The Trace Materials Subcommittee focuses on standards and guidelines related to examination and interpretation of physical evidence that may result from the transfer of small or minute quantities of materials (e.g., hairs, fibers, paint, tape, glass, geological materials).
Officers | Members | Standards | Other Work Products
Sandra Koch, Subcommittee Chair, McCrone Associates
Celeste Grover, Subcommittee Vice Chair, Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division
Jenny Lounsbury, Subcommittee Executive Secretary, Texas Department of Public Safety
Jason Beckert, Microtrace LLC
Catherine Brown, Collaborative Testing Services (CTS)
Patrick Buzzini, Sam Houston State University
Kent Cattani, Arizona Court of Appeals (Legal Task Group affiliate)
Ruthmara Corzo, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Amy Duhaime, Rhode Island Crime Laboratory
David Edwards, JEOL USA, Inc.
Troy Ernst, Michigan State Police Grand Rapids Forensic Laboratory
Josh Friedman, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kris Gates, Oregon State Police
Gwyneth Gordon, Arizona State University
Ethan Groves, Microtrace LLC
Katherine Igowsky, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Patrick Jones, Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory
Moa Liden, Department of Security & Crime Science, UCL, UK & Faculty of Law, Uppsala University, Affiliate, (Human Factors Task Group affiliate)
Karen Lowe, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Daniel Mabel, Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL)
Ted Manasian, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Michelle Mercer, Monroe County Crime Laboratory
Shirly Montero, Arizona State University (Human Factors Task Group representative)
David Northrop, Washington State Patrol
Troy Nowak, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL)
Edward "Chip" Pollock, Sacramento County District Attorney's Office - Laboratory of Forensic Services
Meghan Prusinowski, West Virginia University
Jennifer Remy, North Carolina State Crime Laboratory (Quality Task Group representative)
Alex Rugh, Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Ian Saginor, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael Smith, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Statistics Task Group representative)
Tatiana Trejos, West Virginia University (OSAC's Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee affiliate)
Jodi Webb, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Diana Wright, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Trace Materials Affiliate List
These documents may contain information to help forensic scientists, judges, lawyers, researchers, and other readers better understand the nature, scope, and foundations of the individual disciplines as currently practiced. The identification of these documents does not represent an endorsement by OSAC or NIST. Only standards that are posted on the OSAC Registry and Technical Guidance documents, are endorsed by OSAC. The referenced documents may be subject to copyright. Note: Subcommittee position statements or responses to data collections by the subcommittee do not necessarily represent the position of OSAC or NIST.