Dr. Trevor Stamper is Director of the Forensic Sciences Program at Purdue University. Dr. Stamper's interests include improving accuracy in post-mortem interval estimations for vertebrate carrion. Since his arrival at Purdue University in 2013, his goal has been to advance the Forensic Program using current molecular biology techniques and building a multi-disciplinary major research-focused around death investigation. Dr. Stamper earned his PhD in Biology from the University of Cincinnati and previously taught at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. Patrick Jones is the former forensic lab director and forensic science coordinator at Purdue University.

He currently teaches courses on forensic science at Purdue and has taught graduate courses in forensic lasers and alternate light sources, forensic digital imaging, as well as undergraduate courses in crime scene investigation, evidence collection techniques, and scene documentation. He is a former deputy coroner with the White County Indiana Coroner¿s Office as well as a retired Cook County (Illinois) sheriff¿s police investigator with 21 years of service. His service assignments include 15 years as a crime scene investigator (CSI). He has a BS degree from Pacific Western University and an MS degree from LaSalle University.