The Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to the scientific examination and analysis of materials associated with fire and explosion investigations and the analysis of evidence that results from the deposition of or physical transfer of small or minute quantities of gunshot residue.
Officers | Members | Standards | Discipline-Specific Baseline Documents | Research & Development Needs | Presentations
Brenda Christy, Subcommittee Chair, Virginia Department of Forensic Science
Thomas (Rusty) White, Subcommittee Vice Chair, Texas DPS Crime Laboratory
J. Matney Wyatt, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, Defense Forensic Science Center
Candice Bridge, National Center for Forensic Science at UCF
Jesse Brown, Defense Forensic Science Center
Douglas Byron, Forensic & Scientific Testing, Inc.
Erika Chen, New York Police Department Laboratory
John Chester, Indiana State Police
Michelle Clarke, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Andrew Cohen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Human Factors Representative)
Lauryn Degreef-Silk, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
John Drugan, Massachusetts State Police Forensic Services Group
Trevor Gillis, Santa Clara County District Attorney's Crime Laboratory
Dana Greely, Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Christina Henry, Santa Clara County Crime Laboratory
Laura Hernandez, Verity Labs, Inc.
Steven Hoenig, American Public University
Monica Joshi, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Debra Joslin, McCrone Associates, Inc.
Mary Keehan, Virginia Department of Forensic Science
Kim Kunkler, U.S. Postal Inspection Service Laboratory
Christine Marsh, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael McCarriagher, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Richard McLaughlin, Oxford Instruments
Danica Ommen, Iowa State University (Statistics Representative)
Raleigh Parrott, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Koren Powers, West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory
Christa Rajendram, Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal Forensic Laboratory
Amy Reynolds, Boston Police Department Crime Laboratory
Nicholas Ritchie, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jason Schroeder, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Kevin Streeter, Michigan State Police
Larry Tang, University of Central Florida (Statistics Representative)
Patti Williams, ANAB (Quality Representative)
William Wirskye, Collin County, Texas (Legal Representative)
The Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) has provided the opportunity for OSAC subcommittees to identify baseline documents and reference materials that best reflect the current state of the practice within their respective disciplines.
These documents contain practical information regarding these disciplines that can help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, other interested parties and the general public, to better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as they are currently practiced.
It is important to note that the identification of these documents in this venue does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only documents that are posted on the OSAC Registry constitute OSAC endorsement. All copyrights for these documents are reserved by their owners. Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee represent the consensus opinion of the subcommittee, not necessarily the position of the entire OSAC organization or NIST.
Reference Lists:
Baseline Documents:
Historical References:
Resources:
TWGFEX: Fire Debris Training: