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Scientific Inquiry and Research Subcommittee

Co-Chairs

Suzanne Bell
Professor of Chemistry
West Virginia University

Michael “Jeff” Salyards
Executive Director
Defense Forensic Science Center

Commission Subcommittee Members

John Butler
NIST Fellow & Special Assistant to the Director for Forensic Science
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Marilyn Huestis
Adjunct Professor Dr. Dr. (h.c.)
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Arturo Casadevall
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Chair
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Gerry LaPorte
Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences
National Institute of Justice

Cecelia Crouse
Laboratory Director
Palm Beach County (FL) Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory

Marc LeBeau
Senior Forensic Scientist
Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory

M. Bonner Denton
Professor
University of Arizona

Peter Neufeld
Co-Director
Innocence Project

Rebecca Ferrell
Program Director, Biological Anthropology Program
National Science Foundation

 

Additional Members

Sarah Chu
Senior Forensic Policy Advocate
Innocence Project

Kurt Nolte
Professor
Office of the Medical Investigator

Karen Kafadar
Commonwealth Professor and Chair
Department of Statistics
University of Virginia

Jeffery Tomberlin
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University 

Staff Liaison: Jonathan McGrath

Updated June 1, 2017