KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 14, 2018 – Henry Lee, one of the world鈥檚 leading forensic scientists and founder of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven, will headline the 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 Forensic Science Partnership Seminar Series this fall.
Lee is well known for his investigative work on famous cases such as the JonBen茅t Ramsey murder, the Helle Crafts woodchipper murder, the O.J. Simpson and Laci Peterson cases and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
The 20th year of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Forensic Science Partnership Seminar Series will also highlight polygraph testing, DNA comparison, identity theft and bias in forensic science. The Forensic Science Partnership, in conjunction with 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at 溏心vlog免费B站, hosts the free, public series on Fridays at the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Room 100, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
The series will conclude Dec. 7 with Lee鈥檚 seminar, 鈥淭he Forensic Cases of Dr. Henry C. Lee.鈥�
The other speakers and their topics for the series are:
Sept. 14: Henry Maynard, chief scientist at the Defense Forensic Science Center, 鈥淒etermination Defeats Deception: Solving my Identify Theft Case鈥�
Sept. 21: Det. Kyle Draper of the Rhode Island State Police and FBI Special Agent Chris Braga, 鈥淧olygraph鈥�
Sept. 28: Nicholas Petraco, associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 鈥淓vidence Traces — A Powerful Investigative Tool鈥�
Oct. 5: Dr. Daniel P. Greenfield, assistant clinical professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 鈥淭estifying in Court鈥�
Oct. 12: Ioan Truta, criminalist and technical leader at the Boston Police Department, 鈥淲hy BIAS is a scary term in Forensic Sciences鈥�
Oct. 19: To be announced
Oct. 26: Maria Warner, former criminalist with the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory, 鈥淐ase Studies in Forensic Fiber Examinations鈥�
Nov. 2: Ray Handel, forensic scientist at the Center for Disaster and Human Assistance Medicine, 鈥淐linical Consequences from Chemical Explosives鈥�
Nov. 9: Elaine Pagliaro, former director of the Connecticut State Forensic Laboratory and member of the Henry C. Lee Institute, 鈥淲e have a DNA match鈥� why isn鈥檛 that enough?鈥�
Nov. 16: Michael Rickenbach, deputy director of the chemical analysis section at the Connecticut State Forensic Laboratory, 鈥淔orensics at the CT State Forensic Lab鈥�
Nov. 30: Laura Parker, program manager of standards and testing at the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 Science and Technology department, 鈥淎viation Security and Explosives Detection: Past, Present, & Future鈥�
Dec. 7: Dr. Henry Lee, founder of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven, 鈥淭he Forensic Cases of Dr. Henry C. Lee鈥�
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