Medicine, University of Perpetual Help System Rizal, Las Pinas City, Philippines
Office: Telephone/Fax: 63-2-8734938
Residence: Telephone/Fax: 63-2-7767683
Cell Phones: +63919-5780628 ; +63918-7079512
E-mail: medicolegal@justice.com
Dr. Erfe (fondly known as Jojo) holds degrees in Psychology, Medicine and Law. He studied pharmacology and toxicology at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines. His primary interest is in clinical forensic medicine, forensic anthropology, healthcare risk management and litigation. He serves as Medico - Legal Consultant at the The Medical City, University of Perpetual Help System Medical Center, Medical Center Paranaque and St. Jude General Hospital and Medical Center among others. He is Legal Counsel of the Philippine Society of Pathologists and several other healthcare institutions. He is active in law practice and trial work.
He lectures extensively in universities and across the country in legal/forensic medicine, medical malpractice, bioethics and hospital administration. He is the author of, among others, Legal Medicine Series, Malpractice in Pathology and Escaping Hospital Liability. |
 | Niels Morling, MD, DSc
Associate Professor, Director of the Department of Forensic Genetics,, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 11 Frederik V's Vej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel: + 45 35 32 61 10
Fax: + 45 35 32 61 20
E-mail: niels.morling@forensic.ku.dk |
 | Erik Edston, MD; PHD
Department of Forensic Medicine, University hospital, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
Telephone: 4613364259
Telefax: 4613364270
E-mail: eried@imk.liu.se
Dr. Edston was born in Stockholm in 1948. He graduated from the University of Uppsala and Medical School 1979, and became PhD in Pathology in 1982 with a thesis on Acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation. He has held posts as senior clinical pathologist and later as senior medical examiner since 1995. He has done research on immunohistological applications in forensic medicine, forensic documentation of torture, allergy and anaphylaxis. Currently Dr. Edston is teaching and tutoring medical students at the University of Linköping as associate professor at the Institution of Molecular and Clinical Medicine (IMK). |
 | Philippe Lunetta, MD
Senior Forensic Pathologist, Member of the Finnish D.V.I.-Team, Forensic Pathology Section, Department of Forensic Medicine, Kytösuontie 11 (P.O. Box 40), 00300 - University of Helsinki, Finland
Tel. ++358-9-19127437
Fax: ++358-9-19127518
Emails: Philippe@mappi.helsinki.fi, Philippe.lunetta@helsinki.fi |
 | Marcel A. Verhoff, MD
Institute of Legal Medicine,, University of Gießen, Frankfurter Str. 58,, 35392 Gießen,, Germany
E-mail: Marcel.A.Verhoff@forens.med.uni-giessen.de
Contacts:
Phone: +49 641-99-41425
Fax: +49 641-99-41419
Cellular Phone: +49 177-7715669
Born 1970 at Gießen, Germany. School leaving examination: Abitur 1989. Military service 1989-1990. Studied medicine at Gießen, Kiel, and Berlin. 1999 degree of “Dr. med.” (medical doctor) at the institute of physiology Gießen (Prof. Dr. E. Heerd). 1998-1999 medical assistant at the institute of pathology, “BG-Kliniken-Bergmannsheil”, University of Bochum/Germany (Prof. Dr. K.-M. Müller) and psychiatric hospital “Westfälisches Zentrum für Psychiatrie”, Universitiy of Bochum (Prof. Dr. Dr. T. Payk). Scientific work in Bochum: Autoptical findings after exhumations, changes in human lungs after welders dust exposition (histochemical and scan electronic microscopical examinations including energy dispersive radio micro analyses - EDX). Since 2000 medical assistant at the institute of legal medicine, University of Gießen (Prof. Dr. G. Weiler), since August 2003 specialist for legal medicine (“Facharzt für Rechtsmedizin”). At Gießen publications of different themes of legal medicine. Scientific crucial points: forensic osteology (human specification, signs of injuries and taphonomy), mtDNA sequencing from single cells, specific toxicological questions (f.e. Ethanol loss of spirituoses after flambeing). 2002 together with Dr. Kerstin Kreutz from the institute of anthropology, University of Gießen the publication of the first German speaking teaching book of forensic anthropology. Professional memberships: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rechtsmedizin (German association of legal medicine), Berufsverband Deutscher Rechtsmediziner, Marburger Bund. |
Associate Editors
 | Gurcan Altun, MD
Trakya University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, 22030 Edirne, TURKEY
Phone: 90-284-235-7641, 90-284-235-5465
Fax: 90-284-235-2282
Dr. Altun was born in Kahramanmaras in 1968. He graduated from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1991. In 1994, he joined Trakya University Faculty of Medicine as an assistant in Department of Forensic Medicine. He became specialist in forensic medicine in 1997 with a thesis on “Deaths among homeless people in Istanbul, 1991-1995”. He has done research on clinical forensic medicine, forensic traumatology and forensic documentation of torture. Currently Dr. Altun is teaching and tutoring medical students at University of Trakya, Faculty of Medicine as an assistant professor in Department of Forensic Medicine. He is a member of Turkish Medical Association Chamber of Medicine of Edirne and Turkish Society of Forensic Medicine Specialists.
He is married and has one daughter. His favorite subjects are forensic autopsy, forensic traumatology and forensic documentation of torture. His favorite hobbies are trekking, swimming and fishing.
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 | Adriana Oliva, Dr Biological SciencesLaboratorio de Entomologia forense, Museo argentino de Ciencias naturales, Av. A. Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires - ARGENTINA
Phone: +54-11-4982-8370 line 168Adriana Oliva is an Insect taxonomist by training, but works mainly on forensic Entomology now. She took her Doctor's degree at Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) in 1988; her thesis reviewing a genus of Hydrophilidae (silver water beetles) in Argentina received the maximum qualification. In 1989 she became a Career Researcher of the CONICET (Consejo nacional de Investigaciones cientificas y tecnologicas = National Council for Scientific and Technological Research), working at the Museo argentino de Ciencias naturales (MACN) (= argentinian Museum of nat. Sci). In 1993 she began to perform experiments on insect samples from autopsies at the federal morgue. In 1994, the MACN created the Laboratorio de Entomologia forense and nominated Adriana Oliva as Chief (a purely honorary nomination). Interest in forensic entomology had been awakened by a notorious case (conscript Carrasco). Thereafter, the number of expert opinions requested per year soared from two (1993) to as much as 44 from the federal experts plus six from provincial courts (1999). Some work is being done on myiasis (maggots attacking tissues of living persons or animals). In 2003, collaboration with the Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de Tandil (Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) was initiated, to try forensic entomology as a tool against cattle rustling.Adriana Oliva has published several papers on forensic entomology and allied subjects since 1997, contributed chapters in “Tanatologia e Entomologia forense” (J. Paulete Vanrell & J.A. Paulete Scaglia Eds; Editora Universidade de Pernambuco, 2002); also published a number of papers on taxonomy and bionomics of Hydrophiloidea (silver water beetles and their immediate relatives), and described 40 species new to science. Teaching has ranged from graduate courses for biologists, rated assistant professor (ad honorem) for the duration of each course, through forensic entomology classes for the graduate course in Legal Medicine at the UBA, as invited professor (since 1995), and for several other graduate courses on legal medicine, forensic entomology modules for graduate courses on applied entomology and veterinarian legal medicine, to a course for the Police of Misiones province (1999).E-Mail Adriana Oliva by Clicking here |
 | Douglas Cross, BSc, CBiol, MIBiol, EurProBiol.Environmental Analyst and Forensic EcologistLyndhurst, Brompton Regis, Dulverton, Somerset TA22 9NJ, UK
Contacts: Tel/fax+44 1398 371305
Email: Doug(at)FieldForensics.co.uk
Website: www.fieldforensics.co.uk
Doug is a freelance forensic ecologist and that rare beast in science, an expert generalist. He is at home in a wide range of disciplines, and works as an environmental Team Leader and Expert Witness for Clients and Agencies around the world.His work deals with the analysis of environmental evidence in trials, especially in actions involving the social and ecological effects of water pollution and the disturbance of river hydraulics. His Court appearances are rare, as most actions are withdrawn or settled out of court once his analyses are disclosed. He also prepares forensic audits of the compliance of sectoral developments with the complex legislative frameworks designed to protect people and the environment. Most of this work is in public health and the water, power, and oil industries This sometimes hazardous work has resulted in the fundamental restructuring of some of the world's largest development projects - his background as a martial arts Instructor has not always been of purely theoretical relevance!In the UK, Doug lectures to University students, professional biologists and legal audiences on forensic ecology and environmental analysis. He is particularly concerned with the ethical, legal and human rights aspects of state-imposed environmental legislation. Hs legal analysis of water fluoridation now forms the foundation of vigorous challenges to the British Government's attempt to enforce nation-wide fluoridation without consent.He is currently a member of the Department of Health's Committee on Toxicity, investigating the medical effects of Britain's worst ever water-poisoning incident, in 1988. His appointment is the result of his original pro bono work establishing community-based data salvage to preserve environmental evidence deliberately ignored by the Public Authorities.E-Mail Doug Cross by Clicking here |
 | Benjamin Swift, MB, Chb, MDForensic Pathology Unit, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX
United KingdomDr. Swift is a Specialist Registrar in Forensic Pathology at the Forensic Pathology Unit, University of Leicester, U.K. He has published widely in peer-review journals and has authored several book chapters. His main areas of interest are forensic taphonomy and the use of radiological techniques in postmortem examinations.E-Mail Benjamin Swift by Clicking here |
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