[cold_lab] integrates academic research with operational forensic practice — specialising in DNA analysis, decomposition science, and the structured review of unsolved homicide and sexual offence cases.
explore our research →research areas
trace analysis, transfer, persistence, and recovery of forensic biological evidence in complex case contexts.
read more →international collaborative network for review of unsolved cases — applying contemporary science to historical evidence.
read more →applied research into decomposition processes, taphonomy, and environmental forensic signals.
read more →research-led teaching in forensic science — training the next generation of practitioners and investigators.
read more →[cold_lab] is the research and consultancy initiative of Dr Brendan Chapman, forensic scientist and associate professor at Murdoch University's School of Medical, Molecular & Forensic Sciences.
we work with investigators, victim advocates, and research partners to bring rigorous, contemporary forensic science to cases that need it most.
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