Dr. Rachel Bolton King

Dr. Rachel Bolton-King is an Associate Professor of Forensic Science at Staffordshire University, specialising in firearms and ballistics. She is a Technical Advisor for the Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners, Professional Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences and incoming Editor-in-Chief of the Science & Justice journal. Rachel works on multi-disciplinary, international projects, particularly focusing on the manufacturing, non-destructive detection, examination and analysis of firearms and ammunition. Over the last 10 years she has published numerous research articles and book chapters, speaking at international conferences and industry events. In 2019, Rachel was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship researching the people, processes and technologies used to advance firearm investigations across South Africa, USA, UK and France. Dr Bolton-King is keen to support the development of academia-industry partnerships, for example through the Staffordshire Forensic Partnership and the development of Research4Justice (www.research4justice.ac.uk), a centralised platform sharing open access research relevant to international justice systems.