Glen P. Jackson, Ph.D.
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 ~80 publications, >120 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 and an adjunct position in the Department
of Biology.
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 and SciX Conference 2015. He currently serves as
Secretary of the Executive Committee and Governing Board of the Federation of
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS).
He has taught numerous workshops to practicing
forensic professionals and is an active forensic chemistry consultant through AuthentiCHEM, LLC. He has appeared on Nancy
Grace Live, and Forensic Files II (Season 2, Episode 7, “Incendiary”) and his
published research on trace human remains once formed a story line in Law and
Order SVU (Season 10, Episode 21, "Liberties").