

Discipline Chairs
Discipline | Chair Person |
Anthropology, Archaeology and Odontology | Dr Denice Higgins Director and Senior Specialist Odontologist Adelaide Dental School University of Adelaide |
Biological Criminalistics | Paula Brisotto Team Leader – Forensic DNA Analysis Forensic and Scientific Services Queensland Health |
CBRN and Counter-terrorism | Dr Mike Logan Director – Scientific Branch Queensland Fire and Emergency Services |
Chemical Criminalistics | Tony Peter Supervising Chemist – Trace Evidence Forensic and Scientific Services Queensland Health |
Crash Investigation | Senior Sergeant Nicole Fox Officer in Charge – Forensic Crash Unit Queensland Police Service |
Crime Scene Investigation | Senior Sergeant Shane Everist Officer in Charge – Major Crime Unit Queensland Police Service |
Document Examination | Tonya Trubshoe Senior Forensic Document Examiner Document Examination Solutions |
Education and Training | Dr Sarah Cresswell Deputy Dean – Learning and Teaching School of Environmental Science Griffith University |
Electronic and Digital Evidence | Senior Sergeant Jason Wright Operations Leader – Electronic Evidence Unit Queensland Police Service |
Fingerprint Examination | Sergeant Graham Byard Forensic Fingerprint Bureau Western Australia Police Force |
Firearms and Toolmarks | Matthew Bolton Scientific Officer – Ballistics Investigation Section New South Wales Police Force |
Fires and Explosions | John Kelleher Team Leader – Fire and Explosion Unit Victoria Police Forensic Services Centre |
Illicit Drugs and Clandestine Laboratories | Dr Peter Culshaw Chief Chemist – Forensic Chemistry Forensic and Scientific Services Queensland Health |
Management and Quality Assurance | Dean Catoggio Assistant Director – National Institute of Forensic Science Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency |
Pathology and Clinical Medicine | Dr Christopher Day Forensic Pathologist Forensic and Scientific Services Queensland Health |
Psychology and Counselling | Associate Professor Jason Tangen The University of Queensland |
Science, Justice and Legal Issues | Dr Loene Howes Senior Lecturer in Criminology University of Tasmania |
Toxicology and Pharmacology | Associate Professor Dimitri Gerostamoulos Head – Forensic Sciences and Chief Toxicologist, Forensic Services Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine |
Wildlife Forensics, Environmental Crime and Forensic Taphonomy | Dr Matt Krosch Research Officer Queensland Police Service |