Tag: Hair Samples

Diane Beauchemin, Queen’s University – Hair Sample Forensic Advances

Oct 13, 2014

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Academic Minute

in Chemistry, Forensics

Criminals better start wearing hairnets! Dr. Diane Beauchemin, a chemist at Queen’s University in Canada, is furthering forensic hair identification techniques. Diane Beauchemin studied at l’Université de Montréal where she obtained a B.Sc. in 1980, followed by a Ph.D. in 1984 under the supervision of Joseph Hubert. She then became a Research Associate in the…