Forensic Scientist / Associate Professor

Office: 302 Biochemistry Hall

Mailing Address:

103 Entomology Hall

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Department of Entomology

Lincoln, NE

68583-0816

Phone: (402) 472-8285

Fax: (402) 472-4687

E-Mail: DCARTER2@UNL.EDU

1. B.S. Anthropology, University of Idaho, USA
2. M.Sc. Forensic Archaeology, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
3. Ph.D. Biochemistry, James Cook University, Australia

• FORS 120 Introduction to Forensic Science
• FORS 120L Introduction to Forensic Science Laboratory
• FORS 200 Forensic Science Seminar
• FORS 300 Forensic Taphonomy
• FORS 485 Current Issues in Forensic Science
• FORS 820 Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation

Relevant Publications:

1. Fujikawa A, Barksdale L, Higley LG, Carter DO (2011) Changes in the morphology and presumptive chemistry of impact and pooled bloodstain patterns by Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Forensic Sciences 56:1315-1318.
2. Spicka A, Johnson R, Bushing J, Higley LG, Carter DO (2011) Carcass mass can regulate rate of decomposition and release of ninhydrin-reactive nitrogen into gravesoil. Forensic Science International 209:80-85.
3. Striman B, Fujikawa A, Barksdale L, Carter DO (2011) Alteration of expirated bloodstain patterns by Calliphora vicina and Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) through ingestion and deposition of artifacts. Journal of Forensic Sciences 56:S123-S127.
4. Carter DO, Yellowlees D, TIbbett M (2010) Moisture can be the dominant environmental parameter governing cadaver decomposition in soil. Forensic Science International 200:60-66.
5. Van Belle LE, Carter DO, Forbes SL (2009) Measurement of ninhydrin reactive nitrogen influx into gravesoil during aboveground and belowground carcass (Sus domesticus) decomposition. Forensic Science International. 193:37-41.
6. Fujikawa A, Barksdale L, Carter DO (2009) Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and their ability to alter the morphology and presumptive chemistry of bloodstain patterns. Journal of Forensic Identification 59:502-512.
7. Carter DO, Filippi J, Higley LG, Huntington TE, Okoye MI, Scriven M, Bliemeister J (2009) Using ninhydrin to reconstruct a disturbed outdoor death scene. Journal of Forensic Identification 59:190-195.
8. Benninger LA, Carter DO, Forbes SL (2008) The biochemical alteration of soil beneath a decomposing carcass. Forensic Science International 180:70-75.
9. Huntington TE, Carter DO, Higley LG (2008) Testing multigenerational colonization of carrion by blow flies in the Great Plains. Great Plains Research. 18:33-38.
10. Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M (2008) Using ninhydrin to detect gravesoil. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 53:397-400.
11. Carter DO, Yellowlees D, Tibbett M (2007) Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. Naturwissenschaften, 94:12-24.
12. Carter DO, Tibbett M (2006) The decomposition of skeletal muscle tissue (Ovis aries) in a sandy loam soil incubated at different temperatures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38:1139-1145.
13. Tibbett M, Carter DO, Haslam T, Major R, Haslam R (2004) A laboratory incubation method for determining the rate of microbiological degradation of skeletal muscle tissue in soil. Journal of Forensic Sciences 49:560-565.
14. Carter DO, Tibbett M (2003) Taphonomic mycota: fungi with forensic potential. Journal of Forensic Sciences 48:168-171.