Grants

Faculty with Federally funded research grants.

  • Jose Almirall

    Characterization and comparison of tape evidence using elemental profiling methods and chemometric analyses Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

    Strengthening the Evaluation and Interpretation of Glass Evidence using statistical analysis of collection sets and databases of refractive index and elemental data (uXRF, ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS) Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

    Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS), Phase I IUCRC Site at FIU Sponsor: National Science Foundation

  • Anthony DeCaprio

    Forensic Toxicological Screening/Confirmation of 500+ Designer Drugs by LC-QTOF-MS and LC-QqQ-MS Analysis Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice

    Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

    Development of Improved Extraction/Purification Methods for LC-QqQ-MS Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice

    Optimization of Pretreatment Parameters in Hair Analysis for Drugs of Abuse and Understanding Protein-Drug Interactions Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

    Novel Blood Protein Modification Assay for Retrospective Detection of Drug Exposure - Development and Validation Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

    Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS), Phase I IUCRC Site at FIU Sponsor: National Science Foundation

  • Kenneth Furton

    Exploring the Effects of the Generalization-Discrimination Balance and Odor Availability in Odor Detection Canines Sponsor: Office of Naval Research

    Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS), Phase I IUCRC Site at FIU Sponsor: National Science Foundation

  • Angelica Hagsand

    Alcohol-intoxicated eyewitnesses in the field: Do high intoxication level, emotional distress and choice of investigative method affect the memory of a crime? Sponsor: The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Science

  • Kevin Lothridge

    Improving Juror Comprehension of Forensic Testimony and Its Effects on Decision-Making and Evidence Evaluation Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

     

  • Bruce McCord

    DNA methylation analysis using High Resolution Melt for body fluid identification in forensic sciences Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

    Ultrahigh speed Direct PCR. A method for obtaining STR based genotypes in under 6 minutes Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice

    The Application of Gold Nanoparticles for the Trace Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Saliva and Urine by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

  • DeEtta Mills

    Non-destructive, enhanced collection and recovery form difficult forensic samples, improving the "front end" process of DNA typing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice

    Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS), Phase I IUCRC Site at FIU Sponsor: National Science Foundation

  • Jeffrey Wells

    Germline transformation of forensically important flies Sponsor: National Institute of Justice

  • Yi Xiao

    Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid On-site Screening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biological samples Sponsor: National Institute of Justice