David Carter

Dr. David O. Carter’s expertise is in forensic taphonomy and medicolegal decomposition cases. He has studied decomposition since 1999 and is particularly interested in the relationships between decomposition, time, environment, and decomposer organisms. Dr. Carter serves as an expert consultant and expert witness to deliver justice to communities and information to the bereaved. His research has global impact and is published in several high-quality journals including Journal of Forensic Sciences, Nature Microbiology, and Science.