
In this partnership mostly we deploy to try and recover missing U.S servicemen that died in the Second World War. Through this, I have an ongoing partnership with the Defense Prisoner of War / Missing in Action Accounting Agency. I am currently a board member for Cranfields Recovery and Identification of Conflict Casualties. I am particularly interested in how gender reassignment may change the body and skeleton for the purpose of identification. I am particularly interested in distinguishing the differences between cats and dogs, and the effects of birds on the body. I am creating a database of the animal induced changes to bone as a result of scavenging and consumption. I currently have a collaboration with several zoos and aquariums around the UK. Likewise, I am interested in 3D images and virtual reconstruction of crime scenes and of bone fragments within the skeleton. In particular, whether they have a negative or positive effect on the jury. I am currently exploring the effect of using 3D printed models within the courtroom. Stephanie Giles (Cranfield University), Post-mortem interval estimations in Forensic Anthropology and PathologyĪngelina Longo (Cranfield University), Automating the estimation of Age and Sex for skeletalised remains Current activities Rebecca Strong (Teesside University), The Application of Geometric Morphometric Analysis to the Identification Process of Unknown Individuals. I am also interested in any archaeological based work - in particular post-medieval excavations, animal scavenging, transgender and drug changes to the skeleton, and trauma applied to the body. I have strong links with FARO scanning, and continually offer advice on imaging in forensic science and the police. This includes the documentation of evidence at scenes and the use of multi-dimensional imaging in the courtroom. I am interested in the application of three-dimensional imaging to the forensic archaeological and anthropological process. I have also undertaken my post-graduate certificate in learning and teaching in higher education (PgCLTHE). Fundamentals of Forensic Anthropology: Osteology.In 2017 I was employed as a full-time lecturer in forensic science before moving to Cranfield's Forensic Institute in 2018. At the same time as my PhD I lectured part-time in forensic science. I was then offered to undertake my PhD at Teesside University in Forensic Anthropology. Comparing Laser scanning to traditional imaging techniques I graduated with a distinction. I went back to Bradford University to undertake a MSc in Forensic Archaeology and Crime Scene Investigation where my thesis focused on the application of 3D imaging and its application to the forensic decomposition process. Excavations included Street House Farm, Loftus Catcote's Roman Site, Hartlepool and Captain Cook's Birthplace, Middlesbrough. During this time I worked as a field archaeologist with Tees Archaeology.
DR DAVE ERICKSON SCAM PROFESSIONAL
My background is predominantly in traditional archaeology, having studied at Bradford University where I was awarded a BSc Archaeology and a Diploma in Professional Archaeological Studies. I am a lecturer in forensic archaeology and anthropology at Cranfield's Forensic Institute, Cranfield University.
