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Trace Evidence Scientific Area Committee

The Trace Evidence Scientific Area Committee (SAC) provides strategic direction, serves as a platform to integrate similar standards activities across multiple forensic science disciplines, and manages the activities of the following subcommittees:

Members

Chris Taylor, SAC Chair, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL)

Chantelle Taylor, SAC Vice Chair, Harding University

Brenda Christy, Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee Chair, Virginia Department of Forensic Science

Sandra Koch, Trace Materials Subcommittee Chair, McCrone Associates

Created August 28, 2020, Updated September 30, 2025
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