West Virginia University has an academic bachelor's program
in forensic identification and forensic science as well as an active forensic science research program.
In a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers note that we each carry a unique microbial community — and that the bacterial residue we leave could be used to
make forensic identifications.
2011): this 1034 - page tome contains sections on the admissibility of expert testimony; how science works;
forensic identification expertise; statistics; multiple regression; survey research, estimation of economic damages; exposure science; epidemiology; toxicology; medical testimony; neuroscience; mental health evidence and engineering.
While in Oxford, she pioneered the earliest applications of bone DNA typing
in forensic identification and human evolutionary history.
The collision is being investigated by the State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit and
the Forensic Identification Unit.
Ancient DNA has grown from a scientific curiosity into a powerful research tool in fields as diverse as molecular evolution, archaeology, palaeontology, conservation genetics and
forensic identification.