Chemistry News Archive

Forensic Nexus Q/A Session with a Forensic Chemistry expert and professor! August 22, 2011,  Forensic Nexus Forensic Nexus would like to introduce you to Dr. John G. Rankin, a Forensic Chemistry professor at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Dr. Rankin kindly agreed to being interviewed by Forensic Nexus to… Read More

UNOFFICIAL NOTICE OF INTENT TO HIRE- PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO INTERESTED PARTIES The United States Postal Service’s National Forensic Laboratory has been granted permission to fill a variety of forensic analyst positions, including two forensic chemist positions. One position is a forensic drug chemist and one is a trace evidence chemist. Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 10, 2011 Contact: Mary Thomasson, Public Information Officer, Marshall University Forensic Science Center 304-691-8961 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dr. J. Graham Rankin, a forensic chemistry professor in Marshall University’s Forensic Science graduate program, has been selected as chair-elect of… Read More

Marshall University has received a $540,752 grant from the National Institute of Justice for a two-year project to study factors that affect interpretation of data by fire debris analysts and to develop a computer program to aid in interpretation. Dr. J. Graham Rankin, a professor of forensic chemistry in the Forensic Science Graduate Program at Marshall, is conducting the study, which began January 1, 2011. Read More