Women in Forensic Science

Join Tracy Alexander and Shoe Lane Library for a talk of women in forensic science.

Tracy Alexander has worked in forensic science since 1992. Her original post with the Metropolitan Police Service Directorate of Forensic Services incorporated fingerprint expertise and crime scene skills after which she progressed to working on major homicide investigations. Her last role with the Met was head of the Forensic Intelligence Bureau where she worked on multiple projects including the National Ballistics Intelligence Service and DNA search tools for mass fatalities.

Her current post is Director of Forensic Services at the City of London Police, which comprises digital forensic investigation, coronial investigations, scenes of crime, crime scene management, fingerprint bureau and chemical enhancement laboratory. Having been involved in some significant operations she is a specialist in disaster victim identification and mass fatality events.

Tracy is a Fellow of King’s College London, a Fellow of Exeter, the immediate past President of the British Academy of Forensic Scientists, an advisory panel member of Inside Justice and a member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Scientists as well as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.

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