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Glenn Langenburg is a certified latent print examiner and owner of Elite Forensic Services, LLC. Previously, he worked at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for 18 years and has experience with crime scenes and bloodstain pattern evidence. He was certified as a general criminalist by the American Board of Criminalistics and has lectured and hosted workshops nationally and internationally at forensic science conferences in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Europe. Glenn has a successful weekly podcast on fingerprint issues with co-host Eric Ray called the Double Loop Podcast. Join us as we discuss topics including Daubert issues, research, probabilistic error rates, and challenges to latent prints. 

Originally aired on March 31, 2022

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Eddy De Valck has worked as a Forensic Odontologist since 1979, having received his Master of Dental Sciences from Catholic University Leuven in 1977 and attended Belgium’s Ministry of Justice’s School for Criminology. He has participated as an expert in about 20 major disaster investigations since 1987 ( e.g. train, plane, and boat disasters; 2004 Tsunami in Phuket, 2014 MH 17, 2016 Brussels Terrorist attacks, 2021 Belgium Floodings), having served as Chief Forensic Odontologist on the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team for Federal Police Belgium since then, as well as with DVI services with Interpol. Join us as Eddy speaks to us about his experiences with Disaster Victim Identification

Originally aired on March 24, 2022

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Jeffrey W. Muttart is currently the Director of Research and Consulting Services for Crash Safety Research Center, LLC. He is also an Adjunct Instructor at Northwestern University Center for Public Safety where his research interests include pedestrian walking speeds, vehicle acceleration choice, nighttime recognition distance, headlight illumination related to nighttime recognition, driver perception-response times in emergency situations, and many other items such as the influence of alcohol, fatigue, age, and drugs on a driver's response. Joins us as Dr. Muttart discusses the importance of human factors in accident investigations.

Originally aired on Mar. 17, 2022

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Karen Woodall is an Assistant Professor and Forensic Toxicologist within the Forensic Science Program at the University of Toronto. She graduated in 1996 from the University of Bradford, UK with a Ph.D. in Pharmacology. She worked as a Forensic Toxicologist at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto for 20 years before joining the University of Toronto. Her research interests include toxicology and the opioid crisis, the role of drugs in motor vehicle fatalities and oral fluid drug testing equipment. Join us as we discuss the impact and effects of opioids on our society and in a forensic context.

Originally aired on March 10, 2022

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Richard Gage has been investigating the events and collapse of the World Trade Center Towers since 2006.  Join us as we look at the forensic evidence of collapses and what science can tell us about the terrible tragedies of September 11, 2001.

Originally aired on January 14, 2021

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SA O’Connor is currently the Principle Consultant at FedSquared Consulting, providing instruction and consultation on a variety of Counterterrorism topics to both Government and private sector clients. After a 23 year career with the FBI, SA O’Connor coordinated investigations related to violent criminal actions by Domestic Extremist.  Join us as we discuss some very well known cases and how these types of crimes are investigated, coordinated and solved.

Originally aired on September 16, 2021

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Amoret Whitaker is the Program Leader and a Senior Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Forensic Studies program. She specializes in Forensic Entomology and since 2004 has undertaken forensic casework throughout the UK for many police forces and forensic providers, attending crime scenes, deposition sites and post-mortems, analysing data and submitting reports, and attending court if required. Join us as Dr. Whitaker discusses how Forensic Entomoligy assists in forensic investigations.

Originally aired on November 11, 2021

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Jeremiah Morris is the Forensic Scientist Supervisor, Trace Evidence and Crime Scene Investigation Technical Leader of Trace Evidence and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis at the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Criminalistics Laboratory. He is an active member of the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts and has been an advocate of how bloodstain pattern analysis contributes to forensic investigations. Join us as we discuss many changes happening around the globe that should further strengthen the reliability and credibility of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in forensic investigations.

Originally aired on  February 10, 2022

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Lorna Dawson is currently Principal Scientist and Head of Forensic Soil Science at the James Hutton Institute and visiting Professor at RGU. She is a registered expert with the National Crime Agency and works with police forces, lawyers and agencies in soil-trace-evidence provision and regularly attends court as an expert witness. Lorna is passionate about the effective communication of science, and her opinion is widely sought on aspects of soil science and forensic science in various media, including news, education, and drama. She has published over 100 scientific papers, books and book chapters and holds a diploma in Science Communication. Please join us as we discuss how studying soil can contribute to forensic investigations.

Originally aired on February 17, 2022

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Bryan Chiles is the Sr. Investigations Engineer at Axon who has the the responsibility to manage and conduct investigations for Axon customers, attorneys, or civilians. Bryan's focus is on investigative tests and processes, including research and scenario-based experiments, determining the highest forensic value of data and physical evidence relating to Taser energy weapons and Axon body worn cameras. Bryan regularly appears as an expert witness at Federal, State, and international courts to testify on various models of Taser energy weapons.  Join us as we discuss Taser technology, science, research and cases related to Taser energy weapons.

Originally aired on February 17, 2022