Forensic Investigation of Blood Evidence
暫譯: 血證的法醫調查

Hirak Ranjan Dash is Associate Professor of Forensic Biology and Biotechnology at Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar, affiliated to the National Forensic Sciences University, India. Before joining academia, he worked as a Forensic DNA expert at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Madhya Pradesh, India. He has examined more than 1000 cases by DNA fingerprinting techniques. His research interests include DNA fingerprinting, microbial forensics, microbiome analysis, next-generation sequencing, and mtDNA analysis. He has published more than 60 research papers in various peer-reviewed journals. He has written 14 books in various fields of Biotechnology. He is a life member of International Society of Forensic Genetics, Association of Microbiologists of India, and the Asian Federation of Biotechnology. He served as reviewer for PLOS One, Annals of Human Biology, Scientific Reports, and several other journals. He is the premier scientist from India on NGS-based forensic DNA analysis. He is featured in the list of world's top 2% scientists during 2021-2024.

Noora Rashid Al-Snan is a distinguished forensic DNA analyst with over 18 years of experience in criminal investigations. She joined the Ministry of Interior in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2008, where she currently serves as the Head of the Biology & DNA Forensic Laboratory at the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science. She holds a PhD in Molecular Medicine with a specialization in medical genetics, awarded by the Arabian Gulf University in collaboration with Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her doctoral research focused on DNA typing of the Bahraini population. She also earned a master's degree in Medical Biotechnology, specializing in genetic engineering and recombinant proteins, from AGU, and holds a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Kuwait University. Throughout her career, she has played a pivotal role in the resolution of numerous high-profile cases involving terrorism, robbery, and homicide. Her expertise and leadership were internationally recognized when she and her team received the DNA Hit of the Year award at the HIDS Conference in 2023 for their work on the Bahrain bomb cases, presented by Gordon Thomas Honeywell. An active contributor to the forensic science community, she frequently represents MOI as a speaker and delegate at international conferences and workshops. She is the corresponding author of multiple peer-reviewed publications and has authored works with leading academic publishers. Her research interests include innovative methods for DNA recovery from complex substrates such as RDX-C4 explosives, teeth, bones, and maggots, as well as advancements in forensic DNA intelligence and the implications of consanguinity in familial DNA searching. She is deeply committed to advancing human resource development, continuous education, and the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning into forensic workflows, alongside ongoing research and development in forensic science.

Safia Abdessalem Messaoudi is a Tunisian Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She earned her PhD in Biotechnology and Biological sciences from the University of Monastir, Tunisia, in 2013. Her research career began in medical genetics, focusing on molecular diagnostic markers for cardiovascular diseases. In 2015, she transitioned to the field of forensic science at NAUSS, where she now specializes in advancing forensic DNA analysis. She teaches cytogenetics, biostatistics, and bioinformatics, and supervises master's theses on diverse topics including forensic applications of Next-Generation Sequencing, X-STR analysis in Saudi populations, mitochondrial DNA, and the role of circulating DNA in criminal justice and oncology. Her research is dedicated to improving the performance and productivity of DNA testing. Her forward-looking program aims to develop forensic DNA databases, statistical software, and advanced methods for analyzing challenging samples. A key focus is validating NGS technologies to recover reliable genetic information from degraded and ancient DNA. Complementing her scientific work, she is a certified expert in academic quality assurance, with experience developing institutional standards and managing accreditation processes. She has also served as an expert with the UN-NAUSS Regional Expertise Center for Combating Drugs and Crime.

Hirak Ranjan Dash 是印度布巴內斯瓦爾的中央科技與管理大學法醫生物學與生物技術副教授，並隸屬於國立法醫科學大學。他在進入學術界之前，曾擔任印度中央邦法醫科學實驗室的法醫DNA專家。他利用DNA指紋技術檢查了超過1000個案件。他的研究興趣包括DNA指紋、微生物法醫學、微生物組分析、下一代測序和線粒體DNA分析。他在各種同行評審的期刊上發表了超過60篇研究論文，並在生物技術的各個領域撰寫了14本書籍。他是國際法醫遺傳學會、印度微生物學會和亞洲生物技術聯盟的終身會員。他曾擔任《PLOS One》、《人類生物學年鑑》、《科學報告》和其他幾本期刊的審稿人。他是印度在基於NGS的法醫DNA分析方面的首席科學家，並在2021-2024年期間被列入全球前2%的科學家名單。

Noora Rashid Al-Snan 是一位傑出的法醫DNA分析師，擁有超過18年的刑事調查經驗。她於2008年加入巴林王國內政部，目前擔任刑事調查與法醫科學總局生物與DNA法醫實驗室的負責人。她獲得了分子醫學博士學位，專攻醫學遺傳學，該學位由阿拉伯海灣大學與沙烏地阿拉伯利雅德的奈夫阿拉伯安全科學大學合作頒發。她的博士研究專注於巴林人口的DNA分型。她還獲得了醫學生物技術碩士學位，專攻基因工程和重組蛋白，並在科威特大學獲得分子生物學和生物化學的學士學位。在她的職業生涯中，她在解決多起涉及恐怖主義、搶劫和謀殺的高調案件中發揮了關鍵作用。她的專業知識和領導能力在國際上得到了認可，2023年她和她的團隊因在巴林炸彈案件中的工作而獲得HIDS會議的年度DNA命中獎，由Gordon Thomas Honeywell頒發。作為法醫科學社群的活躍貢獻者，她經常代表內政部在國際會議和研討會上擔任演講者和代表。她是多篇同行評審出版物的通訊作者，並與領先的學術出版商合作撰寫作品。她的研究興趣包括從複雜基質（如RDX-C4炸藥、牙齒、骨骼和蛆）中回收DNA的創新方法，以及法醫DNA情報的進展和血緣關係在家庭DNA搜尋中的影響。她致力於推進人力資源發展、持續教育，以及將人工智慧和機器學習整合到法醫工作流程中，並持續進行法醫科學的研究與發展。

Safia Abdessalem Messaoudi 是一位突尼西亞的分子生物學與遺傳學副教授，任職於沙烏地阿拉伯利雅德的奈夫阿拉伯安全科學大學。她於2013年在突尼西亞的莫納斯提爾大學獲得生物技術和生物科學的博士學位。她的研究生涯始於醫學遺傳學，專注於心血管疾病的分子診斷標記。2015年，她轉向法醫科學領域，並在NAUSS專注於推進法醫DNA分析。她教授細胞遺傳學、生物統計學和生物信息學，並指導多個主題的碩士論文，包括下一代測序的法醫應用、沙烏地人口的X-STR分析、線粒體DNA，以及循環DNA在刑事司法和腫瘤學中的作用。她的研究致力於提高DNA測試的性能和生產力。她的前瞻性計劃旨在開發法醫DNA數據庫、統計軟體和分析挑戰樣本的先進方法。重點是驗證NGS技術，以從降解和古老的DNA中回收可靠的遺傳信息。除了她的科學工作外，她還是一位經過認證的學術質量保證專家，擁有制定機構標準和管理認證流程的經驗。她還曾擔任聯合國-NAUSS打擊毒品和犯罪區域專家中心的專家。