Lisa Avenell BSc. (Hons)
Specialism: forensic biology
Lisa began her career as a forensic biologist with the Forensic Science Service at their London Laboratory in 2002. As a member of the homicide team, she gained experience in dealing with murder cases and crimes of a most serious nature from early on in her career. After moving to Forensic Alliance (now LGC Forensics) in 2005 Lisa progressed to the level of Lead Scientist, dealing with a full range of case types involving biological evidence, including a number of high profile and very complex cases. She was a Registered Forensic Practitioner with the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP), until it ceased trading on 31 March 2009.
Lisa's forensic science expertise:
- directing and conducting detailed examination of items such as clothing and weapons for all types of biological evidence;
- interpretation of blood patterns on clothing and weapons;
- interpretation of DNA profiling results, including complex mixtures of DNA and the results of High Sensitivity Profiling techniques such as Low Copy Number (LCN) and Enhanced 3100 analysis;
- assessment and interpretation of scientific findings within the context of the case;
- preparation and presentation of written and oral evidence to Courts of Law.
Lisa has a great deal of experience in recovering biological material from components of incendiary/explosive devices (detonated and un-detonated). She also has an avid interest and understanding in the use of non-human DNA evidence in the investigation of crime.
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