Faculty and Staff

The forensic science faculty and staff at Saint Louis University have over 100 years of combined practical forensic science experience with backgrounds in a variety of disciplines. The SLU faculty's areas of expertise include DNA analysis, explosives, drug chemistry, crime scene investigation, digital forensics, fingerprints, bloodstain pattern analysis, law and more.

Full-Time Faculty and Staff

• Erik Hall, M.S.F.S.
  Program director
• Melinda McPherson, Ph.D.
  Assistant professor of forensic science
  Undergraduate coordinator
• Erica Mpoy, M.S.F.S.
  Assistant professor of forensic science
• Mary Vermilion, Ph.D.
  Associate professor
• Kathryn Heinzmann, M.S.F.S.
  Laboratory coordinator
  Adjunct professor

Adjunct Faculty 

• Whitney Betzel
• Cassandra Crabb
• William Dorsey
• Aimee Fydyuk
• Stephen Holmes
• Chloe Thies
• Nauman Wadalawala
• Barbara Weekley