University of Rhode Island
	Forensic Science Partnership Seminar Series
Fall 1999
Date	Person		Affliation	Title
16-Sep	Peter	DeForest	John Jay College	Why a Graduate Degree Program in Forensic Science?
17-Sep	Kevin	Glynn	Naval Criminal Investigative Service	Internet Exploitation & Compromising of Computer Data
23-Sep	David	Uliss	RI Dept of Health	A Tour of the RI Forensic Lab
24-Sep	Frank	Platek	US Food & Drug Administration	Applications of SEM/EDX to Foods and Pharmaceutical Tampering & Counterfeiting
30-Sep	Allyson	Simons	FBI	A Overview of Forensic Examinations at the FBI
7-Oct	Randy	Bresee	U. of  Tennessee	Textile Analysis in Forensic Investigations
14-Oct	Robert	Hathaway	RI State Crime Lab	Ballistics
21-Oct	Connie	Fisher	FBI	Forensic Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA
28-Oct	Carrie	Whitcomb	U Central Florida-NCFS	Forensic Science in the Next Century
4-Nov	Maurice	Marshall	Defence Research Agency	Investigations of Explosions:  A U.K. Perspective
18-Nov	MaryLou	Fultz	Bureau of ATF	Overview of Forensic Examinations at ATF Labs
2-Dec	Kathy	Higgins	NIST	Explosive Standards
9-Dec	Guy	Vallaro	U. Massachusetts	Introduction to Post-Mortem ForensicToxicology
Spring 2000
Date	Person		Affliation	Title
27-Jan	Robert	Foster	Dept of Justice	The Role of Scientific Experts in Environmental Law
3-Feb	Kevin	Glynn	Naval Criminal Investigative Service	Computer Security
10-Feb	Elaine	Pagliaro	CT St Crime Lab	The Importance for Biological Evidence in Criminal Investigations
17-Feb	Don	Housman	Naval Criminal Investigative Service	Forensics of Bloodspatter
24-Feb	John	Tresrail	Michigan Reg. Poison Control Center	Poisoners throughout History
2-Mar	Joe	DiZinno	FBI	Forensic Denistry
9-Mar	Peter	DeForest	John Jay College	Why a Graduate Degree Program in Forensic Science?
23-Mar	Doug	Ubelaker	Smithsonian	Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology
30-Mar	Steve	Burmeister	FBI	Operations of the FBI Laboratory's Chemistry Unit
6-Apr	Mark	Zaminski	Cranston Police	Using Fingerprints for Identification
13-Apr	Richard	Saferstein	former NJ Crime Lab	From Lindbergh to O.J. Simpson--the Expert Witness
20-Apr	Gerald	Kufta	Kufta Consulting	Investigation of Fires & Explosions
27-Apr	Don	Seigel	Syracuse University	Hydrogeochemistry of the World's Largest Landfill (Freshkill, NY)
4-May	Eve	Hinman	Hinman Consulting	Protecting Buildings Against the Effects of Explosions
	University of Rhode Island
	Forensic Science Partnership Seminar Series
Fall 2000
Date	Person		Affliation	Title
21-Sep	Susan Ballou		NIST	Moves of Murder: Tracking Forensic Clues
28-Sep	Georgia Pasqualone		Quinnipiac U.	Forensic Nursing: the Real Sherlock Holmes
5-Oct	Jim Streeter		CT State Police	Questionable Document Examination
12-Oct	Bob Carrothers		Nikon	Forensic Photography
Oct 13	Tony Carpi		John Jay College	Forensic Research for Environmental Protection
19-Oct	Lloyd Allen		LabEquip. Co	Laser ablation of solids ICP/time-of-flight
26-Oct	Ron L. Kelly		FBI	Arson
2-Nov	Alan Harper		U NewHaven	Discovery, Recovery & Identification of Human Remains
9-Nov	Tom F. Jenkins		CRREL/US Army	Chemical Detection of Land Mines: Characterization of the Chemical Signature
16-Nov	Lyle O. Malotky		FAA	Explosives Detection
17-Nov	Chris Guglielmo		DEA	Chemistry of Drugs
30-Nov	Edward Bartick		FBI	Forensic Application: IR & Raman Spectrocopy
7-Dec	Drs. D. Latuzynski & J Schwartz		RI Medical Examiner	Forensic Examinations
Spring 2001
Date	Speaker		Speaker Affliation	Title
25-Jan	Randy Bresee		U Tennessee, Knoxville	Textile Analysis in Forensic Investigations
1-Feb	John Reid		Hampshire College, Amherst, MA	Origins of Enslaved Africans found in NY African Burial Ground: Use of Sr Isotopes
8-Feb	Henry Lee		Commissioner CT Crime Lab	New Advances in Forensic Science
15-Feb	Pete Hefferan		Cartridge Actuated Devices	Smokeless Powders & Dust Explosions
22-Feb	Steve Krueger		FBI--Explosives Unit	Processing Bombing Crime Scenes
1-Mar	Don Housman		Naval Criminal Investigative Service	The Use of Bloodstains to Reconstruct Crime Scenes
8-Mar	Dimitrios Karydas		FM Global Insurance	Insurance Investigations
15-Mar	BREAK			Spring Break
22-Mar	Ken Rahn		U of Rhode Island	Neutron-activation Analysis of Bullets/Fragments from the JFK Assassination"
29-Mar	Jim Whalen & Joe Penn		WestBay Psychiatric Assoc.	Insanity, Psycopythy, School Violence
5-Apr	Dennis Pincince		RI State Police, Criminal Invest.	Processing the Crime Scene
12-Apr	Amy Michaud		FBI-Trace Unit	Examination of Trace Evidence
19-Apr	Kathryn Kalasisky		Armed Forces Inst of Pathology	Hair Analysis
26-Apr	Ed Pierce		Warick Police (retired)	Forenisc & Clinical Aspects of Ritual Crime
	University of Rhode Island
	Forensic Science Partnership Seminar Series
Fall 2001
Date	Speaker		Affiliate	Topic
13-Sep	Dennis	Hilliard	RI State Crime	Forensic Examination of Major League Baseballs
20-Sep	BIll	Murphy	ATF	Interactions Between the Criminal Investigator & the Forensic Scientist
27-Sep	Jeff	Norwitz	NCIS	Perspectives on Terrorism
4-Oct	Joe	Powell	South Carolina Crime Lab	Trace Evidence Solves Crimes
11-Oct	Jimmie	Oxley	URI	Forensic Science:  Emphasis on Explosives
18-Oct	Neal	Langerman	Advanced Safety Consultants	Shellmound: Industrial Arsenic & Lead Contamination Result In A $12.5 Million "Whodunit"
25-Oct	Jeff	Norwitz	NCIS	Spy Catching & Other Forensic Tales
1-Nov	Sue	Ballou	NIST	Murder Mystery: Piecing Together Forensic Clues
Nov. 8	Steve	Kruger	FBI	FBI Explosives Unit Investigations
Nov. 15	Jim	Cadigan	FBI	Firearms & Tools
Nov. 29	Meg	McHenry	FBI	Questionable Documents
Dec. 6	Dave	Thatcher	RI Office of Criminal Investigations	Electronic Metal Detection for Evidence Recovery
Spring 2002
Date	Seminar Speaker		Affliation	Topic
24-Jan	Jimmie Oxley		URI	History of Forensic Science
31-Jan	Dennis Hilliard		RI State Crime Lab	Forensic Science-Back to the Basics
7-Feb	Dr. Carl Selavka		MA State Crime Lab	Intro to the Crime Lab & Framing the Forensic Question:  Why OJ Didn't Want My Opinion
14-Feb	Dr. Otto Gregory		URI	Microscope as a Forensic Tool
21-Feb	Reddy Chamakura		NY State Police Lab	Internet & Forensic Science
28-Feb	Bob OBrien		CT State Crime Lab	Gunshot Residue & Distance Determinations
7-Mar	Keith Coonrod		NY State Police Lab	Needs in Forensic Science--a National & Local Perspective
	Spring Break
21-Mar	Dr. Bruce Hoadley		U Mass	Forensic Examination of Wood
28-Mar	Tom Thurman		EKU, former FBI	Unique Aspects of Investigating Bombing Scenes
4-Apr	Dr. Elaine Pagliaro		CT State Crime Lab	New Advances in Forensic DNA Analysis
11-Apr	Dr. Virginia Maxwell		CT State Crime Lab	Forensic Analysis of Paint, Glass & Soil
18-Apr	Maria Warner		CT State Crime Lab	Basic Hair & Fiber Examinations
25-Apr	Robin Smith		RI Health of Health	DNA Scientific & Legal Issues
2-May	Richard Gould		Brown U.	Underwater Crime Scene Recording
	University of Rhode Island
	Forensic Science Partnership Seminar Series
Fall 2002
4:00-5:45	Seminar Speaker		Affliation	Topic
5-Sep	Skip	Ross	Exponent Failure Analysis	What Went Wrong?--Design Defects in Airplanes, Rockets,  Hotels
12-Sep	Jeff	Norwitz	U.S. Naval War College	9/11  What Difference Does a Year Make?
17-Sep*	Barry	Scheck	Benjamin N. Cardoza Law School	Use Of DNA Testing In The Criminal Justice System
26-Sep	Kirk	Yeager	FBI, Explosive Unit	The Post-Blast Scene: Big Cases and Big Headaches
3-Oct	Marc Weber	Tobias	Investigative Law Offices	Locks, Safes and Security--Analyzing Bypass Potential
10-Oct	Jack	White	Channel 12 News	Media in Forensics
17-Oct	Tim	Pifer	New Hampshire State Police Crime Lab	Crime Lab Technologies
24-Oct	Elaine	Pagliaro	CT State Crime Lab	Expert Testimony & Forensic Ethics
31-Oct	Ann	Sarkes	FBI, Terrorism	Medical Aspects of Bioterrorism
7-Nov	Jason H.	Byrd	Virginia Commonwealth U	Maggots and Murder:  Forensic Entomology
14-Nov	Eugene	Rugala	FBI, Serial Murder & Child Abduction	Violent Crimes--Silence of the Lambs Fact or Fiction
21-Nov	Constantine 'Gus'	Karazulas	Dentist	Computerization of Bitemark Evidence
28-Nov	Thanksgiving
All talks Thursdays, 4-5:30 pm in Pastore124 except Dr. Scheck's.
*Dr. Scheck will speak Tuesday Sept. 17 at 7 pm in Chafee 271 at part of the URI Honors Colloquium
Spring 2003
4:00-5:45	Seminar Speaker		Affliation	Topic
23-Jan	Adel	Irrizary	RI Attorney General's Office	NIBIN - Firearms Identification Network
30-Jan	Det. Patricia	Cornell	Providence Police	Facial Reconstruction
6-Feb	Mark	Zabinski	Cranston Police (ret)	Advanced Methods in Latent Print Development
13-Feb	Nancy	Haley	RI Dept of Health	Forensic Toxicology
20-Feb	Chris	Emerson	North Kingston Police	Internet Crimes Against Children
27-Feb	Matthew	Cassiere	Consultant	Con Men: Fraud, Confidence Crime, and the Occult
6-Mar	Carl	Chasteen	Florida State Fire Marshall's Lab	Fire Debris Analysis
		SPRING BREAK
20-Mar	Michael A.	DiLauro	Assistant Public Defender	Forensic Science and the Defense Lawyer
27-Mar	Michael	Baden	New York City Medical Examiner (ret)	FS pathology
3-Apr	Lt Ken	Patenaude	North Hampton (MA) Police	Eye Witness Tetimony - Reliability
10-Apr	Williams	Walter	Warwick Police Dept	Blood Spatter
17-Apr	Owen	Walker	Federal Defense Attorney	How an Attorney uses Forensic Evidence
24-Apr	Carol	Henderson	Nova University	Expert Witness Testimony
1-May	Sp Ag Robert	McFaddon	Naval Criminal Investigative Service

 

Fall 2003
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
11-Sep	John Drugan	Investigations at Mass State Police Lab	Mass State Police
18-Sep	Jeff Norwitz	Psychological Consultation to Federal Law Enforcement	Naval Criminal Investigative Service
25-Sep	Gerald Kufta	Investigation of Fires and Explosions	Kufta Consulting
2-Oct	John Enright	Law Enforcement Anti-Terrorism Efforts and the Task Force	Law Enforcement Initiatives
9-Oct	Harri Kytomaa	Thermal Science and Engineering in Fire and Explosion Investigation	Exponent
16-Oct	Jack Hubball	Select Look at Investigations at CT Forensic Lab	State Conn. Dept Public Safety
23-Oct	John P. Leo	Investigation of Incidents Involving Hazardous Waste	RI Dept of Environmental Management
30-Oct	Kathryn Kalasisky	Hair Analysis	Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
6-Nov	Kathy Higgins	Forensic Science in the War on Terrorism	National Institute of Standards and Testing
13-Nov	Mike Leone	Explosives Investigations at the FBI	FBI
20-Nov	Sharon Nelson & John Simek	Computer Forensics	Sensei Enterprises
4-Dec	Carla M. Noziglia	The Real CSI and Forensic Science in Africa	Senior Forensic Advisor, Tanzania

Spring 2004
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
23-Jan	Elaine Pagliaro	Crime Laboratory Overview	CT State Crime Lab
30-Jan	Gino Rebussini	Clandestine Laboratory Investigations	RI Department of Health
6-Feb	Dr. Otto Gregory	Microscope as a Forensic Tool	URI Engineering
13-Feb	Det. Patricia Cornell	Crime Scene Investigation	Providence Police
20-Feb	Tom Thurman	Explosion Scene & PanAm 103	Eastern Kentucky
27-Feb	Nancy Haley	Drug Analysis	RI Department of Health
5-Mar	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprint	Cranston Police (retired)
19-Mar	Dr. Virginia Maxwell	Forensic Analysis of Paint, Glass and Soil	CT State Crime Lab
26-Mar	Jeff Morrow	Tracking the Cold Scent	Naval Criminal Investigative Service
2-Apr	John Lentini	Investigating Fire Scenes	Applied Technical Service
9-Apr	Robin Smith	DNA Scientific and Legal Issues	RI Department of Health
16-Apr	Dr. Herb MacDonell	Applied Forensic Science	Consultant
30-Apr	Kathleen Canning	Violent Crimes against Children and Profiling	FBI

Fall 2004
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
10-Sep	Jimmie Oxley	Introduction to Forensic Science	URI
17-Sep	Jeff Norwitz	Processes and Organizations for Fighting Terrorism	NCIS
24-Sep	Martin Bide	Textiles: Analysis & Forensics	URI
1-Oct	Daniel Dickerman, John Killian	Electronic Crimes & Computer Forensics	IRS & RI State Police
8-Oct	Ann Marie Mires	Forensic Anthropology	MA
15-Oct	William Deso	Chemistry at the US Secret Service	Secret Service
22-Oct	Skip Voorhees	Microscopy & Chemistry Put Him in Jail	USPIS Crime Lab
29-Oct	Cyrill Wecht	Controversial & Complex Cases: Challenges for the Forensic Pathologist	Coroner of Allegheny County, PA
5-Nov	Mark Witowski	Food / Chemist	FDA
12-Nov	Joseph Blozis	Crime Scene Investigations	NYPD
19-Nov	Bob Leuci	Ethics & Criminal Justice Employers	NYPD retired
26-Nov	Thanksgiving Break
3-Dec	David Jones	Explosives	CREL
10-Dec	James Starrs	Path / Cold Cases	GWU

 

Spring 2005
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
28-Jan	Hebert MacDonell	Using People to Solve Crimes	Forensic Lab (NY)
4-Feb	Al Harper	Recovery & Identification of Human Remains	University of New Haven (CT)
11-Feb	Nancy Haley	Forensic Toxicity	RI Forensic Lab (retired)
18-Feb	Mark Zabinski	Using Fingerprints for Identification	IRS & RI State Crime Lab
25-Feb	Mark Tobias	Locks, Safes, Polygraph	Investigative Law Offices (SD)
4-Mar	John Chatterton	Underwater Forensics	Lone Wolf Productions
11-Mar	Eugene Rugala	Violent Crimes--Silence of the Lambs Fact or Fiction	FBI, Analysis of Violent Crime (VA)
14,18-Mar	Spring Break
25-Mar	Richard Saferstein	Lindbergh to O.J. Simpson--the Expert Witness in Court	New Jersey Crime Lab (retired)
1-Apr	Don Housman	The Use of Bloodstains to Reconstruct Crime Scenes	Naval Criminal Investigative Service
8-Apr	Anthony Carpi	Forensic Research for Environmental Protection	John Jay College
15-Apr	Dennis Pincince	Forensic Video Analysis	State Police
22-Apr	Jason Byrd	Entomology	Medical Examiner's Office Daytona Beach
29-Apr	Doug Ubelaker	Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology	Smithsonian
6-May	Maurice Marshall, OBE	Explosives Scenes--Forensics	Forensic Explosive Lab (UK) (retired)

 

Fall 2005
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
16-Sep	Eric Stauffer	Examination of Automotive Light Bulbs: An important step in road accident investigations	MME Forensic Services
23-Sep	Azriel Gorski	Trace Evidence Modern & Ancient	University of New Haven (CT)
30-Sep	Beth Zielinski-Habershaw	Molecular Techniques: DNA fingerprinting & PCR	Brown University
7-Oct	Illa Simmons	Trace Evidence	SC Law Enforcement
14-Oct	Mary Jane Clark	"Forensics and Fiction ... A Little Knowledge Can Be a Dangerous Thing"	Author
21-Oct	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI Computer Science
28-Oct	Robert Cody	Mass Spectrometry: An Essential Forensic Tool	JEOL
4-Nov	Kirk Yeager	The Post-Blast Scene: Big Cases, Big Headaches	FBI Explosives Unit
18-Nov	Frank Platek	Application of SEM/EDX to Foods and Pharmaceutical Tampering & Counterfeiting	FDA
25-Nov	Thanksgiving Break
2-DEC	Cliff Dutton	Electronic Discovery	IBIS Consulting
9-Dec	Donna Brandelli	Case Studies in Teamwork: An essential element of major crime scene investigations	LA County Sheriff

Spring 2006
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
27-Jan	Nancy Haley	Forensic Toxicology	RI Forensic Lab
3-Feb	Gino Rebussini	Date-Rape Drugs	RI Forensic Lab
10-Feb	Dennis Hilliard	Physical Evidence	RI Crime Lab
17-Feb	Robert Hathaway	Firearm and Tool Marks	RI Crime Lab
24-Feb	Pat Cornell	Crime Scene Investigations	Providence Police
3-Mar	Kevin Murphy	Arson-Scene Investigation	RI Fire Marshall
10-Mar	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI Crime Lab
24-Mar	Dr. Virginia Maxwell	Crime Scenes Glass, Paint and Soil	CT State Crime Lab
31-Mar	Walter Williams	Blood Spatter	Warwick Police Department
7-Apr	Robin Smith	DNA	RI Forensic Lab
14-Apr	Liz Ziolkowski	Blood Pattern	Boston Crime Lab
21-Apr	Dr. James Whalen	Not Guilty, by Reason of Insanity	Consultant
28-Apr	Dr. Dorota Latuzynski	ME Examinations	RI ME

Fall 2006
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
8-Sep	Jimmie Oxley	Overview of Forensic Science	URI Department of Chemistry
15-Sep	Dennis Hilliard	CSI at URI	RI State Crime Lab
22-Sep	Richard Esposito	Controlling the Media	ABC
29-Sep	Mark Tobias	Polygraph & Lock Bumping	Investigative Law Offices (SD)
6-Oct	Paul Waggoner	Bomb Dogs	Auburn University
13-Oct	Jimmie Oxley	Studying Explosives at URI	URI Department of Chemistry
20-Oct	Matt Zarella	Training Search Dogs	RI State Police
27-Oct	Jeff Norwitz	Is the War Against Terrorism a World War?	Naval War College
3-Nov	Yossi Almog	Tracking the Suicide Bomber	Israel Police
10-Nov	Mort Moore	Alcohol & Pedestrian/Vehicular Accidents	Causation Analysis
17-Nov	Barry Fisher	Forensic Analyses	LA County Sheriff’s Deputy
1-Dec	John DeHann	Forensics of Fire Investigations	Editor, Kirk’s Fire Investigations
8-Dec	Michael Peat, PhD.	Forensic Toxicology	Editor, Journal Forensic Science

Spring 2007
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
2-Feb	Don Mong	Accident Reconstruction	East Greenwich Police
9-Feb	Max Houck	Trace Evidence Analysis	West Virginia U (retired FBI)
16-Feb	Paul Roberti	Opposition to Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals Post-9/11	RI Assist Attorney General
23-Feb	Andy Rosenzweig	Cold Case Investigations	Consultant
2-Mar	James Wesley	The New Youth Drug Culture 2007	Consultant
9-Mar	David Fisher	DNA in the City that Doesn’t Sleep: Forensics in NYC	NYC Medical Examiner
16-Mar	Michael Hynes	Nuclear Forensics	Raytheon
30-Mar	Kelly Mount	FBI Explosive Investigations	FBI Explosives Unit
6-Apr	Mahmoud ElSohly	Marijuana in Forensics	University of Mississippi
13-Apr	EJ Wagner	Superstition, Science and Sherlock Holmes	Writer, criminal historian
20-Apr	Lt. Guy Casarella	Chem/Bio Terrorism	RI National Guard
27-Apr	Peter M. Vallone	Advances in the Field of Forensic DNA Typing	NIST

Fall 2007
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
7-Sep	Jimmie Oxley	Overview of Forensic Science	URI Department of Chemistry
14-Sep	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	Cranston Police (retired)
21-Sep	Kim Freeland	Trace	RI State Crime Lab
28-Sep	David DeTora	TBA	ME, State of RI
5-Oct	MaryLou Fultz	Explosives	ATF, Postal retired
12-Oct	Dr. John Tresrail	Murder by Poison	Michigan Reg. Poison Control Center
19-Oct	Prof. Mark Genest	Terrorism	Naval War College
26-Oct	Marc Weber Tobias	Locks, Safes and Security	Investigative Law Offices (SD)
2-Nov	Dr. Thomas Gilson	Medical Examination	State of RI
9-Nov	Dr. Rick Snow	Forensic Anthropology	Georgia Bureau of Investigation
16-Nov	Dr. Wade Myers	Forensic Psychiatry	USF; Tampa, FL
30-Nov	Mark Matteo	Telecommunications Exploits and How They Affect Forensics	COX
7-Dec	Michael Hynes	Nuclear Forensics	Raytheon

 

Spring 2008
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
25-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Introduction ot Forensics	URI, Chemistry
1-Feb	David Thatcher	Forensic Engineering Analysis of SUV Rollover Accidents	Director of the Engineering Institute
8-Feb	David Thatcher	Metal Detection at Crime Scenes	Crime Lab Assoc.
15-Feb	Virginia Maxwell	Glass & Soil	Univ. New Haven
22-Feb	Walt Williams	Intro to Blood Spatter Analysis	Warwick Police Dept.
29-Feb	Gerry Durand	Woonsocket Serial Killer	Woonsocket Police
7-Mar	Kenneth Zercie	Reconstruction/Document Examine	CT State Crime Lab
		Spring Break
28-Mar	Gino Rebussini	Drugs	RI Forensic Lab
4-Apr	Skip Vorrhees	Fraud Investigations	US Postal Lab
11-Apr	Michael Bourke	DNA	CT State Crime Lab
18-Apr	Kirk Yeager	Investigating Bomb Scenes	FBI Lab
25-Apr	Rob Buco	Mass Sprectoscopy	Shimadzu

Fall 2008
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
5-Sep	Guy Casarella	WMD: An Overview	Nuclear Medical Science Office
12-Sep	Peter Ginaitt	Readiness of Terrorism Acts	LifeSpan
19-Sep	Vincent Desiderio	Analysis of Trace Evidence in the Forensic Lab	NJ State Police Office of Forensics
26-Sep	Herbie DiFonzo	Legal Aspects of DNA	Hofstra University Law School
3-Oct	Bob Leuci	Ethics and the Criminal Justice Employee	NYPD (retired)
10-Oct	Elizabeth LaPosata	The Medical Examiner	RI Medical Examiner (retired)
17-Oct	Gil Sapir	The Expert Witness	Forensic Consultant and Attorney
24-Oct	Neal Langerman	Chemical Investigations	Advanced Safety Consultant
31-Oct	Robin Cotton	DNA Analysis	Director Biomedical Forensic Science, Boston U
7-Nov	Tom Thurman	Explosive Incidents	Professor Eastern Kentucky University
14-Nov	David Smith	Mass Disaster, Incident Command	RI Emergency Management
21-Nov	Anthony Amore	Art Theft	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
5-Dec	Donna Brandelli	Multidisciplined Approach to CSI	LA County Sheriff’s Dept. Science

 

Spring 2009
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
23-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Introduction	URI, Chemistry
30-Jan	Lawrence Kobilinsky	Forensic DNA Analysis-The Gold Standard	John Jay College, Forensic Science
6-Feb	Chris Tuttle	Challenge in Protecting & Responding to Explosive Incident in Mass Transit	Emergency Operations at Port Authority of NY & NJ Public Safety Department
13-Feb	Peter Ginaitt	Readiness of Terrorism Acts	LifeSpan
20-Feb	Amit Gavish	Homeland Security-Lessons Learned from Israel	SSC Intel
27-Feb	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI, Computer Science
6-Mar	Doug Bauer	Using Science to Solve the National Security Problem	Dept. of Homeland Security Science & Technology
13-Mar	Mark Tobias	High Security Facilities: Why Locks & Access Control May Not Protect Them	Investigative Law Offices (SD)
20-Mar		SPRING BREAK
27-Mar	Jeffrey Norwitz	Closing Guantanamo: What Comes Next?	Naval War College; National Security Studies
3-Apr	Bob Hathway	Conspiracy Theories-Trace Evidence in ML King Case	Rhode Island State Crime Lab
10-Apr	Stacey Veroni	A Prosecutor's View	RI Assistant Attorney General
17-Apr	Carl Selavka	"Distance-Forensics" to Support the New World	Head MA Forensic Lab (retired)
24-Apr	Ted Schwartz	Importance of Trace & Impression Evidence	Westchester County (NY) Forensic Laboratory

 

Fall 2009
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
18-Sept	Tom Groff	Bomb Squad as a Job	RI State Bomb Squad
25-Sept	John Kerwick	Training Bomb Detection Canines	NY City MTA Police
2-Oct	Doug Ubelaker	Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology	Smithsonian Institute
9-Oct	Nate Lewis	Explosive Detection	Caltech
16-Oct	John Leo	Investigation of Incidents involving Hazardous Waste	RI Dept of Environmental Management
23-Oct	Steve Batzer	Forensic Engineering Analysis of The Origin of the Species	Engineering Institute
30-Oct	Guy Casarella	WMD Agents	Nuclear Medical Sci Off, RI Nat. Guard
6-Nov		TBA
13-Nov	Gary Settles	The Aerodynamics of a Dog's Nose	Pennsylvania State U
20-Nov	Wade Myers	Forensic psychiatry	Brown Medical School
4-Dec	Elaine Pagliaro	Cold Cases
11-Dec	John Aherne	Railroad Safety	DHS

Spring 2010
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
27-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Introduction to Forensics	URI, Chemistry
29-Jan	Det. Patty Cornell	Crime Scene	Providence Police
3-Feb	Dennis Hilliard	Evidence	Dir. RI State Crime Lab
5-Feb	Dr. Gino Rebussini	Drugs	RI Forensic Lab
10-Feb	Dr. Gino Rebussini	Drugs	RI Forensic Lab
12-Feb	Amy Duhaime	Hairs, Fibers, Paint	RI State Crime Lab
17-Feb	Amy Duhaime	Hair, Fibers, Paint	RI State Crime Lab
19-Feb	Dr. Robin Smith	Serology & DNA	RI Forensic Lab
24-Feb	Dr. Robin Smith	Serology & DNA	RI Forensic Lab
26-Feb	Dr. Marc Genest	Logic of Terrorism: How the Weak Defeat the Powerful	Naval War College
3-Mar	Amy Duhaime	Arson	RI State Crime Lab
5-Mar	Dr. Yossi Almog	Explosives Detection in Israel	Israeli Police Lab, Prof. HUJI
10-Mar	Jim Smith	Chemical Analysis	URI, Chemistry
12-Mar	Dr. Virginia Maxwell	Glass & Soil	U New Haven
17-Mar	Dr. Gino Rebussini	Drugs	RI Forensic Lab
19-Mar	Ron Kelly	Arson	FBI
31-Mar	Dr. Robin Smith	Forensic Toxicology	RI Forensic Lab
2-Apr	Bill McCombe	Security	Head of Security Block Island Ferry
7-Apr	John Killian	Computer Crime Investigations	RI State Police
9-Apr	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI State Crime Lab
14-Apr	Dr. Virginia Maxwell	Glass, Soil, Other Trace	U New Haven
16-Apr	Walt Williams	Blood Before the Lab	Warwick Police Dept
21-Apr	Mike Platek	Microscopy	URI, Engineering
23-Apr	Robin Smith	Forensic Toxicology	RI Forensic Lab
28-Apr	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI State Crime Lab
30-Apr	Dr. Starnes Walker	Forensic Science Integration in DHS	DHS

Fall 2010
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
17-Sep	Thomas Groff	Explosive Threat and IED Incidents, a view of street level response	RI State Fire Marshall
24-Sep	Pat Beauchamp	Celestial Forensics: Missions to Titan, an Enigmatic Moon of Saturn	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1-Oct	Amy Diver	NAS Report on Forensic Science: A Firearms Examiner's Perspective	Firearms Examiner & Founder, BulletPath.com
8-Oct	John Leo	The Floods of 2010 & the Aftermath of the Spills & Cleanups	RI Dept Environmental Management
15-Oct	Robert B. Kimsey	Forensic Entomology: Introduction, Strengths, and Limitations	U California, Davis
22-Oct	Anthony Amore	The Three Most Significant Art Thefts in America	Head of I.S. Gardner Museum Security
29-Oct	Carl Czajkowski	Homeland Security Initiatives at Brookhaven National Lab	Nonproliferation & National Security, Brookhaven National Lab
5-Nov	Sarah Chu	Innocence Project & the NAS Report	Innocence Project
12-Nov	Marilyn London	What Bones Can and Can't Tell Us	Smithsonian
19-Nov	Constantine Gatsonis	The NAS Recommendations For the Forensic Disciplines	Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown
3-Dec	William Smith	Overview of Expert & Scientific Testimony in Federal Court	U.S. Court of Appeals

Spring 2011
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
4-Feb	Neil Clapperton	Forensic Firearm and Toolmark Examination: Impact on the Criminal Justice System	Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory
11-Feb	Judith Crowell	How can I defend those guilty people day after day after day!	Criminal Defense Lawyer, Providence, RI
18-Feb	Lou Wainwright	Three Approaches to X-Ray Detection of Explosives	American Science and Engineering
25-Feb	Shannon Fox	Preventing Bomb Formation - Project Jack Rabbit: Spring 2010 Chlorine and Ammonia Field Releases	Department of Homeland Security
4-Mar	Herbert MacDonell	Bloodstain Pattern Significance	Private Forensic Science Expert
11-Mar	Dr. Suzanne Bell	Arsenic & the History of Forensic Science	West Virginia University
18-Mar	Dr.Tammy Barrette	No Bones About It: The Necessity of Forensic Anthropology in Medicolegal Death Investigation	Keystone College
1-Apr	Kathy Higgins & Skip Voorhese	Interesting Things that the Government is doing for the Community: Aiding the First Responders & Team Leader, Sterling Facility	Department of Homeland Security
8-Apr	Daniel Dickerman	The Technology behind Investigating Complex Financial Crimes in the 21st Century	IRS Criminal Investigation Electronic Crimes
15-Apr	Frank Williams	Lincoln Assassination in Law and Lore: An Examination of the Military Commission and Evidence	RI Supreme Court
22-Apr	Jeff Norwitz	Terrorism: Domestic and Global Trends	Consultation and Executive Education Services
29-Apr	Jimmie Oxley	Explosive Research for Security	Department of Chemistry University of Rhode Island

Fall 2011
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
9-Sep	Cheryl Swyers	Fraud & Financial Crime	United States Postal Inspector - Boston Division
16-Sep	Priya Banerjee	Death Investigations	RI Medical Examiner
23-Sep	Joseph Errera	Forensics & Crime Scene Investigations	FBI Boston/RI field office
30-Sep	Adam Hall	Instrumental Analysis of Evidence	Boston University
7-Oct	Mark Tobias	Physical Security	Lock Expert
14-Oct	Bob Leuci	Ethics & the Criminal Justice Employee	NYPD (retired)
21-Oct	Bob Fitzpatrick	The Essence of Profiling	FBI (retired)
28-Oct	Pat Beauchamp	Planetary Protection	Jet Propulsion Lab
18-Nov	Rita Vazques-Torres & David Audet	Science & Technology for the Soldier	Natick Soldier RD&E
9-Dec	Bob Fitzpatrick	Betrayal -- FBI Chase of 'Whitey' Bulger	FBI (retired)

Spring 2012
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
25-Jan	Dennis Hilliard	Evidence	RI State Crime Laboratory
27-Jan	Dennis Hilliard	Introduction to Forensics	RI State Crime Laboratory
1-Feb	Jimmy Oxley	Analysis	University of Rhode Island
3-Feb	Ken Zercie	Crime Scene to Crime Laboratory	Connecticut State Crime Lab
8-Feb	Jim Smith	Analysis	University of Rhode Island
10-Feb	Victor Fey Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI Computer Sciences
15-Feb	Mike Platek	Microscopy	URI Engineering
17-Feb	Gino Rebussini	Drugs	RI Forensics Lab (retired)
22-Feb	Gino Rebussini	Drugs	RI Forensics Lab (retired)
24-Feb	Walter Williams	Blood before the Laboratory	Warwick Police Department
29-Feb	Amy Duhaime	Hair, fibers & Paint	RI State Crime Laboratory
2-Mar	Virginia Maxwell	Glass and Soil	University of New Haven
7-Mar	Virginia Maxwell	Glass, Soil and Other Trace	University of New Haven
9-Mar	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI State Crime Laboratory
21-Mar	Michael Nolan	Fire Investigation	NEFCO Fire Investigations
23-Mar	Michael Nolan	Fire Investigation	NEFCO Fire Investigations
28-Mar	Jimmie Oxley	Explosives	University of Rhode Island
30-Mar	Wade Myers	Insanity Defense	Brown University Medical School
4-Apr	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI State Crime Laboratory
6-Apr	Cara Lupino	DNA	RI Forensic Laboratory
11-Apr	Cara Lupino	DNA	RI Forensic Laboratory
13-Apr	Laurie Olgivie	Forensic Toxicology	RI Forensic Laboratory
18-Apr	Laurie Olgivie	Forensic Toxicology	RI Forensic Laboratory
20-Apr	James Streeter	Handwriting and Document Examinations	North East Forensics, LLC
25-Apr	John Killian	Computer Crime Investigations	RI State Police

Fall 2012
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
7-Sep	Dr. Albert Kausch	DNA Based Forensics and DNA Data-Basing	URI College of Environmental and Life Sciences; Founder and President of lifeedu.org West Kingston, RI
14-Sep	Dennis Hilliard	Basic Forensics	URI RI State Crime Lab
21-Sep	Marc Tobias	Lock, Guns & Lies	South Dakota
28-Sep	Michael Coble	Historical Investigations using Forensic DNA Markers	NIST
5-Oct	Michael DiLauro	When the Criminal Justice System Fails: Recent Efforts at Reform in RI & Elsewhere	RI Public Defenders office PVD
12-Oct	Cyril Wecht	Challenges for the Forensic Pathologist	Penn State Medical Examiner (ret)
19-Oct	David Benjamin	Forensic Toxicology	Private Consultant MA
26-Oct	Rick Lautenbach	Target: Inside Our Forensic Services Laboratory	Target, Forensic Lab
2-Nov	Elaine Pagliaro	Forensic Challenges of Cold Cases?	CT Forensic Lab (ret)
9-Nov	Gerald Durand	Woonsocket Serial Homicide Case	Woonsocket Police (ret)
16-Nov	Chris Rigopoulos	Explosives at the FBI	FBI
30-Nov	Elizabeth Fontaine	From URI to FBI	FBI, Latent prints

Spring 2013
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
25-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Introduction to Forensic Science	URI Department of Chemistry
1-Feb	Dennis Hilliard	Blood Alcohol Levels	URI RI State Crime Lab
8-Feb	Cyril Wecht	Weather cancellation	University of Pittsburgh
15-Feb	Sue Ballou	Misinterpretation of the Science in Forensic Science by Just Being Human	NIST
22-Feb	John Drugan	Explosive Analysis	MA State Police Crime Laboratory
1-Mar	Ted Gatchel	The Munroe Effect: Scientific Accident to Battlefield Success & Beyond	Naval War College (ret)
8-Mar	Cyril Wecht	Controversial & Complex Cases: Challenges for the Forensic Pathologist	University of Pittsburgh
22-Mar	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Digital Forensics	URI Computer Science & Statistics
29-Mar	John Leo	Hurricane Sandy Aftermaths	RI Emergency Management Agency
5-Apr	Doug Klapec	ATF Case Studies	ATF
12-Apr	Russ Webster	Understanding Disaster Psychology: Why Some Die & Others Don't	Federal Emergency Management Agency
19-Apr	Robert Thompson	Firearm Identification in the Forensic Science Lab	NIST
26-Apr	Maurice Marshall	Forensics of Explosions	UK Ministry of Defense

Fall 2013
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
13-Sep	Robert Fitzpatrick	Post Mortem on Bulger	FBI (ret)
20-Sep	Dr. Cyril Wecht	Some of My Most Interesting Cases	PA State Coroner
27-Sep	Elizabeth Trendowski & Dr. Michael McCabe	The Dram Shop	Robson Forensics
4-Oct	Debbie Surabian	Soil Characteristics that Impact Clandestine Graves & GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) Investigations	U.S. Department of Agriculture
11-Oct	Dr. Daniel Greenfield	Beyond Holmes: A Curious Case of Neurosyphilis	Prof. of Neuroscience Seton Hall Univ.
18-Oct	Dr. Neal Langerman	Quo Vadis: Laboratory Safety after UCLA	Advanced Chemical-Safety
25-Oct	Peter Hefferan	History of Black Powder	U.S. Army Picatinny
1-Nov	Lauren Hannon	Forensic Archaeology	Forensics
8-Nov	Shawn Dolan	Fingerprint Analysis	Forensic Consulting
15-Nov	Dr. Michael Sigman	Forensic Research and Analysis of Smokeless Powders	Director National Center Forensic Science (UCF)
22-Nov	Joan Mead	Microbial Forensics in Biocrime Fiction	RI author
29-Nov		THANKSGIVING BREAK - No Forensics seminar
6-Dec	Kenneth Martin	Crime Scene Processing	MA State Police (ret)

Spring 2014
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
24-Jan	Dennis Hilliard	Introduction to Forensics	R.I. State Crime Lab
29-Jan	Mike Platek	Microscopy	URI, Engineering
31-Jan	Ted Schwartz	Trace Evidence & Scene Reconstruction	Westchester NY Forensic Lab
5-Feb	Victor Fey Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI Computer Science
7-Feb	Cara Lupino	DNA	RI Forensic Lab
12-Feb	Cara Lupino	DNA	RI Forensic Lab
14-Feb	Gino Rebussini	Drugs	RI Forensic Lab (ret)
19-Feb	Gino Rebussini	Drugs	RI Forensic Lab (ret)
21-Feb	Laurie Ogilvie	Forensic Toxicology	RI Forensic Lab
26-Feb	Laurie Ogilvie	Forensic Toxicology	RI Forensic Lab
28-Feb	Marc Tobias	Locks & Lie Detector	Investigative Law Offices (SD)
5-Mar	Bruce Quinn	Arson Investigation	RI State Fire Marshal
7-Mar	Tom Thurman	Pan Am Flight 103	Eastern Kentucky University
12-Mar	SPRING BREAK
14-Mar	SPRING BREAK
19-Mar	Jane Northup	Court Testimony	RI State Crime Lab
21-Mar	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI State Crime Lab
26-Mar	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI Crime Lab
28-Mar	Virginia Maxwell	Glass & Soil	University of New Haven
2-Apr	Dr. Virginia Maxwell	Glass & Soil	URI College of Pharmacy
4-Apr	Elayne Schwartz	DNA	Westchester NY Forensic Lab
9-Apr	Judy Carroll	Ethics	URI College of Pharmacy
11-Apr	Donna Brandelli	Crime Scene	Torrance, CA PD Lab
16-Apr	Donna Brandelli	Crime Scene	Torrance, CA PD Lab (ret)
18-Apr	Kim Freeland	Trace	RI State Crime Lab
23-Apr	Kim Freeland	Trace	RI State Crime Lab
25-Apr	Karen Lynch	CODIS	RI Forensic Lab

Fall 2014
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
12-Sep	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Cyber Security	URI Comuter Science Department
19-Sep	Robert Leuci	The French Connection Revisited	NYPD (ret) URI English Department
26-Sep	Robert Fitzpatrick	Bulger et. al.	FBI (ret)
3-Oct	Daniel Greenfield	The Madness of King George: Several Somatoforensic Cases	Seton Hall University
10-Oct	Steven O'Dell	Civilian Crime Scene Analysts	Baltimore PD Crime Lab
17-Oct	John Jarrell	Defective Products and Personal Injury	Materials Science Associates, LLC
24-Oct	Debbie Surabian	Soil Characteristics that Impact Clandestine Graves & the Use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)	USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
31-Oct	Elaine Pagliaro	Forensic Investigations	University of New Haven
7-Nov	Sean Reddy	Arson Investigations w/Canine	Providence Fire Prevention Bureau
14-Nov	Barry Logan	Forensic Toxicology Trends	National Medical Services Laboratories
21-Nov	Gino Rebussini	Street Drugs & the Forensic Laboratory	Roger Williams University
28-Nov		Thanksgiving Holiday
5-Dec	Mike DiLauro	John Gordon: The Coldest Case in Rhode Island	RI Office of the Public Defender

Spring 2015
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
30-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Explosive Analysis	URI Department of Chemistry
6-Feb	Adam Hall	Mass Spectroscopy & Its Use in Forensics	Northeastern University
13-Feb	David Detora	Death Scene Investigations	RI Medical Examiner
20-Feb	John Drugan	Forensic Analyses & Case Studies	Mass State Forensic Lab
27-Feb	Dennis Hilliard	Blood Alcohol Civil Cases	RI State Crime Lab
6-Mar	Leslie Nolan	Drug Chemistry	RI Dept of Health
13-Mar	Laurie Ogilvie	Toxicology	RI Dept of Health
20-Mar		SPRING BREAK
27-Mar	Walter Williams	Blood Spatter Analysis	Warwick Police
3-Apr	Matt Zarella	K-9 Training & Searches	RISP (Retired)
10-Apr	Priya Banerjee	The Medical Examiner's Job	RI State Medical Examiner
17-Apr	Peter Tytell	Document Examination	Forensic Research
24-Apr	Albert Giusti	Breath Analysis	RI Dept of Health

Fall 2015
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
18-Sep	Ray Handel	Characteristics of Chemical Explosives	Center for Disaster & Human Assistance Medicine (CDHAM)
25-Sep	John Hobbs	Airport Explosives Detection: History, Airplane Bombings, and Future Responses	Volpe NTSC (retired)
2-Oct	Dan Greenfield	Forensic Psychiatry in a Nutshell	Clinical Prof. Neuroscience, Seton Hall
9-Oct	Anthony Amore	81 Minutes: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (security)
16-Oct	Alan Hazen	Terrorist Investigations - Tale of the Dinosaur	SAC, DOJ Office of the Inspector General (retired)
23-Oct	Bob Leuci - In Memoriam	Is it Time to Change our Approach to Drug Enforcement	URI English Dept; NYPD (retired)
30-Oct	John Wojtowicz	Transportation Innovation-Is It Worth the Risk?	VOLPE National Transportation Sys Center
6-Nov	Steve Burmeister	How to Manage Terrorist Events	Austin Powder, FBI (retired)
13-Nov	Elizabeth Rosato	FBI Evidence Response Teams; forensic evidence collection for the FBI	FBI, Providence Field Office
20-Nov	Amber Kasbeer	Understanding and Managing the Forensics of IEDs	TSA Explosive Operation Branch
4-Dec	Brian Dolph	US Coast Guard Research & Development Center...No Cookie Cutter Job Here!	Maritime WMD & Law Enforcement Project Manager

Spring 2016
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
27-Jan	Gerald Kagan	General	URI Chemistry
29-Jan	Gino Rebussini	Clandestine Drug and Meth	Roger Williams University
3-Feb	Gino Rebussini	Drug Analysis	RI State Forensic Lab
5-Feb	Jim Clift	Crime Scene Processing (Police)	Providence Police Dept.
10-Feb	JoDon Edwards (URI)	Crime scene	RI State Crime Lab
12-Feb	Kirk Yeager	Explosives	FBI
17-Feb	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI State Crime Lab
19-Feb	R. Chris O'Brien	Forensic Animal Necrophagy	University of New Haven
24-Feb	Mark Zabinski	Photos	RI State Crime Lab
26-Feb	Jeffrey Luber	Questioned Document	Suffolk County Forensic
2-Mar	Albert Giusti	DWI related testing	RI State Forensic Lab
4-Mar	Vic Fay-Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI Computer Science
9-Mar	Al Hazen	Organized Crime	Saint Joseph's University
11-Mar	Frank Gallo	Police Use of Force	Western New England University
16-Mar	Robin Fortunati	DNA	RI State Forensic Lab
23-Mar		Spring Break
25-Mar	Robin Fortunati	DNA	RI State Forensic Lab
30-Mar	Otto Gregory	Microscopy	URI Engineering
1-Apr	Neil Clapperton	Firearms & Tool Marks	RI State Crime Lab
6-Apr	Virginia Maxwell	Glass & Soil	U of New Haven
8-Apr	Virginia Maxwell	Glass & Soil	University of New Haven
13-Apr	Laurie Ogilvie	Forensic Toxicology	RI State Forensic Lab
15-Apr	Laurie Ogilvie	Forensic Toxicology	RI State Forensic Lab
20-Apr	Dan Greenfield	Psychiatry	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
22-Apr	Dan Greenfield	Psychiatry	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
27-Apr	Amy Duhaime	Trace	RI State Crime Lab
29-Apr	Kim Freeland	Gunshot Residue & Arson	RI State Crime Lab
7-May		Commencement

Fall 2016
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
9-Sep	Jimmie Oxley	Forensic Science: An Overview	URI Chemistry
16-Sep	Robin Cotton	Forensic DNA Testing: Current Methods and Challenges	Boston University
23-Sep	Eric Gahagan	Handling Bomb Threats	OPS15
30-Sep	Mark Linhard	Accelerant & Electronic Storage Detection Canine Training	CT State Police K9 Unit
7-Oct	Marcela Najarro	NIST Trace Contraband Detection Program	National Institute of Standards and Technology
14-Oct	Michael Sigman	Validating Forensic Inference: A Likelihood Ratio Approach	University of Central Florida
21-Oct	Al Hazen	The Various Forensic Sciences Used in Solving Criminal Cases	Inspector General (retired)/ St. Joseph University
28-Oct	Dan Greenfield	Forensic Psychiatry in a Nutshell	Seton Hall University Albert Einstein College of Medicine
4-Nov	Doug Klapec	Case Studies from the ATF Forensic Science Laboratory	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
11-Nov		Holiday
18-Nov	Ed Pierce	Law Enforcement Issues with Non-Traditional Groups	Warwick Police Dep. (retired)
25-Nov		Holiday
2-Dec	Melissa Taylor	Human Factors and Forensic Science: Understanding Human Error Nature	National Institute of Standards and Technology
9-Dec	Vincent Desiderio	Postal Forensics: Using Science to Protect the US Postal Service & Its Customers	US Postal Inspection Service

Spring 2017
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
25-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Introduction	URI Chemistry
27-Jan	Mark Tobias	The Security Threat from 3D Printing & Scanning Technology	Attorney
1-Feb	Gerald Kagan	Working at the NYPD Forensic Lab	URI Chemistry
3-Feb	Virginia Maxwell	Glass and Soil Evidence	U New Haven
8-Feb	Gino Rebussini	Street Drugs	RI Forensic Lab (retired)
10-Feb	James Clift	Crime Scene Processing in the City	BCI Detective Providence PD
15-Feb	Gino Rebussini	Clan Lab Drugs	RI Forensic Lab (retired)
17-Feb	Tim Kupferschmid	The Medical Examiner--Challenges for Today & Tomorrow	Director NYC OCME
22-Feb	Jane Northup	Quality & Lab Safety in Forensics	RI State Crime Lab
24-Feb	Tim White	New England La Cosa Nostra	WPRI TV Investigative Reporter
1-Mar	Neil Clapperton	Firearms & Tool Marks	RI State Crime Lab
3-Mar	Barbara Costello	The Role of Friends in Crime and Conformity	URI Professor, Sociology
8-Mar	Cara Lupino	DNA	RI Forensic Lab (retired)
10-Mar	Jack Levin	Mass & Serial Murders	Author
13-Mar		Spring Break
22-Mar	Laurie Ogilvie	Forensic Toxicology	RI Dept. of Health Forensic Toxicology Laboratory
24-Mar	Elaine Pagliaro	Post-Conviction Forensics	CT State Forensic Lab (retired)
29-Mar	Walt Williams	Crime Scenes	Warwick Police
31-Mar	Judith Crowell	Defending the Guilty	Attorney
5-Apr	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprints	RI State Crime Lab
7-Apr	Roderick Kennedy	Forensic Science: Judicial Gate Keeping	Judge (retired)
12-Apr		Student Presentations (25 minutes)
14-Apr	Robert Foster	Forensic Science in Chemical Weapons Disposal	Attorney
19-Apr		Student Presentations (25 minutes)
21-Apr	Don Hayes	The Boston Strangler Case Revisted	Director Boston PD Forensic Lab
26-Apr		Student Presentations (25 minutes)
28-Apr	Maurice Marshall	Running a Large Forensic Explosive Lab	Defense Science & Technology Lab (retired)

Fall 2017
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
8-Sep	Dennis Hilliard	CSI@URI	RI State Crime Lab
15-Sep	Eric Gahagan	Extreme Forensics	Mass Bomb Squad (ret)
22-Sep	Priya Banerjee	Overview of Death Investigation and Forensic Pathology	RI Medical Examiner
29-Sep	Ken Zercie	The Crime Scene: Where Forensic Science Starts	CT State Crim Lab (ret)
6-Oct	Sean Boyce	The Pony Express	US Postal Inspector
13-Oct	Danny Sendroff	Facial Recognition & Machine-Readable Zone of Identity Documents	Senior Special Agent ICE
20-Oct	Bob Hathaway	Firearms & Tool Marks: The Martin Luther King Case	RI State Crime Lab (ret)
27-Oct	Jack Levin	Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder	Author
3-Nov	Lt Colonel Gregory Banner	Why Halifax sends a Christmas Tree to Boston Annually--the 100th Anniversary	US Army (retired)
10-Nov	Dan Greenfield	The Great American Opioid Explosion	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
17-Nov	Tim White	Organized Crime in New England & the Great Bonded Vault Heist	WPRI
24-Nov		THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - No Seminar
1-Dec			DEA
1-Dec	Steven Medeiros	A Day in the Life of an FBI Agent	FBI
8-Dec	Ray Handel	Characteristics of Chemical Explosives	Center for Disaster & Human Assistance Medicine (CDHAM)

Spring 2018
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
26-Jan	Bill Qualls	Dow Chemical Explosion-Case Study	Mass State Police/Bomb Squad
2-Feb	Paul Souza	Sudden Death Scene Response	Sheriff Dept, Plymouth County (MA)
9-Feb	Mike Jagoda	Critical Response to an Active Aggressor	URI Police
16-Feb	Stephen Dambruch	Prosecutor's Role in the Criminal Justice System	US Attorney RI
23-Feb	Matt Zarrella	Search Dogs	RI State Police
2-Mar	Louis Marchetti	Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Threats	RI Dept Health-Chemical Terrorism Response
9-Mar	Robert Buco	Matrix Effects & Matrix Affects- Impact of Sample on Analysis of THC & Metabolites	Waters
16-Mar		SPRING BREAK
23-Mar	Samara Viner-Brown	Understanding and Preventing Violent Death	RI Dept of Health
30-Mar	Way Fountain	Combat Forensics: Development of Tools for Identification of Bad Actors	Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
6-Apr	Thomas Blackwell	From Heroin to Fentanyl- How'd We get Here?	Drug Enforcement Agency-Northeast Lab
13-Apr	Alicia Wilcox	Factor's Influencing Juror's Interpretation	Husson University
20-Apr	Michael J. Smith	A Day In The Life of CBP/Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) State of the Program	NY Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Field Office JFK Airport
27-Apr	Kirk Yeager	The Tao of the Bomb	FBI Chief Bomb Unit

Fall 2018
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
14-Sep	Henry Maynard	Determination Defeats Deception: Solving my Identify Theft Case	Defense Forensic Science Center
21-Sep	Det Kyle Draper, SA Braga	Polygraph	RI State Police (KD) & FBI (Braga)
28-Sep	Nicholas Petraco	Evidence Traces-- A Powerful Investigative Tool	John Jay College of Criminal Justice
5-Oct	Daniel P. Greenfield	Testifying in Court	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
12-Oct	Ioan Truta	Why BIAS is a scary term in Forensic Sciences	Boston Police Department
19-Oct	Ray Handel	Clinical Consequences from Chemical Explosives	Center for Disaster & Human. Assistance Medicine
26-Oct	Maria Warner	Case Studies in Forensic Fiber Examinations	CT Forensic Lab (Ret.)
2-Nov	Susan Ballou	Forensic Issues and Studies	NIST
9-Nov	Elaine Pagliaro	We have a DNA match...why isn't that enough?	CT State Forensic Lab (ret)
16-Nov	Michael Rickenbach	Forensics at the CT State Forensic Lab	CT State Forensic Lab Chemical Analysis
30-Nov	Laura Parker	Aviation Security and Explosives Detection: Past, Present, & Future	DHS Science & Technology
7-Dec	Henry Lee	The Forensic Cases of Dr. Henry C. Lee	University of New Haven

Spring 2019
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
25-Jan	Paul Souza	Crime Scene	Sheriff Dept, Plymouth, MA
1-Feb	Neil Clapperton	Firearms and Tool Marks	RI State Crime Lab
8-Feb	Amy Duhaime	Trace Evidence	RI State Crime Lab
15-Feb	Paul Manning and James Given	Arson Fire Investigations	RI Fire Marshall
22-Feb	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprint	RI State Crime Lab
1-Mar	Michael DiLauro	Forensic Science and Testimony-a Holistic Approach	RI Office-Public Defender
8-Mar	Anthony Amore	Isabell Stewart Gardner Theft	IS Gardner Museum (security)
22-Mar	Cara Lupino	DNA Analysis	RI Forensic Lab
29-Mar	Virginia Maxwell	Glass and Soil Evidence	U New Haven
5-Apr	Robert Almeida	Forensic Toxicology	RI Forensic Lab
12-Apr	Joe Salter	Aviation and Transport-Security Challenges	Director for TSA at T.F.Green
19-Apr	Leslie Nolan	Drug	RI Forensic Lab
26-Apr	Michael Baden	What the Dead Have to Tell	NYC Coroner

Fall 2019
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
13-Sep	David G. De Tora, Sr.	Medicolegal Death Investigation	RI Department of Health - Office of State Medical Examiners
20-Sep	Ann Burgess	Mindhunter Cases From The FBI Serial Murder Study	Boston College - Connell School of Nursing
27-Sep	Walter Williams	Inside a Rhode Island Homicide Investigation	Warwick Police Department
4-Oct	Carl Selavka	Complementary Toxicology: Introduction To A Cool Forensic World	Northeastern Bioscience Associates, LLC
11-Oct	Anita Zannin	Is Bloodstain Pattern Analysis REALLY Junk Science?	AZ Forensic Associates, LLC
18-Oct	Bryan Volpe, Jack Foster & Tom Chadronet	An Overview of the New England HIDTA Overdose Response Strategy	New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)
25-Oct	Christine Zozula	Marketing Justice: How Community Courts Cultivate Legitimacy	University of Rhode Island - Sociology & Anthropology
1-Nov	Susan Cormier & Dr. David Keatley	Cold Case Investigations	Pawtucket Police Department, Murdoch University (AUS)
8-Nov	Clare Sweeney	Inside the Devious Mind of a Murder Mystery Writer	Freelance Author
15-Nov	Priya Banerjee	Forensic Autopsies: Getting the Dead to Speak	RI Department of Health - Office of State Medical Examiners
22-Nov	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Digital Forensics & Cyber Security	University of Rhode Island - Computer Science
6-Dec	Robin Fortunati	Drugs, Poisons, and DNA: Rhode Island's Center for Forensic Sciences	RI Department Of Health - Center for Forensic Sciences

Spring 2020
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
24-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Orientation	URI Chemistry
31-Jan	Mike Holleran	Crime Scene Cleanup	Trauma Services
7-Feb	Steve Quartino	US Treasury Law Enforcement: Pre & Post-911	US Treasury (retired)
14-Feb	Jessi Brown	Rapid DNA Analysis	ANDE Corporation
21-Feb	Wayne Miller	Fire and Explosion Scene Forensics	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (retired)
28-Feb	Thomas M. Blackwell	You Found Drugs in That!	Director DEA Northeastern Lab
6-Mar	Martha Smith-Blackmore DVM	Veterinary Forensics	Forensic Veterinary Investigations
20-Mar	Ray Wickenheiser	Investigative Genetic Genealogy	New York State Trooper
27-Mar	Kirk Yeager	Explosives & Terrorism	Federal Bureau of Investigation, Explosives
3-Apr	Dennis Hilliard	Forensic Examinations CSI&URI	Director, RI State Crime Lab
10-Apr	Bridget Buxton	Forensic Archaeology	URI History Department
17-Apr	Eva Marie Mancuso	Civil Litigation	Managing Partner Hamel, Waxler, Allen, Collins
24-Apr	Jimmie Oxley	Forensic Science at URI	URI Chemistry and Forensic Sciences

Fall 2020
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
11-Sep	Kurt Yeager	The Life Cycle of a Bombing Case	FBI
18-Sep	Daniel Greenfield	Current Status of Psychedelics or How to Change Your Mind	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
25-Sep	George Handel	Clinical Consequences of a Chemical Explosion: When Water Isn't the Answer	(ret) Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM)
2-Oct	Dennis Hilliard	RI State Crime Laboratory - General Forensic Science	Director, Rhode Island State Crime Lab
9-Oct	David Thatcher	Metal Sensing Technology and Crime Scene Investigation	(ret) Office of Criminal Investigation, RIDEM
16-Oct	Jimmie Oxley	Explosive Research at URI	University of Rhode Island
23-Oct	Jim Medeiros	Crime Scene Investigations and Case Review	URI State Crime Laboratory
30-Oct	Ed Pierce	Law Enforcement Issues with Non-Traditional Groups	(ret) Warwick Police
6-Nov	Katie Amaral	Elements to Evidence	URI Department of Chemistry
13-Nov	Meredith Scannell	Lastest Trends and Issues Among Individuals of Domestic and Sexual Violence	Boston Nursing Institute
20-Nov	Sean Boyce	The Pony Express	U.S. Postal Inspector
4-Dec	Frederick Bieber	DNA	Prof. of Pathology, Harvard
11-Dec	Laura Carey	The Role of Forensic Science in Innocence Cases	NE Innocence Project attorney

Spring 2021
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
27-Jan	Kim Freeland	Trace Evidence	RI State Crime Lab
29-Jan	Kim Freeland	Trace Evidence	RI State Crime Lab
3-Feb	Jimmie Oxley	Class Overview	URI Chemistry
5-Feb	Paul Souza	Crime Scene	Sheriff Dept., Plymouth MA
10-Feb	Paul Souza	Crime Scene	Sheriff Dept., Plymouth MA
12-Feb	Bruce Quinn	Explosives	Deputy Fire Marshal, Bomb Tech
17-Feb	Bruce Quinn	Explosives	Deputy Fire Marshal, Bomb Tech
19-Feb	Mark Zabinski	Fingerprint	RI State Crime Lab
24-Feb	Mark Zabinski	Photo	RI State Crime Lab
26-Feb	Virginia Maxwell	Talking Dirty: Using Soil (& glass) to Solve Crimes	UNH Professor
3-Mar	Virginia Maxwell	Glass & Soil	UNH Professor
5-Mar	Cara Lupino	DNA Analysis	RI State Forensic Lab
10-Mar	Cara Lupino	DNA Analysis	RI State Forensic Lab
12-Mar	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI CS Professor
17-Mar	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI CS Professor
19-Mar	Leslie Nolan	Drugs	RI State Forensic Lab
24-Mar	Leslie Nolan	Drugs	RI State Forensic Lab
26-Mar	Elaine Pagliaro	Is DNA Enough?	CT State Forensic Lab
31-Mar	Elaine Pagliaro	Use and Value of Screening Tests & Stain	CT State Forensic Lab
2-Apr	Robert Almeida	Toxicology	RI State Forensic Lab
7-Apr	Robert Almeida	Toxicology	RI State Forensic Lab
9-Apr	Paul Manning, James Given, M. Sweeney	Arson	RI State Fire Marshal
14-Apr	Paul Manning, James Given, M. Sweeney	Arson	RI State Fire Marshal
16-Apr	Neil Clapperton	Firearms & Tool Mark Examinations	RI State Crime Lab
21-Apr		Class Presentations
23-Apr	Otto Gregory	Microscopy	URI Chem Eng Prof.

Fall 2021
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
17-Sep	Anthony Amore	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist	Head Security, ISG Museum
24-Sep	Lisa Dadio	CSI	Senior Lecturer, U New Haven
1-Oct	Thomas Mauriello	Truth & Lies of the Polygraph	Forensic Consultant
8-Oct	Bridget Buxton	Forensic Archaeology	URI Professor
15-Oct	Bruce Goldfarb	Frances Glessner Lee - unexplained deaths	Chief Mediacl Examiner, MD
22-Oct	Eliot Springer	Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life (Confucius ~ 479 B.C.) – Reflections on Forensic Science!	Deputy Director Police Lab, NYPD
29-Oct	Eva Marie Mancuso	Civil remedies for Criminal Conduct	Managing partner, Hamel, Waxler, Allen, Collins
5-Nov	Michael Jagoda	Active Shooter	URI Director of Public Safety, Chief of Police
12-Nov	Patrick Youngs, III; Michael A. DiLauro	Best Practices for Criminal Discovery Disclosures	Office of Attorney General; RI Public Defender
19-Nov	Mike Driscoll	Impacts of Fire Spread on Major Loss Investigations	Forensic Investigator
3-Dec	Judith Crowell	Defending the Guilty	Defense Attorney
10-Dec	Joseph Courtesis	The Ethical Use of Investigative Technology in Law Enforcement	JCour-Consulting

Spring 2022
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
28-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Class Overview	URI Department of Chemistry and Forensic Sci
4-Feb	Neil Clapperton	Firearms & Tool Marks	URI, RISCL Firearms Examiner
11-Feb	Daniel Greenfield	Mental Health Professional in the Legal System	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
18-Feb	George Handel	Clinical Consequences from Chemical Explosions	Uniform Services University of Health Sciences
25-Feb	Walter Williams	Blood Evidence Before the Lab	Warwick Criminalist
4-Mar	Kirk Yeager	Bombings Throughout the Ages	Federal Bureau of Investigation
11-Mar	Wayne Miller	Bang Boom Burn	ATF (retired)
18-Mar		SPRING BREAK
25-Mar	Brooke (Weinger) Kammrath	Forensic Analysis of Paint	U New Haven; Assistant Director, Henry C. Lee Inst.
1-Apr	Priya Banerjee	Forensic Medical Examination	Former State Medical Examiner, now Anchor Forensics
8-Apr	Adam Hall	The Life and Legacy of Dr. Richard Saferstein	Boston University, Professor of Forensics
15-Apr	Jim Clift	Crime Scene Investigation	Providence Police Detective
22-Apr	James Fox	Mass Shootings at Home, Work, School & Public Places	Northeastern Univ. Professor of Criminology
29-Apr	Steven Johnson	Facial Identification	Private Investigator

Fall 2022
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
9-Sep	Jimmie Oxley	General Forensic Science Seminar Information	URI Chemistry
16-Sep	Amanda Milkovitz (Boston Globe), Tim White, Eli Sherman (WPRI)	Investigative Journalism	Boston Globe & WPRI
23-Sep	John Malloy	Recreational Cannabis Legalization Issues	RI Office of the Attorney General
30-Sep	Fiona Jones	Forensic Archeology	URI Sociology & Anthropology
7-Oct	Kirk Yeager	Bomb Investigations	FBI
14-Oct	Robert Thompson	Firearms and Tool Mark Examinations	NIST
21-Oct	Cairenn Binder	Investigative Genetic Genealogy	DNA Doe Project
28-Oct	Kara Hoopis Manosh	Crafting a Defense	Attorney and Counselor at Law
4-Nov	Victor Fay-Wolfe	Computer Forensics	URI Computer Science
9-Nov	Anita Jacobson	Opiate Crisis and Narcan Intervention	URI Pharmacy
18-Nov	Joseph Itri	Cold Case Investigations	New Jersey State Police
25-Nov		THANKSGIVING VACATION
2-Dec	Otto Gregory	Watching Paint Dry	URI Engineering
9-Dec	Gil Sapir	Expert Witness Testimony	Forensic Consultant & Attorney

Spring 2023
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
27-Jan	Jimmie Oxley	Class Overview	URI Chemistry
3-Feb	Peter Farr	Crime Scene	Prospect Police Dept.
10-Feb	Neil Clapperton	Tool Marks	RI State Crime Lab
17-Feb	Leslie Nolan	Drugs	RI Department of Health
24-Feb	Virginia Maxwell	Glass Soil	U New Haven
3-Mar	Paul Manning, James Given, M Sweeney	Arson	RI State Fire Marshal
10-Mar	Alexis Donaway	Toxicology	RI Dept of Health
24-Mar	Katherine Schweit	Active Shooter	FBI (retired)
31-Mar	Cara Lupino	DNA Analysis	RI Forensic Lab
7-Apr	Ken Zercie	Questioned Documents	U New Haven
14-Apr	Daniel Greenfield	Forensic Psychiatry: What Does It All Mean?	A. Einstein College of Medicine
21-Apr	Elaine Pagliaro	Cold Case Evidence	Henry C. Lee Institute
28-Apr	Anthony Amore	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist	Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Fall 2023
Date	Speaker	Topic	Affiliation
8-Sep	Jimmie Oxley	Class Overview	URI Chemistry
13-Sep	Karen Morse	Accessing the MacDonell Collection	University of Rhode Island
15-Sep	Jim Clift	Crime Scene	Providence Police Department
20-Sep	Jim Clift	Crime Scene	Providence Police Department
22-Sep	Glen Gallagher	RI State Health Labs Support of Law Enforcement	RI Department of Health
27-Sep	Neil Clapperton	Tool Marks	URI Forensics Lab
29-Sep	Anthony Silva	Impaired Driving	RI Police Chiefs Association
4-Oct	Alyssa Parrella	Seized Drugs	Rhode Island Department of Health
6-Oct	Dennis Nixon	Ships Don't Leave Skid Marks	GSO RI Sea Grant (emeritus)
11-Oct	Danny Sendroff	Facial Feature Comparisons and Examining Identity Documents	DHS (Retired)
13-Oct	Michael Camal	Human Trafficking	DHS
18-Oct	Kammrath Brooke	Statistics	U. New Haven
20-Oct	Cara Lupino	RI Forensics Lab	RI Department of Health
25-Oct	Cara Lupino	DNA	RI Department of Health
27-Oct	Peter Valentin	Blood Spatter or Reconstruction	U. New Haven
1-Nov	Alexis Donaway	Laboratory Analysis	RI Department of Health
3-Nov	Virginia Maxwell	Hording Animals	U. New Haven
8-Nov	Virginia Maxwell	Soil and Glass	U. New Haven
10-Nov	Jim McMahon	Prosecution Cases - Thanks to Forensics	Attorney
15-Nov	Brian Giebel	IRMS	CUNY
17-Nov	Alexis Donaway	Toxicology	RI Department of Health
22-Nov		Student Presentation
29-Nov	Virginia Maxwell	Glass and Soil
1-Dec	Michael DiLauro	Artificial Intelligence & the Criminal Law	Attorney
6-Dec	Kim Freeland	Trace Evidence	State Crime Lab, URI
8-Dec	Chris Fabricant	Junk Science & the American Criminal Justice System	Project Innocence