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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:

Trace Materials

Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue

Members

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

Chantelle Taylor, SAC Vice Chair, Harding University

Mary Keehan, Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & Gunshot Residue Subcommittee Chair, Virginia Department of Forensic Science

Sandra Koch, Trace Materials Subcommittee Chair, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Kent Cattani, SAC Member (Legal), Arizona Court of Appeals

Andrew Cohen, SAC Member (Human Factors), University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Jennifer Remy, SAC Member (Quality), North Carolina State Crime Laboratory

Michael Smith, SAC Member (Statistics), Federal Bureau of Investigation

Created August 28, 2020, Updated November 17, 2025
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