Forensic anthropologist

Arpad Alexander V* (born August 30, 1959) is a research scientist and forensic anthropologist. He is also a teaching *ociate with the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, which is part of the University of Tennessee's Ins*ute for Public Service.

V* is the son of a Hungarian immigrant. He grew up in Arlington, Virginia, where he graduated from Yorktown High School in 1977. He is married to Victoria Ann Longo and they have two sons.

Contents

• 1 Education and research
• 2 Selected publications
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Education and research

In 1980, V* obtained the Antarctic Exploration certification from Scripps Ins*ution of Oceanography. The following year, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Virginia Tech. In 1984, V* earned a Medical Technology degree from Fairfax Hospital. He earned a Masters of Science degree in Forensic Science from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1989, and he obtained his PhD from the University of Tennessee in anthropology.

V* is developing a forensic science technique called "decomposition odor *ysis", or "DOA", which he claims will help to identify the over 400 body vapors which emanate from a decaying and decomposing human body. A database of such vapors would in theory enable the Federal Bureau of Investigation's search teams and cadaver dogs (Human Remains Detection dogs) to detect the location of remains of human beings. The database is a part of the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility. These dogs train in the same method as narcotic dogs can sniff out graves of buried human remains.

V* has also put forward a proposal to search out human remains with the use of a fly with a tracking chip.

V* is developing a forensic tool to help detect and uncover forensic cases. The Forensic Anthropology Facility, located behind the UT Medical Center in Knoxville, affords scientists with bodies which have been willed to the study of forensic science and research. The molecular signature of body decomposition odor may be detected by *ytical equipment or electronic body sniffer which is being researched by V*.

Selected publications

• V*, Arpad A (November 2001). "Beyond the grave – understanding human decomposition" (PDF). Microbiology Today. Spencers Wood: Society for General Microbiology. 28: 190–192. ISSN:1464-0570.
• V*, Arpad A; et:al. (September 1992). "Time since death determinations of human cadavers using soil solution". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 37 (5): 1236–1253. doi:10.1520/JFS13311J. ISSN:0022-1198. PMID:1402750.
• V*, Arpad A; et:al. (May 2002). "Decomposition chemistry of human remains: a new methodology for determining the postmortem interval". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 47 (3): 542–553. doi:10.1520/JFS15294J. ISSN:0022-1198. PMID:12051334.

See also

• Forensic entomological decomposition

References

External links

• Curriculum Vitae for Arpad V*
• Anthropology Dissertation of Arpad V*