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My CV
School:
Norwich School, Norfolk (1986-1992)
University:
Royal Holloway University of London BSc Geology (1992-1996) & Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh) PhD Applied Engineering (1998-2002)
Work History:
Worked as a geophysicist in Mold, North Wales and as a researcher at Liverpool University before coming to Keele
Employer:
Keele University
Current Job:
Lecturer in Applied Geosciences, which includes forensic science. Teach, research and do active case search jobs for buried material
Jamie Pringle
wow! Me and mark dead heated, cool eh! Thanks for everyone who was involved, especially my fellow scientsts and the mods!
Favourite Thing: Doing fieldwork, it’s great to work outdoors, investigating something new and collecting data!
Me and my work
Lecturing, research and doing searches for buried material
Work is very varied, I could be lecturing on science, or giving a talk at a school one day, to research projects with students or active searches for buried things 
. Buried items could be cleared building foundations, illegal waste material or buried weapons. Sometimes I get asked for advice from search investigators to assist with detection of forensic material, the most high profile being graves of murder victims. I normally use geophysical techniques, which can tell where material is buried given the right ground conditions. See this web-link if you are interested: www.physics.org/featuredetail.asp?id=59
What I'd do with the money
I’d buy 5 dead pigs, bury them to continue research into detecting graves of murder victims and allow students access of the data!
I have been busy making simulated crime scenes, so I can try different detection equipment to work out what is best for what target 
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Targets vary from de-activated hand grenades to simulated murder victims using pigs. We arent allowed to use humans in the UK, so pigs are a good substitute. Follow this link if interested: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7730596.stm
I will monitor this via a blog and let students and teachers access data, as I already do for graveyards, available on the FreshScience website (https://ecpd.slcs.ac.uk/FreshScience/)
My Interview
My profile link:
http://forensicm11.imascientist.org.uk/profile/jamiepringle/
Short link: http://ias.im/u.6892
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