Forensics Graduate Makes Her Mark At 'Fingerprint Conference'
12 April 2012
Ellen Stone with Dr Ian Turner, Assistant Subject Head of Forensic Science on graduation day.
After graduating I landed my dream job - a Forensic Intelligence Analyst and I'm now working as a mobile phone forensic examiner
”Graduate Ellen Stone.
A University of Derby graduate, who is now forging a career with the Derbyshire Constabulary, will present her research on fingerprint analysis at a national conference of forensic scientists on 14 April..
Ellen Stone, 25, graduated from the University with a BSc (Hons) Forensic Science degree. During her degree, Ellen carried out a detailed research project into the minimum number of characteristics needed from a fingerprint to make a reliable match, using the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS), Ident1.
The paper was so highly regarded by Ellen's University lecturers and employers at Derbyshire Constabulary that it was nominated for, and won, the Fingerprint Society's Haque Bose Practitioner Award - which recognised a contribution to furthering understanding of the uses of forensic identification - and was subsequently published in its journal, Fingerprint Whorld in July 2011. Ellen has now been invited to present the paper at the Fingerprint Society's Annual Conference taking place at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick.
An enthusiasm for fingerprint analysis has led to a successful career for Ellen, who, since graduating, has been putting her knowledge to excellent use working for the Derbyshire Constabulary.
Ellen said: "Undertaking this research project during my degree and whilst working in the Fingerprint Bureau led me to become really interested in fingerprint analysis. After graduating I landed my dream job - a Forensic Intelligence Analyst and I'm now working as a mobile phone forensic examiner.
"I was really surprised and delighted to be invited to speak at the conference and I will be excited to hear other experts' views on it."
Dr Ian Turner, Assistant Subject Head of Forensic Science at the University of Derby, said: "We are really proud of how well received Ellen's research was by the Fingerprint Society, and of course how well her career has progressed since she graduated. We recently welcomed her back to speak to our current forensic science students, and she really inspired them."
For more information on the Fingerprint Society visit website www.fpsociety.org.uk
For more information please contact Press & PR Officer Joanna Colburn on 01332 593004 or 07775 036988, or email j.colburn@derby.ac.uk
