Honors Forensics - Specialists

Entomologist

- Studies insects

DNA Specialist

– Identifies individuals based on DNA map

Toxicologist + Pharmacologist

– identify poisons, drugs, alcohol

Serologist

– Blood expert (determines blood types etc)

Blood Spatter Analyst

– Measures point of impact, can determine direction of blood.

Arson

– Fire expert. Can determine point of origin and what started fire.

Ballistics

– Firearms, bombs, tools marks

Trace Element Experts

– Analyzes fibers, hair, fingernails, dandruff, lint from pocket etc.

Impressions Expert

– Tire, footwear, bite marks. Makes molds of these or can lift foot impression from a carpet using electromagnetic lifter.

Anthropologist

– Studies bones and skeletal remains

Latent Print Expert

– Lifts fingerprints and Id’s them

Ondontologist

– Dental expert

Re-Creation Artist

– Artist that will recreate a person using skull and clay

Palynologist

–Pollen expert

Document Expert

–handwriting analysis, forgery

Art Forgery

– Fake art expert

Computer crime expert

– illegal internet activities