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Nigel Watson
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Picture of Nigel WatsonDr Nigel Watson.Graduate of Paisley University with a BSc Hons in Biology and subsequently from Jordanhill College of Education as a qualified Scottish secondary school teacher.He taught biology and chemistry to all levels of school student in Glasgow and Ayrshire schools until commencing doctoral studies with the Forensic Science Unit (now the Centre for Forensic science) at Strathclyde University and subsequently commencing work with the Forensic Science Unit in 1986.Dr Watson has carried out forensic casework in the areas of DNA, blood slash interpretation and fibre analysis and has appeared as an expert witness in court.
Responsibilities have centred around the delivery of lecture and laboratory work in a wide variety of disciplines to both undergraduate courses and the masters and diploma postgraduate forensic science courses.These have included lectures and laboratories in forensic DNA and also in microscopy and hair and fibre evidence examination.In addition Dr Watson has lectured in nucleic acids chemistry, separation sciences concerning proteins and DNA fragments, and aspects of forensic botany.A recent new class has been in Forensic Statistics and Communication.Dr Watson also sits on the University safety review committee for genetically modified organisms and on the University Working Group on Assessment Policy.