Michelle Harvey
Australian forensic scientist
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Michelle Louise Harvey is an Australian forensic scientist specialising in forensic entomology (use of insects in the investigation of crimes).
Education
Harvey completed her PhD / Master of Forensic Science degree in 2006 at the Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and graduated in March 2007.[1]
Career
From 2006 to 2012 Harvey was a senior lecturer in forensic biology at the University of Portsmouth,[2][3] researching molecular relationships between forensically important Calliphoridae.[1]
She returned to Australia to continue her research at Deakin University in Geelong.[4]
Her research utilises insect DNA to identify maggots, which aids in estimating the time since death.[3][5][6]
Other activities
Harvey has published extensively on her research and has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences.[citation needed] She is also active in promoting science through public speaking engagements and media appearances.[citation needed]
Honours and awards
- 2001/2002: Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (University of Pretoria, South Africa)[1]
- 2003: Sir Keith Murdoch Fellow of the American Australian Association (graduate research at the Anthropological Research Facility (known as the Body Farm) in Knoxville, Tennessee)[3][1]
- 2004: Brownes Western Australian Woman of the Year in Science[1]
- 2013: Winston Churchill Fellowship