The 16th Annual FSF Emerging Forensic Scientist Award paper competition was hosted in Orlando, FL. The following presenters were selected as the 2015 winners by a panel of judges. Whitney A. Simpson, BS, was selected for her poster presentation entitled, “Highly Multiplexed Analysis of STRs and SNPs Using Massively Parallel Sequencing: Concordance With Current Methodologies” and Federica Collini for her oral presentation, “Paternal Filicide for Spousal Revenge: The Male Side of Medea’s Syndrome in the Italian Population Over the Last Ten Years.” Congratulations to Whitney and Federica who will both receive expense reimbursement to attend the 68th Annual Scientific Meeting in Las Vegas.
The deadline for paper submission of the 17th Annual FSF Emerging Forensic Scientist Award is August 1. Please see “17th Annual FSF Emerging Forensic Scientist Award (EFSA) Competition” article for submission guidelines.