Just Science Episode on Single-shot Detection of Gunshot Residue Released

In Episode Four of the 2019 R&D season – Just a Single Shot – Just Science interviewed Dr. Suzanne Bell, professor and chair of the Department of Forensic and Investigative Science at West Virginia University. Dr. Bell discusses a method for consistent single-shot detection of organic and inorganic gunshot residue.

Smaller crime labs often face a lack of resources and don't have the funds for the most current equipment used in the detection of gunshot residue. With that in mind, Dr. Bell and her team have created a way to detect GSR using a machine already found in most toxicology departments: a liquid chromatography mass spectrometer. Listen along as she discusses a method for using LC/MS to detect organic and inorganic gunshot residues from the same sample.
Visit https://forensiccoe.org/just-science-podcast/ to listen.