George Adams is the National Director of Operations for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), and holds a Master of Arts from the University of Texas at Arlington in Criminology and Criminal Justice. He is an associate member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police with an Advanced Peace Officers Certification from the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement Standards and Education. Mr. Adams served on the NamUs Missing Persons Advisory group, and co-authored the first successful National Institute of Justice NamUs Operational Competitive Agreement and two successful annual extensions for a total of $7.55 million.

Criminology and Criminal justice

Anna Barbaro is a President of the Worldwide Association of Women Forensic Experts. WAWFE is a multi-disciplinary association with the aim to join women working worldwide in different forensic fields,in public or private institutions, in order to promote the advancement and recognition of women role in the international forensic community and to favorite the exchange of information and experience between forensic experts.

Forensic Research

Jerry Melbye has had and still enjoys a distinguished career of over 3 decades of teaching and research in the field of forensic science and anthropology. His research interests include paleopathology and forensic anthropology with field work experience in Ontario, Labrador, The Yukon, American Southwest and Midwest, Egypt and Mexico. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Within the AAFS, over the years Jerry has served as Section Chair, Section Secretary and has sat on four Academy wide committees. He has aided police forces in the U.S. and Canada for more than 30 years in identifying human remains, providing them with information leading to the apprehension of killers in dozens of murder cases. His work has been featured on Discovery Canada, the Discovery Health Channel as well as national and international venues.

Forensic Anthropology

Ronn Johnson is licensed and board certified clinical psychologist with extensive experience in academic and clinical settings. Doctor Johnson is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology. He has served as a staff psychologist in community mental health clinics, hospitals, schools and university counseling centers. The University of Iowa, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Central Oklahoma, and San Diego State University are among the sites of his previous academic appointments. His forensic, scholarship, and teaching interests include: ethical-legal issues, police psychology, women death penalty, and contraterrorism.

Forensic Psychology

Shaul M. Gabbay has completed his Ph.D at Columbia University and a Post Doctorate at the University of Chicago. He thought classes and conducted his research in numerous Universities around the world. For ten years he was the Director of a Middle East Institute at the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies where he is currently a Senior Scholar. He published numerous books and papers and is a frequent commentator in national and international media. Professor Gabbay has been qualified in hundreds of Court proceedings as a Muslim World Expert - www.muslimworldexpert.com

Forensic Sociology

Linda Galvan is a Forensic Nurse Examiner/ Consultant at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, USA.

Matthias I. Okoye is a practicing physician and lawyer, and the director of the Nebraska Institute of Forensic Sciences, Inc., and Nebraska Forensic Medical Services, P.C. In addition, he is an associate professor of forensic pathology at Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska. He is also an adjunct professor of forensic medicine and pathology at several universities abroad. He was formerly the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia Washington, D.C., and Associate Professor of Forensic Pathology at Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Forensic Pathology

Santiago has been employed with a large Midwest Law Enforcement Agency for the past 10 years. During his tenure he has performed the functions of a police officer, federal task force officer, field training officer, and crime analyst. Dr. Santiago is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the awards of valor and the National Association of Police Organizations, Washington D.C. (NAPO) honorable mention awards presented at the annual National Police Week Top Cop Awards Ceremony. Santiago is currently a Visiting Professor within the Justice Administration Program where he serves as a mentor to students wishing to pursue a career within law enforcement. He received his Ed.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change from Benedictine University; a Roman Catholic institution located in Lisle Illinois. Dr. Santiago has written several articles which have been published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented numerous times before several law enforcement agencies and educational organizations within the Midwest.

Criminology

Lucy Love have been the Clinical Director for G4s Forensic and Medical Services, U.K for 3 years and as train doctors, nurses and police officers in forensic sexual assault medicine and am clinically responsible for the management of 12 Sexual Assault Referral Centres [SARCS] scattered throughout the UK, as G4s both manage and staff the centres and provide the forensic medical examiners. He has been responsible for starting the first nurse practical training program for sexual assault examiners in the UK, so G4s are pioneers in this field, following the U.S approach of using SANE\'s not just doctors. He has been a sexual offences examiner for 15 years and also works for the National Health Service as an Associate Specialist in Genito-urinary Medicine and Psychosexual Medicine. He conducts paediatric forensic examinations on child victim of sexual abuse and run training programs to enable Paediatricians to gain the necessary skills to manage these complex cases. I have contributed a chapter to a book on Forensic Gynaecology, entitled \"Special issues-the Elderly\".

Forensic Gynaecology

Varsha Pandya has had a long career in the field of Family Violence and Juvenile Justice in India and in USA. She teaches courses on Understanding Human Behavior in Social Environment, Research, and electives related to Family Violence. She has published two single-authored and one co-authored articles based on her research with offenders of intimate partner violence.

Mohammed Nasimul Islam is currently the Head and Professor of Forensic Pathology department in the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. He serves as an executive editor to various forensic journals.

Forensic Pathology

Harvey J.M. Hou has completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Peking University in China and postdoctoral studies at Rockefeller University. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Forensic Science at Alabama State University. He has published 80 papers in books and peer-reviewed journals including Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, J. Am. Chem. Soc., and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and served as an editorial board of J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, J. Forensic Res., and Air Water Borne Diseases. He is also the Editor of Teaching Bioanalytical Chemistry (ACS Symposium book) and the Editor of NanoPhotoBioScience. He has organized or co-organized 15 conferences/symposia since 2004. He is passionate about microbial forensics, nanoforensics, forensic drug analysis, DNA profiling, and firearm/explosive analysis.

Forensic Science

Georgios Antonopoulos is an Associate of the Cross-Border Crime Colloquium, associate editor of the journal Trends in Organised Crime, and member of the editorial boards of the journals Global Crime, International Journal of Cyber-Criminology, Journal of Financial Crime, Journal of Money Laundering Control, Journal of Applied Security Research and Revista Criminalidad. In 2009 he received the European Society of Criminology Young Criminologist Award.

Criminology

Padma Bhusan Pakkirisamy Chandra Sekharan, a Ph.D. on ‘Certain Forensic Aspects of Skull Identification and Individualization’ from Madras University published 15 books, 142 research & review papers in reputed journals. Areas of research include Cheiloscopy, Indexing Antique Bronzes and Temple Jewelry. Worked as Medical physicist, Medical College, Madurai; Professor-Director, Forensic Sciences Department, Chennai; Professor, Forensic Sciences, National Law School of India University, Bangalore; Professor-Director, School of Science and Forensic Sciences and Pro-Vice chancellor, National Law University, Jodhpur. Examined 20,000 Forensic Cases and appeared in courts in more than 1000 cases in India, UK, Malaysia, Colombo and Singapore.

Forensic Sciences