Glen P. Jackson, Ph.D., ABC-DA, MCSFS, FAAFS, FRSC
Professor, Ming Hsieh Distinguished Professor of Forensic & Investigative Science
Categorized As
Specialties: Research/Graduate Faculty, Forensic Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Seized Drug Analysis, and Arson and Explosives Analysis
Research Interests
Dr. Jackson’s research includes mass spectrometry instrumentation development,
forensic and biological applications of mass spectrometry and forensic applications
of isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Forensic-related research has included chemical
analysis of human hair, seized drug analyses, ignitable liquid residue analyses,
explosives analyses and synthetic cannabinoid analyses. His group's research has
appeared in ~95 publications, >200 conference and university
presentations and three issued patents. As a PI or Co-PI at OHIO and WVU, Dr. Jackson
has helped secure more than $5M in state and federal funding. More information on
the Jackson group can be found on his group’s website.
Background
Dr. Jackson joined the faculty of WVU in the fall of 2012 as a Ming Hsieh
Distinguished Professor of Forensic and Investigative Science. He also holds a joint
appointment in the C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry. He is a certified Drug Analyst with the American Board of Criminalistics (ABC-DA), a Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Dr. Jackson earned a BS (Hons) degree in Chemical
and Analytical Science from the University of Wales Swansea (UK), an MS degree in
Analytical Chemistry from Ohio University (OHIO), and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry
from West Virginia University (WVU). He completed a 2-year postdoc at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory (ORNL) before joining the chemistry faculty at Ohio University
in 2004. He was the Director of the FEPAC-accredited Forensic Chemistry Program
at Ohio University from 2009-12 where he received an NSF CAREER Award, a distinguished
public speaking award, and a transformative faculty award before his return to WVU
in 2012.
Additional Information
Dr. Jackson is the Co-Founder and Co-Editor-In-Chief of the Elsevier Journal,
Forensic Chemistry, which published its first volume in the summer of 2016. From 2014-17, he
served a three-year term on the NIST OSAC subcommittee on Seized Drugs. Dr. Jackson has chaired several
committees and conferences related to forensic science, including the Forensic and
Security Interest Group for American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), the ASMS Ion trap Interest Group, the 2015 Sanibel Conference on Forensic and Security Applications of Mass Spectrometry,
the 2015 SciX Conference, and the 2025 ASMS Asilomar Conference on Security and Forensic Applications of Mass Spectrometry. He served as Secretary of
the Executive Committee and Governing Board of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry
and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) from 2017-2020.
He has taught numerous workshops to practicing forensic
professionals and is an active forensic chemistry consultant through AuthentiCHEM,
LLC, his consulting company. He has appeared on Nancy Grace Live, Forensic Files
II (Season 2, Episode 7, “Incendiary”), Sundance TV, OXYGEN Channel’s
Accident, Suicide, or Murder (Season 5, Episode 20, “Small Town Justice”), and his published research on trace human remains
once formed a story line in Law and Order SVU (Season 10, Episode 21, "Liberties").
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