2022 Symposium Discipline Awards

Symposium Discipline Awards for Brisbane 2022:

Stream Winner Format Author Title
Anthropology, Archaeology & Odontology Oral Callan Birkmann-Little Assessment of ancestry in the Australian region utilising variation in the human postcranial skeleton
Anthropology, Archaeology & Odontology Poster Harry Perkins The influence of pre-processing segmentation methods in dental identification casework
Biological Criminalistics Oral David Bruce The detection and recovery of foreign biological fluids from the clothing of deceased individuals post decomposition
Biological Criminalistics Poster Alicia Haines Improving diamond nucleic acid dye solutions for fingerprint enhancement on plastic bags
CBRN & Counter Terrorism Oral Kaitlyn Toole Nuclear Security Science In Australia:
What, Why and How?
Chemical Criminalistics Oral Michael Aberle Assessing the ground-Truth of forensic soil provenancing models: An urban/suburban Australian Perspective
Chemical Criminalistics Poster Melissa Davies Lubricant analysis following DNA extract for silicone and water-based lubricants
Crime Scene Investigation Oral Melissa Airlie A Novel and Innovative Application of Deep Learning to Forensic Examinations
Crime Scene Investigation Poster Sarah Bray An Investigation Into the Use of Entomology for Partially Submerged Remains in
Lentic Environments
Document Examination Oral Ciara Devlin The Potential of Using The Profiles of Fraudulent Australian Identity Documents to Assist in Intelligence-led Policing
Document Examination Poster No winner Hidden Evidence: A Simulation Bringing the Crime Scene to the Classroom
Education & Training Oral Caroline O’Driscoll Influences on Student Interest in Undergraduate Forensic Science Courses:
The Impact of True Crime
Education & Training Poster Georgina Sauzier Hidden Evidence: A Simulation Bringing the Crime Scene to the Classroom
Electronic & Digital Evidence Oral Dorothy Stout Understanding quality loss when transcoding video
Electronic & Digital Evidence Poster No winner Automated ‘Lights-Out’ Searching of all Recovered Fingerprints in Queensland, Australia
Fingerprint Examination Oral Breannan Taylor The impact of fingerprint development techniques on DNA evidence recovery
Fingerprint Examination Poster Matt Krosch Automated “Lights-out” searching of all recovered fingerprints in Queensland Australia
Firearms & Tool Marks Oral Gerard Dutton An Unlikely Police Firearm Training Incident
Firearms & Tool Marks Poster Samantha Oehm Are Gel Blasters A Safe Toy? A Study Into The Kinetic Energy Per Unit Area of Fired Gel Balls
Fires & Explosions Oral Joshua D’Uva Characterisation and Identification of Homemade Explosives and Their Precursors
Fires & Explosions Poster Malcolm McCulloch Dual Anion and Cation Analysis of Trace Inorganic Explosive Residues Using Ion Chromatography-mass Spectrometry
Illicit Drugs & Clandestine Laboratories Oral Emily Bottero & Alma Connelly Dope Ropes: Exploration of Analysis Techniques for Cannabinoids Found In Edibles
Illicit Drugs & Clandestine Laboratories Poster Phoebe Carter Magic Mushrooms – Why Do They Turn Blue?
Management & Quality Assurance Oral Dion Sheppard Lumi dug scan: Shining a light on drug detection – A review of the NZ police ESR Field Pilot
Management & Quality Assurance Poster Anna Heavey Managing Quality Issues in Forensic Science in Australia and New Zealand
Pathology & Clinical Medicine Oral Elena Gorgeva Bioacoustics and machine learning to monitor succession of microphagous dipteral
Pathology & Clinical Medicine Poster Karen Byrne Ceiling Mounted Admission Photography in a Mortuary Setting
Science, Justice & Legal Issues Oral Mariam Younam Ethics Reporting in Forensic Science Research Publication
Science, Justice & Legal Issues Poster Dan Osei Mensah Bonsu Ethics Reporting in Forensic Science Research Publications
Wildlife & Forensic Taphonomy Oral Madison Bone Examining the effect of clothing on the decomposition of remains and algal succession for estimating a post-mortem submersion interval
Wildlife & Forensic Taphonomy Poster Dr Natalie Gasz The Microbiome of Lucilia Sericata and its Influence on the Necrobiome
Fingerprint Examination Poster Matt Krosch Automated “Lights-out” searching of all recovered fingerprints in Queensland Australia
Firearms & Tool Marks Oral Gerard Dutton An Unlikely Police Firearm Training Incident
Firearms & Tool Marks Poster Samantha Oehm Are Gel Blasters A Safe Toy? A Study Into The Kinetic Energy Per Unit Area of Fired Gel Balls
Fires & Explosions Oral Joshua D’Uva Characterisation and Identification of Homemade Explosives and Their Precursors
Fires & Explosions Poster Malcolm McCulloch Dual Anion and Cation Analysis of Trace Inorganic Explosive Residues Using Ion Chromatography-mass Spectrometry
Illicit Drugs & Clandestine Laboratories Oral Emily Bottero & Alma Connelly Dope Ropes: Exploration of Analysis Techniques for Cannabinoids Found In Edibles
Illicit Drugs & Clandestine Laboratories Poster Phoebe Carter Magic Mushrooms – Why Do They Turn Blue?
Management & Quality Assurance Oral Dion Sheppard Lumi dug scan: Shining a light on drug detection – A review of the NZ police ESR Field Pilot
Management & Quality Assurance Poster Anna Heavey Managing Quality Issues in Forensic Science in Australia and New Zealand
Pathology & Clinical Medicine Oral Elena Gorgeva Bioacoustics and machine learning to monitor succession of microphagous dipteral
Pathology & Clinical Medicine Poster Karen Byrne Ceiling Mounted Admission Photography in a Mortuary Setting
Science, Justice & Legal Issues Oral Mariam Younam Ethics Reporting in Forensic Science Research Publication
Science, Justice & Legal Issues Poster Dan Osei Mensah Bonsu Ethics Reporting in Forensic Science Research Publications
Wildlife & Forensic Taphonomy Oral Madison Bone Examining the effect of clothing on the decomposition of remains and algal succession for estimating a post-mortem submersion interval
Wildlife & Forensic Taphonomy Poster Dr Natalie Gasz The Microbiome of Lucilia Sericata and its Influence on the Necrobiome