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Master of Forensic Science > Murder House > NWU Solving Crime > Faculty
FACULTY
Nebraska Wesleyan University’s forensic science faculty aren’t just talking the talk. They’ve been there, investigating crime scenes, finding solutions, and testifying in court. In fact, their work has played an instrumental role in several national and international cases. For example:
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Dr. Melissa A.Connor
In 2004, Connor was called to Baghdad, Iraq where she spent 90 days exhuming graves and analyzing human remains from two large mass graves. The evidence was used by the Iraqi Special Tribunal to prove war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide by leaders of the former regime. |
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Jeri Myers
Myers’ expertise in human skeletal remains led her to a project with the All Native Systems to help implement a new software system for a genetics lab used to further investigate and identify victims’ bodies involved in the violent murders in Juarez, Mexico. Since 1993, more than 400 women have been brutally murdered in the city, which borders El Paso, Texas. |
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Gary Plank
Considered one of the best criminal profilers in the country, Plank is a 28-year veteran of the Nebraska State Patrol. He trained with the FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. Plank consults on violent crimes both nationally and internationally and conducts threat assessments for public figures and high profile individuals and institutions. |
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Dr. Douglas D. Scott
Scott testified in December 2006 in the second of three trials for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. His testimony helped prove that mass Kurdish graves discovered in Iraq in 1988 had all the markings of execution-style killings. |
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Carmella Strong
In March 2003, Strong analyzed mitochondrial DNA data from victims of the World Trade Center disaster. She is now employed with the Nebraska State Patrol Crime Laboratory as a forensic lab manager and DNA technical leader, which includes examining evidence for body fluids and DNA. |
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Dan Strydom
Good scientific research; that’s at the forefront for Dan Strydom who has a combined 30 years experience in research at the Council for Scientific Research in South Africa, Harvard University Medical School in Boston, and at a local biotech company. Strydom has researched everything from the mysterious killing power of snake venom to the development of cutting edge tools to investigate mysteries. His expertise in ethical research is the basis for the University’s analytical forensic sciences. |
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