Bruce R. McCord is a Professor of Chemistry at FIU. Dr. McCord received a BS in Chemistry with honors from William and Mary in 1981, and a Ph. D. in Analytical Chemistry at U. Wisconsin-Madison in 1986. Prior to his present position at Ohio University and the FBI laboratory. His current research interests involve forensic genetics, toxicology, and explosives residue detection. He has published 120 peer reviewed papers, 14 book chapters and received 9 patents.