Jim Dunlop BSc, MSc
Specialism: forensic biology, DNA profiling, blood pattern analysis, textile fibres & crime scene examinations and reconstruction
Jim is a forensic biologist with over 30 years of experience of work in forensic laboratories and at crime scenes, with a particular expertise in forensic DNA profiling. He also has extensive experience of interpreting blood patterns at crime scenes.
He started his forensic science career with Strathclyde Police as a forensic biologist and subsequently moved to Frankfurt in Germany as a forensic biologist with the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory. In the early 90s he moved back to Scotland to become Head of Biology for the Tayside Police Forensic Science Laboratory in Dundee. In 2009 he became Interim Head of Operations for the Tayside laboratory, now managed by the Scottish Police Services Authority, before leaving the service in 2011.
During his career as a forensic biologist Jim has worked on a large number of cases including many of them complex and some high profile in nature, and has attended a large number of crime scenes. In 1991 he was responsible for establishing and attaining accreditation for Tayside Police’s first DNA profiling laboratory, and over the years has specialised in the forensic use of DNA profiling techniques, DNA interpretation and evaluation . In addition he has also specialised in the forensic examination of textile fibres.
Jim has also a great deal of expertise at presenting his evidence in Criminal Courts (both Civil and Military).
Details of Jim’s forensic expertise:
Jim's forensic science expertise:
- the interpretation of blood patterns at crime scenes, and on clothing and weapons
- the recovery of trace evidence
- directing and conducting detailed laboratory work on exhibits and samples, including:
- body fluids, including blood, semen and saliva
- DNA analysis including SGM+ and the interpretation of complex DNA mixtures
- the interpretation of damage to clothing and other items, including comparison of weapons to damage to clothing
- the recovery, examination and analysis of textile fibres and the evaluation of textile fibre evidence
- interpretation and assessment of the significance of scientific findings in the context of the case and the preparation and presentation of both written and oral evidence to Courts of Law.
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