Brendan Chapman, Director

i am a forensic scientist with expertise in the fields of forensic genetics and DNA, homicide and sex crime investigation, clandestine grave site recovery and cold case review. i am director of the cold case review @ murdoch initiative.

having worked for over 10 years in western australian state government departments in both the forensic DNA laboratory and with law enforcement at crime scenes, I have attended thousands of major crime scenes, been involved in countless investigations, and performed numerous body recovery activities associated with high profile homicides an wa.

my research is focussed on the enhancement of molecular capabilities for national security and unsolved cases using cutting-edge DNA sequencing techniques and high sensitivity analysis. i am currently chief investigator on research grants to the value of approx. $1.2million.

Sara Natale, PhD Candidate

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Amber Skye, PhD Candidate

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team lead

phd researchers

Alice Whittingham

iPhone LiDAR to Support Depth Measurement Accuracy of Clandestine Gravesite Photogrammetry

Grace Jeong

Analysis of coagulation cascade factors as a forensic biomarker for assessing the age of blood (time since deposition)

Kimberley Carrillo

Exploratory Analysis of Antigen-Antibody Complexes for Sperm Detection Using Flow Cytometry in Mixed Samples.

Megan Taylor

A comparative study of GEDmatch and GEDmatch Pro databases and establishment of the best pathway for Forensic Genetic Genealogy in Australia

law enforcement

we work with a number of state, national and international police agencies but we respect their confidentiality so won’t name them

researchers

chemcrimlab https://www.chemcrimlab.org

dr andrew currie https://researchportal.murdoch.edu.au/esploro/profile/andrew_currie/overview

amrid lab https://amrid.com.au

sam houston state university

ngo’s

the missed foundation https://missed.org.au

Heather McKenna

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Ethan Keswani

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Taela Luckins

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Melissa Payne

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Jackson White

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Georgia Budge

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Alana Marr

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Nikita Price

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Jacinta Tresham Aung

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Jesse Vandervaart

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Celeste Chinnery

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Rebecca Curulli

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Megan Davies

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Matthew Decinque

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Emma Haddleton

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Morgan Randall

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Tara Regan

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Tara Regan

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Lilly Ryan

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Bradlee Stevens

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Jamie-lee Webb

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Tracie Narayan

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Ruby Dixon, PhD Candidate

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Aaron Hamilton, PhD Candidate

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current researchers

our collaborators

past researchers