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Researchers from Amsterdam UMC, the Co van Ledden Hulsebosch Center at the UvA and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), have developed a new method for determining the time of death at a crime scene with much ...

The Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI) of the University of Amsterdam invites you to apply for a PhD position in forensic statistics.

On June 5, 2020 we will continue our Frontiers of Forensic Science Sessions online. The lecture series has the ambition for providing a platform for scientific exchange and discussion about relevant forensic topics. ...

Analytical chemists from the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam are taking the next step in unravelling the molecular composition of complex samples such as drug delivery systems, explosives, ...

The CLHC will attend the upcoming AAFS 2020 conference in Anaheim, California. This edition of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences will be chaired by UvA professor and NFI expert Zeno Geradts. For this special ...

The Forensic Laboratory of the Dutch National Police in Amsterdam is celebrating the appointment on January 1, 1920 of Co Van Ledden Hulsebosch. The Co van Ledden Hulsebosch Center (CLHC) was named in his honour.

We started off the new decade with some new, very interesting, projects for Students Master Theses.

We hereby kindly invite you to the first Frontiers of Forensic Science (FFS) session of the 2019/2020 Academic Year! As always this first session offers a special occasion to celebrate a new academic year of ...

Take a look at this unique opportunity.

On September 13th and October 25, 2019 the CLHC hosts two very interesting events:

We hereby kindly invite you to the final Frontiers of Forensic Science (FFS) session of the 2018/2019 Academic Year! This edition will take place at the VU O2 Building on Friday, June 7th from 14:30-18:00 in the ...

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The criminal justice system in The Netherlands is facing the challenge of having to correctly identify an increasing number of new illicit drugs. To provide accurate and valuable chemical information in criminal ...

Zeno Geradts, Professor by Special Appointment of Forensic Data Science at the University of Amsterdam's Informatics Institute and forensic data scientist at the Netherlands Forensic Institute coordinated a forensic ...

The facility has 3 laser ablation systems, 3 ICP-MS (Agilent 7700, Thermo Element 2, and Perkin Elmer ELAN DRC II), an ICP-OES, a Milestone Ethos-UP microwave, and a JEOL SEM-EDS with an iXRF source, as well as ...

Two case studies of multiple objects from the Rijksmuseum's collection will be performed. The objects are supposedly related to historical events concerning Ernst Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz (1573-1632) and his ...

As announced on our Symposium, our next FFS Session is at HvA

The training/course is open for PhD students and "early stage researchers", COST grants may be available (up to a maximum number). The lectures are also open for Forensic BSc and MSc students. However, for BSc and ...

At this moment we no longer accept online registrations. Send us an email if you want to be on our waiting list.

The annual report lists the forensic science, education and outreach achievements of the Amsterdam Center for Forensic Science and Medicine.