THE COMMITTEE
The IUGS-IFG Committee comprises representatives from major geographical regions of the world and includes specialists from; academia, industry, consultancy, operationally based forensic geologists, the police, law enforcement agencies and forensic organisations.
Chair: Dr. Laurance Donnelly (UK), geologist@hotmail.co.uk
Vice-Chair: Prof. Rob Fitzpatrick (Austrália), Rob.Fitzpatrick@csiro.au
Treasurer: Prof. Lorna Dawson (UK), lorna.dawson@hutton.ac.uk
Secretary: Prof. Duncan Pirrie (UK), dpirrie@helfordgeoscience.co.uk
COMMITTEE OFFICERS
Environmental Geoforensics Adviser
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Italy
Advisor on Mathematical Geoscience
Queen’s University Belfast
Northern Ireland
Illegal Mining, Minerals and Metals Crime Adviser
Ricardo Moraes 🡵
Brazilian Federal Police
Brazil
REGIONAL OFFICERS
Officer, Middle East
Lt. Ahmed Saeed Al Kaabi
Abu Dhabi Police
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Officer, Middle East
Cpt. Khudooma Said Al Naimi
Abu Dhabi Police
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Officer, Middle East
Cpt. Saleh Ali Al Katheeri
Abu Dhabi Police
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Officer, Russia
Dr. Olga Gradusva
Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science
Moscow, Russia
Officer, Russia
Dr. Ekaterina Nesterina
Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science
Moscow, Russia
HONORARY MEMBERS
Former Secretary
Dr. Marianne Stam
California Department of Justice
San Francisco, USA
GEOFORENSIC INTERNATIONAL NETWORK (GIN)
The Geoforensic International Network (GIN) is part of IUGS-IFG. This brings together forensic geologists, geoscientists, police and law enforcement from around the world, who have a desire and interest in the development of forensic geology. Those countries now represented in GIN includes: