Western Australia Branch

I am a senior lecturer in forensic and analytical chemistry at Curtin University, specialising in fingermark detection, document examination and trace evidence analysis. I’m also enthusiastic about community science engagement and look forward to organising events that bring together our local forensic community.

I have been involved in forensic science education, community engagement and research for over 20 years. I currently lead the Forensic and Analytical Chemistry Research Group at Curtin University, where my research is focussed on chemical techniques applied to forensic analysis, particularly in relation to trace evidence and latent fingermarks.

I am Acting Team Leader in Physical Evidence of ChemCentre’s Forensic Science Laboratory, working at ChemCentre for over 15 years, my expertise is transfer evidence like paint, glass, fibres and soils. I have reported over 300 cases and testified in criminal trials in Australia and New Zealand.

I am a chemist in the Illicit Drugs team at ChemCentre. I perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of materials suspected to contain illicit substances by GCMS, LCMS, UPLC-DAD, HPLC-DAD and FTIR. I attend sites assisting WA Police to identify and seize chemicals and equipment used in alleged clandestine laboratories.

With over thirty years involvement in the forensic community in WA, I am a consultant Forensic Document Examiner operating from our Perth office. I enjoy the activities and opportunities that comes with Society membership and contributing to the advancement of the forensic community in WA.

I currently conduct FE investigations on behalf of WAPOL and occasionally the FBI. I am Head of Research & Education at Source Certain International (Forensic Provenancing Company). I have previously been President (2005/6) and Vice President of the WA Branch and been a member since 1999.

I am a Chemist in Coronial Toxicology at ChemCentre. I conduct data interpretation and reporting of complex toxicology casework for WA Coroners, pathologists and WA Police, and sample preparation and data analysis of acidic, neutral, and basic analytes in biological matrices using LCMS-QQQ, HPLC-DAD, GCMS, LC-QTOF-MS, and GC-FID instrumentation.

Dr Paola Magni is a forensic biologist specialising in entomology, taphonomy and aquatic biology. She has been called as an expert witness by Italian and Australian Courts and is an experienced STEM communicator, having won the 2019 FameLab Australia competition and placed fourth in the National FameLab Finals.

Linda has been involved with forensic community engagement for several years as an event organiser for crimeScene WA, Perth’s premiere crime fiction conference. This event hosts crime fiction authors as well as specialists working in the fields of crime/forensic investigation who provide an insight into their working environment.

I am currently a PhD student at Curtin University, where my research focuses on fingermark detection. I have over thirteen years involvement in the forensic community as a forensic analyst with the Seychelles Police. I am pleased to be part of and contribute to the ANZFSS WA Branch community.

I graduated as medical doctor in 1998, specialising in forensic pathology and legal medicine. I amassed an extensive forensic casework. I’ve been lecturing at Murdoch University, Western Australia, since 2018. I started my PhD in 2019 and my areas of interest include forensic imaging, pathology, toxicology and veterinary forensics.

I am Chair of postgraduate forensics at Murdoch University and co-director of Cold Case Review @ Murdoch, a not-for-profit initiative tackling unsolved homicide and missing persons cases. I come from a practitioner background of over 10 years. My research is in the areas of cold cases and defence forensics.

To support attendance at the ANZFSS International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences.

Please contact the WA Branch or executive@anzfss.org for more information.

To support the involvement of a General, Life, or Professional Member of the WA Branch at an event, placement or other activity benefitting the members professional development and the forensic community.

Please contact the WA Branch or executive@anzfss.org for more information.