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Research Topic Description, including Problem Statement:

 Deposited friction ridge detail (i.e. finger or palm marks) are often recovered from crime scenes/ and/or objects, in order to assist with forensic investigations. However, determining the age of a fingermark remains a challenge, as current methods lack accuracy and reliability in estimating the age of fingermarks. Being able to reliably age a fingermark would be extremely valuable to a broad range of investigations as it provides a timeframe of events. There is also an opportunity to evaluate transfer and persistence in combination with the aging of fingermarks. 

Example Approaches: 

The approaches to tackling this problem can be broad but commonly include identifying a chemical change as a function of time and using a form of spectroscopic analysis to measure it i.e. mass spectrometry. This approach would leverage the precision of mass spectrometry to detect and analyze the chemical changes in fingermarks over time, in order to determine their age. This is only one example of an approach, with more indepth studies being envisaged

Key Words: Forensics, Fingerprint, Fingermark, Visualization, Detection, Enhancement, Fingerprint analysis, Aging.

Postdoc Eligibility

• U.S. citizens only
• Ph.D. in a relevant field must be completed before beginning the appointment and within five years of the appointment start date
• Proposal must be associated with an accredited U.S. university, college, or U.S. government laboratory
• Eligible candidates may only receive one award from the IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program

Research Advisor Eligibility

• Must be an employee of an accredited U.S. university, college or U.S. government laboratory
• Are not required to be U.S. citizens

• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Only
• Degree: Doctoral Degree.
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