THE COMMITTEE
The IUGS-IFG Committee comprises representatives from major geographical regions of the world and includes specialists from; academia, industry, consultancy, operationally based forensic geologists, the police, law enforcement agencies and forensic organisations.
Chair: Dr. Laurance Donnelly (UK), geologist@hotmail.co.uk
Vice-Chair: Prof. Rob Fitzpatrick (Austrália), Rob.Fitzpatrick@csiro.au
Treasurer: Prof. Lorna Dawson (UK), lorna.dawson@hutton.ac.uk
Secretary: Prof. Duncan Pirrie (UK), dpirrie@helfordgeoscience.co.uk
COMMITTEE OFFICERS
Chair
Dr. Laurance Donnelly 🡵
IUGS-IFG and AHK International
England
Vice-Chair
Prof. Rob Fitzpatrick 🡵
CSIRO
Australia
Treasurer
Prof. Lorna Dawson 🡵
The James Hutton Institute
Scotland
Secretary
Dr. Duncan Pirrie 🡵
Helford Geoscience LLP
England
Geoforensic Law Enforcement Adviser
Mark Harrison, MBE 🡵
Australian Intelligence Agency
Australia
FBI Adviser
Jodi Webb 🡵
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
USA
Forensic Science Adviser
Prof. Ruth Morgan 🡵
University College London
England
Trace Evidence Advisers
Skip & Christopher Palenik 🡵
Microtrace
USA
Crime Scene Adviser
Prof. Pier Matteo Barone 🡵
The American University of Rome
Italy
Illegal Mining, Minerals and Metals Crime Adviser
Ricardo Moraes 🡵
Brazilian Federal Police
Brazil
Website Manager
M.Sc. Matheus Pereira 🡵
Paraná State Scientific Police
Brazil
Training
Dr. Alastair Ruffell 🡵
Queen’s University Belfast
Northern Ireland
Geoforensic International Network
B.Sc. Marcelo Tortolero 🡵
University of Sannio, Italy
Brazil
REGIONAL OFFICERS
Officer, USA
Dr. Libby Stern 🡵
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Washington, D.C.
Officer, Latin America
Dr. Fabio Salvador 🡵
Brazilian Federal Police
Curitiba, Brazil
Officer, Latin America
Prof. Carlos Molina Gallego 🡵
Universidad Antonio Nariño
Bogotá, Colombia
Officer, Japan
Dr. Ritsuko Sugita 🡵
National Research Institute of Police Science
Chiba, Japan
Officer, Europe
Dr. Rosa Maria di Maggio 🡵
Geoscienze Forensi Italia
Rome, Italy
Officer, Pacific
Prof. Shari Forbes 🡵
Univesité du Québec à Trois Riviéres
Quebec, Canada
Officer, Australia
Mark Harrison, MBE 🡵
Australian Intelligence Agency
Canberra, Australia
Officer, Canada
Prof. Grant Wach 🡵
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Officer, China
Dr. Guo Hongling 🡵
Institute of Forensic Science
Beijing, China
Officer, Scandinavia
Dr. Quentin Dehaine 🡵
Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Helsinki, Finland
Officer, India
Dr. Biplob Chatterjee 🡵
Geovale Consulting
India
Officer, Middle East
Lt. Ahmed Saeed Al Kaabi
Abu Dhabi Police
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Officer, Middle East
Cpt. Khudooma Said Al Naimi
Abu Dhabi Police
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Officer, Middle East
Cpt. Saleh Ali Al Katheeri
Abu Dhabi Police
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Officer, Russia
Dr. Olga Gradusva
Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science
Moscow, Russia
Officer, Russia
Dr. Ekaterina Nesterina
Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science
Moscow, Russia
HONORARY MEMBERS
Former GIN Officer
Dr. Elisa Bergslien
SUNY Buffalo State
Buffalo, USA
Former USA Officer
Dr. Bill Schneck
Microvision Northwest Forensic Consulting Inc
Spokane, USA
Former Secretary
Dr. Marianne Stam
California Department of Justice
San Francisco, USA
GEOFORENSIC INTERNATIONAL NETWORK (GIN)
The Geoforensic International Network (GIN) is part of IUGS-IFG. This brings together forensic geologists, geoscientists, police and law enforcement from around the world, who have a desire and interest in the development of forensic geology. Those countries now represented in GIN includes: