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Academic Leadership Team

  • Dr. Kenneth G. Furton

    Center Director/Site Director, CARFS
    Executive Director, Global Forensic and Justice Center
    FIU Chief Scientific Officer and Provost Emeritus

    Phone: 305-348-0022
    Email: furtonk@fiu.edu

  • Dr. Aaron M. Tarone

    Center Associate Director/Site Director, CARFS
    Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University

    Phone: 979-862-1311
    Email: tamlucilia@tamu.edu

  • Dr. Sarah Kerrigan

    Site Director, CARFS
    Institute for Forensic Research, Training, and Innovation (IFRTI), Professor of Forensic Science, Sam Houston State University

    Phone: 713-817-2229
    Email:
     sarah.kerrigan@shsu.edu

Industry Advisory Board

  • Henry Maynard

    Chair
    Chief Operating Officer, Alakai Defense Systems Inc.

  • Dr. Jon McGrath

    Vice Chair
    Technical Advisor, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

  • Katylynn Beltz Sloan

    Secretary
    Chemist, Technical Security Division, U.S. Secret Service

Administration

  • Tracy Goetz

    Contracts & Grants, CARFS
    Director of Administrative Services
    , Global Forensic and Justice Center, FIU

    Phone: 727-395-2511 x109
    Email: tgoetz@fiu.edu