Earlier this year, Fiona Brookman won £200,000 from the Leverhulme Trust to study the use of science and technology in murder investigations. She tells Safya Khan-Ruf that it was her enthusiasm for the subject that convinced the panel.
After starting her research career later in life, Brookman received a masters and a PhD from Cardiff University and is now a professor of criminology at the University of South Wales. She won £200,000 from the Leverhulme Trust in June and is working with police forces in the UK and the United States to see what processes and practices they use.
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