Professor and Dean of Applied Sciences European Forensic Institute. Between 1969 and 2008, he had a full career as a practitioner with the Directorate of Forensic Services New Scotland Yard, in the roles of Fingerprint expert, Crime scene Investigator, Crime Scene manager and Crime Scene Coordinator. In project management he created modern sequential treatment laboratories designed to deal with the volume crime in London and pioneered the concept of Forensic Intelligence. He set up one of the world’s first Forensic Intelligence Units in 2001 and was the Head of Forensic Intelligence Metropolitan Police until 2008. He has the Kings College London University Diploma in Crime Scene Investigation and Fingerprint Expertise. He developed the wireless, three electrode, method of electrostatic dust mark lifting, the Pathfinder’ now used worldwide. In 2012 he published the textbook ‘Forensic Intelligence’ CRC Press. In 2018 he joined the European Forensic Institute as a lecturer and was invited to lecture on Forensic Intelligence at the Istituto Di Scienze Forense, Corporate University, Milan. In 2021 he was awarded a Professorship in Criminology, Forensic Criminology and Forensic Intelligence and awarded the role of President of the Istituto Di Scienze Forense University Milan. In February 2024 the university renewed his professorship. He has been a member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (CSFS) since 1983, and in October 2024 was elected as the Honorary Editor of the CSFS.

Prof Allan Jamieson BSc PhD FRSB Provided written evidence and advice in over 1000 criminal cases in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Gibraltar, USA, New Zealand, Cyprus, and Australia. Including evidence on LTDNA in the Omagh Bomb trial of Sean Hoey, at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and many trials involving DNA interpretation, probabilistic genotyping, and DNA transfer. Member of the Expert Roster for DNA for the New York State Assigned Counsel Plan Invited and adopted as, ‘a scientist and scholar’ to sign amicus briefs to the California Supreme Court, Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the United States Supreme Court on the use of statistics and DNA in Court. Co-Editor in Chief of Wiley’s Encyclopaedia of Forensic Sciences, and ‘A Guide to Forensic DNA Profiling’ (2016). Vice Chair of the Royal Society of Biology Professional Recognition Panel (which is responsible for award of Chartered Scientist status) Undertaken consultancy projects in Turkey (EU funded), Egypt (Government investigation), and Pakistan (Education). Chronology: Bachelor of Science with First Class (Double) Honours in Biology & Genetics. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 1976-1980 Doctor of Philosophy, Forensic Science Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 1980-84 Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow, 1983-87 Research Associate, Department of Immunology, University of Edinburgh, 1987-88 Research Fellow in Virology at the Institute of Virology, Glasgow University, 1988-1990 Self-employed, photographer, 1990-92 Business Manager for Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Physics, West Glasgow Universities NHS Hospital Trust, 1992-95 Head of Forensic Science, Lothian and Borders Police, Edinburgh, 1995-2002 Director, The Forensic Institute, Glasgow, 2002-present

Anthony Schembri is a respected law enforcement and academic professional with over four decades’ experience in the field. Over the years, he has drawn praise from such varied sources as New York City Mayor, President Jimmy Carter, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and New York Governor Mario Cuomo. First appointed to the Brooklyn District Attorneys Office he advanced to Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Bureau, then to Director of Training at the District Attorneys Police Academy. Anthony Schembri has served as the city’s Deputy Inspector General, investigating cases of major crime and corruption. He was appointed by the Mayor of New York as Corrections Commissioner, a position putting him in charge of 12,000 uniformed officers and 20,000 inmates at 19 separate jail facilities. Today, the Citrus County, Florida, resident serves as a Visiting Professor at Oxford and Sheffield Hallam University and named Outstanding Professor of the Year at the University of Florida.

Dr. Swindell is a professor of Social Work at Mississippi State University and recently made history as the first teaching Ph.D. and MSW in Social Work to be awarded tenure and achieve the rank of professor. Swindell also independently contracts as a mitigation expert and expert witness, working with men serving capital murder sentences on death row in the US. She has over 30 years of experience in forensic social work and brings a wealth of information from sociology, social work, and forensic testimony evidence retrieval to this conference. Dr. Swindell completed her Ph.D. (2001) and MSW (1992) in Social Work from the University of Alabama.

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