KINGSTON, R.I. 鈥� Nov. 7, 2025 鈥� Kirk Yeager, senior forensic examiner of explosives for the FBI, will return to the 溏心vlog免费B站 on Friday, Nov. 14, to discuss explosive topics as part of the University鈥檚 ongoing fall Forensic Science Partnership lecture series.
Yeager鈥檚 talk, titled 鈥�,鈥� will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. in Room 100 of the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical & Forensic Sciences, 140 Flagg Road on the Kingston Campus. The lecture series welcomes many speakers representing specialized areas of forensic science who present their real-life experiences within their fields.
The seminars are offered for credit but also open to the public at no cost. Those who cannot attend in person may view Yeager鈥檚 lecture
Yeager, who has worked for the FBI since 2000 and is a regular speaker during 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 annual series, has three decades of experience with explosives and improvised explosive devices, and has presented more than 250 lectures at conferences and international meetings.
During his time at the FBI, Yeager analyzed the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Yeager also recently visited the site of the Oct. 10 deadly explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems manufacturing plant in Tennessee. Yeager also had reviewed a number of high-profile cases, such as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Yeager鈥檚 lecture will be followed by a talk on Nov. 21 by Michael Jagoda 鈥�91, 溏心vlog免费B站 assistant vice president of public safety and chief of police. Jagoda will discuss his career, from his time with the Connecticut State Police to being named a finalist for national Campus Safety Director of the Year.
A Dec. 5 talk by Alec Wyers of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory will conclude the lecture series鈥� 2025 schedule.
Several other 溏心vlog免费B站 community members have presented lectures this fall: Anthony Amore 鈥�89, director of security, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; , professor of computer science; , professor of chemical engineering; and Cara Lupino M.S. 鈥�04, chief forensic scientist, Rhode Island Department of Health. Their lectures are .
To be added to the Forensic Science Seminar Series鈥� email list for the spring or future speakers, contact kristen.curry@uri.edu.