Dr Craig D. Adam

Title: Course Director Forensic Science
Phone: (+44) 01782 7 33854
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Location: Lennard-Jones 1.47
Role: Course Director in Forensic Science
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I graduated with BSc(Hons) in physics from Edinburgh University in 1976 and DPhil from the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University in 1979. My doctoral work there utilised ENDOR spectroscopy to study atomic magnetism in solids. I then worked for seven years at Unilever Research, Port Sunlight Laboratory, in the area of x-ray scattering (both small and wide angle) from a wide range of materials from minerals to micellar systems.

A transition back to academic work followed through a lectureship in physics at Staffordshire University where I became head of physics in 1995, then head of natural sciences (chemistry, geology and physics) in 1998. In this role I led the initial development of forensic science degrees at Staffordshire.

In 2001 I joined the academic staff at Keele where I was director of undergraduate studies in physics before committing myself principally to forensic science from 2004. My textbook “Essential Mathematics and Statistics for Forensic Science” was published in 2010. I am a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a Member of the Forensic Science Society.

My core areas of expertise which lie at the interface between physics and chemistry, are crystallography, materials characterisation, diffraction and spectroscopy, computational physics and simulation.  In the recent past I have worked on cement systems though my current interests now focus on the chemical analytical characterisation of forensic evidence and the subsequent application of multivariate statistics to discriminate and individualise forensic materials.

The results of work on UV-vis spectroscopy of inks has been published and, more recently, methods have been developed for the interpretation of in-situ luminescence spectroscopy in the discrimination of black ballpoint pen ink-lines on paper. I have expertise and broad interests in the physico-chemical analysis of forensic materials. I am a member of the EPSAM research institute.

Selected Publications

  • Adam CD. 2013. Experimental and theoretical studies of the spreading of bloodstains on painted surfaces. Forensic Sci Int, vol. 229(1-3), 66-74. link> doi>
  • Moore HE, Adam CD, Drijfhout FP. 2012. Potential Use of Hydrocarbons for Aging Lucilia sericata Blowfly Larvae to Establish the Postmortem Interval. J Forensic Sci. link> doi>
  • Adam CD. 2012. Fundamental studies of bloodstain formation and characteristics. Forensic Sci Int, vol. 219(1-3), 76-87. link> doi>
  • Adam C. 2010. Essential Mathematics and Statistics for Forensic Science. Wiley.
  • Adam CD. 2008. In situ luminescence spectroscopy with multivariate analysis for the discrimination of black ballpoint pen ink-lines on paper. Forensic Sci Int, vol. 182(1-3), 27-34. link> doi>

Full Publications List show

Books

  • Adam C. 2010. Essential Mathematics and Statistics for Forensic Science. Wiley.

Journal Articles

  • Adam CD. 2013. Experimental and theoretical studies of the spreading of bloodstains on painted surfaces. Forensic Sci Int, vol. 229(1-3), 66-74. link> doi>
  • Moore HE, Adam CD, Drijfhout FP. 2012. Potential Use of Hydrocarbons for Aging Lucilia sericata Blowfly Larvae to Establish the Postmortem Interval. J Forensic Sci. link> doi>
  • Adam CD. 2012. Fundamental studies of bloodstain formation and characteristics. Forensic Sci Int, vol. 219(1-3), 76-87. link> doi>
  • Adam CD. 2008. In situ luminescence spectroscopy with multivariate analysis for the discrimination of black ballpoint pen ink-lines on paper. Forensic Sci Int, vol. 182(1-3), 27-34. link> doi>
  • Adam CD, Sherratt SL, Zholobenko VL. 2008. Classification and individualization of black ballpoint pen inks using principal component analysis of UV-vis absorption spectra. Forensic Sci Int, vol. 174(1), 16-25. link> doi>
  • Adam CD. 2003. Atomistic Modelling of the Hydration of CaSO\u4. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. doi>
  • Barnett SJ, Halliwell MA, Crammond NJ, Adam CD, Jackson ARW. 2002. Study of thaumasite and ettringite phases formed in sulfate/blast furnace slag slurries using XRD full pattern fitting. CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES, vol. 24(3-4), 339-346. link> doi>
  • Barnett SJ, Adam CD, Jackson ARW. 2001. An XRPD profile fitting investigation of the solid solution between ettringite, Ca6Al2(SO4)(3)(OH)(12)center dot 26H(2)O, and carbonate ettringite, Ca6Al2(CO3)(3)(OH) (12)center dot 26H(2)O. CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH, vol. 31(1), 13-17. link> doi>
  • Barnett SJ, Adam CD, Jackson ARW. 2001. Cement and Concrete Research. An XRPD profile investigation of the solid solution between ettringite, Ca\d6\uA1\d2\u(SO\d4\u)\d3\u(OH)\d12.\u26H\d2\uO and carbonate ettringite, Ca\d6\uA1\d2\u(CO\d3\u)\d3\u(OH)\d12\u.26H\d2\uO, vol. 31(1), 13-17.
  • Barnett SJ, Adam CD, Jackson ARW. 2000. Solid solutions between ettringite, Ca6Al2(SO4)(3)(OH)(12)center dot 26H(2)O, and thaumasite, Ca3SiSO4CO3(OH)(6)center dot 12H(2)O. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, vol. 35(16), 4109-4114. link> doi>
  • Barnett SJ, Adam CD, Jackson ARW, Hywel-Evans PD. 1999. Identification and characterisation of thaumasite by XRPD techniques. CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES, vol. 21(2), 123-128. link> doi>
  • Roome CM and Adam CD. 1995. Crystallite orientation and anisotropic strains in thermally sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings. Biomaterials, vol. 16(9), 691-696. link> doi>
  • MICHOPOULOS Y, ADAM C, LESLIE M. 1991. ATOM ATOM POTENTIALS AND THE CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE SIMULATION OF LONG LINEAR-CHAIN CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS. MOLECULAR PHYSICS, vol. 72(4), 899-909. link> doi>
  • Butcher JB, Moore HE, Day CR, Adam CD, Drijfhout FP. Artificial Neural Network analysis of hydrocarbon profiles for the ageing of Lucilia sericata for Post Mortem Interval estimation. Analytica Chimica Acta.

Other

  • ROOME C and ADAM C. 1995. SYNCHROTRON-RADIATION POWDER DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF THERMALLY DEPOSITED COATINGS OF HYDROXYLAPATITE. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS (vol. 97, pp. 308-311). link> doi>
  • CHE-00033 Crime, Science and Investigation (FY elective) (module leader)

Level 1

  • CHE-10039 Forensic Science Principles (module leader)
  • CHE-10037 Forensic Analysis
  • CHE-10040 Crime, Science and Investigation (Elective) (module leader)
  • EDU-10057 Properties of Materials (module leader)

Level2

  • CHE-20010 Criminalistic Methods (module leader)
  • CHE-20019 Crime, Science and Investigation (Elective (module leader)

Level 3

  • CHE-30010 Forensic Science Team Project
  • CHE-30012 Trace Evidence Analysis and Evaluation
  • CHE-30028 Interpretation, Presentation and Evaluation of Evidence (module leader)

Level 4

  • EDU-40053 Molecular Theory