Officers and Network Members
| Committee Officers | Regional Officers | IFG GIN Members | Organizational Structure |
Committee Officers
Chair
Dr Laurance Donnelly
Wardell Armstrong & FGG
UK
Vice-Chair
Prof Rob Fitzpatrick
CSIRO
Australia
Treasurer
Prof Lorna Dawson
The James Hutton Institute
Scotland
Secretary
Marianne Stam
California Department of Justice
USA
Information Officer/
Webmaster
Dr Elisa Bergslien
SUNY Buffalo State
USA
Geoforensic Law Enforcement Advisor
Mark Harrison, MBE
Australian Federal Police
Australia
FBI Advisor
Jodi Webb
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
USA
Training and Publications
Dr Alastair Ruffell
Queen's University Belfast
Ireland
Communications
Dr Jennifer McKinley
Queen’s University Belfast
Ireland
Geological (Trace) Evidence Advisors
Skip Palenik & Dr. Christopher Palenik
Microtrace
USA
Honorary Committee Member
Dr Raymond Murray
Forensic Geologist, Montana
USA
Download 2013 IUGS-IFG Committee List .pdf file
Download 2012 IUGS-IFG Committee List .pdf fileRegional Officers
Officer, USA
Bill Schneck
USA
Microvision Northwest-Forensic Consulting, Inc.
Officer, Latin America
Carlos Martín Molina Gallego (Español)
Colombia
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, Bogota
Officer, Europe
Rosa Maria Di Maggio
Italy
Geoscienze Forensi Italia (formerly Servizio Polizia Scientifica)
Officer, Russia
Dr Olga Gradusva and
Dr Ekaterian Nesterina
Russia
Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science
Officer, Middle East
Captain Ahmed Saeed Al Kaabi
UAE
Abu Dhabi Police
Officer, Japan and Asia
Dr. Ritsuko Sugita
Japan
National Research Institute of Police Science
Officer, Australia
Prof James Robertson
Australia
University of Canberra
Officer, Pacific and Canada
Prof Shari Forbes
Australia
University of Technology, Sydney
Officer, Africa
Dr Roger Dixon
South Africa
Geology Dept at Pretoria University
List of Members as of 13 November 2012
Download IUGS-IFG GIN Members .pdf fileNotes:
- This is a list of current IUGS IFG Committee Members & Members
- An aim of a 'Member' is to act as the principal point of contact in their repective country for the dissemination of information on forensic geology
- Contact Laurance Donnelly (ldonnelly at wardell-armstrong.com) if your contact details change or are incorrect
- Please use these contact details responsibly
- Please do not contact Police Officers unless you have their persmission.
- New members may be considered by the Committee Members
Waiting for response/confirmation
| Country | Second Name | First name | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Fitzpatrick | Rob | CSIRO |
| Australia | Robertson | James | University of Canberra |
| Australia | Harrison | Mark | Australian Federal Police & NPIA |
| Australia | Woods | Brenda | Australian Federal Police |
| Australia | Tibbett | Mark | Centre for Land Rehabilitation, University of Western Australia |
| Australia | Mahoney | Jan | CSIRO |
| Argentina | Pérez | Ricardo | Forensic Geologist |
| Belgium | Martens | Kristine | Academia |
| Belgium | Walraevens | Kristine | Academia |
| Belgium | Cnudde | Jean Pierre | Academia |
| Brasil | Russo | Daniel | Departamento de Policia Federal, Instituto Nacional de Criminalistica |
| Canada | Forbes | Shari | University of Ontario Institute of Technology |
| China | Pangyu | Bang | Waiting for contact information |
| Colombia | Molina Gallego | Carlos Martin | Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forense, Bogota, Colombia |
| France | Torres | Cindy | Academia |
| Germany | Andreas | Hellmann | Forensic Science Institute of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) |
| GB (England) geoevidence | Pirrie | Duncan | Forensic geoscientists, Helford Geoscience LLP (specialist in trace evdience) |
| GB (England) search | Donnelly | Laurance | Chair, The Geological Society of London, Forensic Geoscience Group specialist in search) |
| GB (Wales) | Mudge | Steve | Exponent UK, Managing Scientist in Environmental Forensics |
| GB (Scotland) | Miller | David | James Hutton Institute |
| GB (Scotland) | Dawson | Lorna | James Hutton Institute |
| GB (Northern Ireland) | Ruffell | Alastair | Queens University Belfast, Department of Geography, Archaeology & Geology |
| GB (Northern Ireland) | McKinley | Jennifer | Queens University Belfast |
| GB | Fergurson | Mike | Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB) |
| GB | Rennison | Andrew | Forensic Science Regulator |
| GB | Adams | Jeff | Home Office Science and Research Group |
| GB | Pringle | Jamie | Keel University |
| GB | Morgan | Ruth | University College of London |
| GB | Jarvis | Kym | Imperial College, London |
| GB | Wiltshire | Patricia | University of Aberdeen |
| GB | Kemp | Helen | James Hutton Institute |
| GB | Meier-Augenstein | Wolfram | James Hutton Institute |
| GB | Peffers | Graham | Greater Manchester Police (POLSA) |
| Hungary | Szoldan | Zsolt | Hungarian Institute for Forensic Sciences, Morphology and Inorganic Analytics |
| India | Sunder | Raju | National Geophysical Research Institute, Geological Studies Division |
| Iran | Modabberi | Soroush | School of Geology, University of Tehran, and President of the Geological Society of Iran |
| Ireland | Bonsall | James | Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics, County Mayo |
| Italy | Di Maggio | Rosa Maria | Geoscienze Forensi Italia, Roma, Italy |
| Italy | Canuti | Paolo | University of Florence, Earth Sciences Department |
| Italy | Pettinelli | Elena | Tre University, Rome |
| Japan | Sugita | Ritsuko | National Research Institute of Police Science |
| Malta | Mifsud | Mario | Forensic manager for Malta Police |
| Mexico | Proa Marquez | Erika Natalia | Servicios Periciales de Aguascalientes. Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado |
| Namibia | Mupani | Benjamin | Member for Africa |
| Namibia | Ludik | P | Director, National Forensic Science Institute |
| New Zealand | Nobes | David | University of Cantebury, Department of Geological Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| New Zealand | Mildenhall | Dallas | GNS Science, LOWER HUTT 5040, New Zealand |
| Portugal | Guedes | Alexandra | Centro e Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto |
| Russia | Gradusva | Olga | Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice |
| Russia | Nesterina | Ekaterina | Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice |
| South Africa | Dixon | Roger | Forensic Science Laboratory, South African Police Service |
| Spain | González García | José Luis | Colegio Oficial de Geólogos de España |
| Spain/UK | Hawksworth | David | University of Madrid & The Natural History Museum |
| Sweden | Envall | Glenn | Skandinavisk Arkeologisk Geofysik AB |
| Switzerland | Freudiger-Bonzon | Jaanne | Faculy of Geosciences and the Environment, University of Lausanne |
| The Netherlands | Luschen | Mark | Netherlands Police Agency, Specialist Criminal Investigations Department, Geologist |
| The Netherlands | Struik | Jitteke | Netherlands Police Agency, Specialist Criminal Investigations Department |
| USA | Murray | Ray | Forensic Geologist, Missoula, Montana |
| USA | Schneck | William | Microvision Northwest-Forensic Consulting, Inc. |
| USA | Stam | Marianne | California Department of Justice |
| USA | Bergslien | Elisa | Dept. Earth Sciences, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY |
| USA | Vass | Arpad | ORNL |
| USA | Palenik | Skip | Microtrace |
| USA | Palenik | Christopher | Microtrace |
| USA/UK | Grime | Martin | Specialist canine search consultant |
| United Arab Emirates | AlKatheeri | Saleh | Abu Dhabi Police |
| United Arab Emirates | Saeed Al Kaabi | Ahmed | Captain, Abu Dhabi Police GHQ |
| United Arab Emirates | Said Al Naimi | Khudooma | Abu Dhabi Police |
| West Indies/Carribbean | Nieves | Lorna Jaramillo | Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Facultad de Estudios Generales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras |
Organizational Structure
Download IUGS-IFG Organizational Structure .pdf file