Education:
Master of Science, Forensic Science
University of California Davis, 2010
Bachelor of Arts, Biochemistry
Dartmouth College, 1999
Experience:
Weller Forensics
Casework review and consulting services for the legal community. Researching cutting edge technology and techniques for firearms and toolmark identification.
Oakland Police Criminalistics Laboratory, Oakland, California
Over sixteen years of performing casework for the City of Oakland Police Department Criminalistics Laboratory in the following disciplines: firearms identification, crime scenes, forensic biology & DNA, drug analysis. Qualified and testified as an expert in all areas of expertise.
Certification:
General Criminalistics
American Board of Criminalistics, 2004 to present
Publications:
Weller T, Zheng A, Thompson R, Tulleners F. The Confocal Microscopy Analysis of Breech Face Marks on Fired Cartridge Cases from Ten Consecutively Manufactured Pistol Slides, J Forensic Sci, July 2012, Vol 57(4) pp. 912-917.
Weller T, Brubaker M, Duez P, Lilien, R. Introduction and Initial Evaluation of a Novel Three-Dimensional Imaging and Analysis System for Firearm Forensics AFTE Journal, 2015, Vol 47(4) pp.198-208.
Murdock J, Petraco N, Thornton J, Neel M, Weller T, Thompson R, Hamby J, Collins E. The Development and Application of Random Match Probabilities to Firearm and Toolmark Identification, J Forensic Sci, May 2017, Vol 62(3) pp. 619-625