FLOWER POWER - Experiences in Forensic Botany
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March 9, 2021
Location: via ZOOM lecture
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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2021-03-09 19:00:00
2021-03-09 20:30:00
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FLOWER POWER - Experiences in Forensic Botany
Speaker: Rolf Mathewes
Since 1986, Rolf has been involved in criminal and other legal investigations, using macroscopic plant remains and microscopic pollen and spores as trace evidence in homicides and other cases, including an indigenous land claim. His academic background in paleobotany and pollen analysis preadapted Rolf for investigations involving the fragmented and small plant parts that often turn up in police investigations. Rolf will review some basic principles and history of forensic botany, and then focus on his experiences with some real cases in British Columbia. His “signature case” is the murder of Heather Thomas in 2000 in Cloverdale, and the role of plant evidence in convicting the murderer.
Rolf Mathewes is a full professor of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University, and served as the Associate Dean of Science between 2000 and 2011. He received a BSc in Biology from SFU in 1969 and a PhD in Botany from the University of British Columbia in 1973.
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Speaker: Rolf Mathewes
Since 1986, Rolf has been involved in criminal and other legal investigations, using macroscopic plant remains and microscopic pollen and spores as trace evidence in homicides and other cases, including an indigenous land claim. His academic background in paleobotany and pollen analysis preadapted Rolf for investigations involving the fragmented and small plant parts that often turn up in police investigations. Rolf will review some basic principles and history of forensic botany, and then focus on his experiences with some real cases in British Columbia. His “signature case” is the murder of Heather Thomas in 2000 in Cloverdale, and the role of plant evidence in convicting the murderer.
Rolf Mathewes is a full professor of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University, and served as the Associate Dean of Science between 2000 and 2011. He received a BSc in Biology from SFU in 1969 and a PhD in Botany from the University of British Columbia in 1973.
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