Experts on Brain Fingerprinting Testing

Drew Richardson, PhD
former Senior Program Manager, FSRTC
FBI Laboratory
Quantico, VA 22135

Dr. Richardson is a former FBI scientist who has testified as an expert witness in over 200 cases. He collaborated with Dr. Farwell in a study of Brain Fingerprinting testing on FBI Agents. He also assisted Dr. Farwell in developing the stimuli for the test that identified J. B. Grinder as the perpetrator in the rape and murder of Julie Helton in Macon, MO, and the test that exonerated Terry Harrington of the murder of John Schweer in Council Bluffs, IA.

SSA Sharon Smith
Supervisory Special Agent
Behavioral Science Unit, FSRTC
FBI Laboratory
Quantico, VA 22135

SSA Smith is a scientist with the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Laboratory. She conducted research on Brain Fingerprinting testing with Dr. Farwell that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Forensic Sciences. [Farwell, L. A. and Smith, S. S. (2001). Using Brain MERMER Testing to Detect Concealed Knowledge Despite Efforts to Conceal. Journal of Forensic Sciences 46,1:1-9].

She was a reviewer of Dr. Farwell's research for the CIA in November, 1993.

Rene Suzan Hernandez, PhD
Commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy

Dr. Hernandez is an expert in electroencephalography who collaborated with Dr. Farwell in Brain Fingerprinting research on Naval officers in 1993.

William G. Iacono, Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Director, Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research Training Program
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota

Dr. Iacono has conducted and published research on the use of brain waves in the detection of concealed information in the brain and other related brain research. He has testified in court regarding Brain Fingerprinting testing and its application in criminal investigations.

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