{"id":7243,"date":"2013-05-06T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=7243"},"modified":"2013-05-06T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T20:24:00","slug":"new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/new\/","title":{"rendered":"New Director of NCFS Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The college congratulates Dr. Michael Sigman on his new\u00a0position as the Director of the National Center for Forensic Science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/05\/Sigman-New.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7246 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/05\/Sigman-New-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sigman-New\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Dr. Sigman earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Florida State University in 1986 and was a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois and University of Chicago.\u00a0 He held research positions at Dow Chemical and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.\u00a0\u00a0Sigman joined UCF in 2002 as Assistant Director of Physical Evidence at NCFS with a joint position in Chemistry, and was promoted to Professor of Chemistry this year.\u00a0 He received a national &#8220;R&amp;D 100&#8221; award for developing air-sampling techniques in 1997.\u00a0 At UCF, he has received TIP and RIA awards and has<br \/>\nbeen a member of ORC&#8217;s Millionaires Club.\u00a0 His research activities are in the area of physical evidence, focusing on chemical and statistical analysis of ignitable liquids, explosives, fibers, inks and glass.\u00a0 He is sought after nationally and internationally for his expertise in the detection of trace explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Sigman&#8217;s\u00a0goal as Director is to build on the strength of the center&#8217;s current faculty, foster opportunities for collaboration within UCF, and develop NCFS into a national leader in forensic science research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The college congratulates Dr. Michael Sigman on his new\u00a0position as the Director of the National Center for Forensic Science. 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