FL Institute of Forensic Anthropology & Applied Science

FL Institute of Forensic Anthropology & Applied Science Forensic Anthropology Laboratory, University of South Florida We bring unique skills and resources to medical examiners, law enforcement, and state attorneys.

The USF Forensic Anthropology Laboratory, under the director Dr. Erin Kimmerle, provides a range of services for families and victims of violent crime. We also provide training, education and innovative research opportunities for students and visiting scholars. Specifically, we assist by providing the following services:

- Human Identification
- Clandestine Grave Search and Recovery
- Burial Exca

vation and Crime Scene Recoveries
- Trauma Analysis
- Facial and Clothing Approximations & Forensic Art
- Forensic Isotopes for Georeferencing
- Expert Testimony

We Educate:
By providing a range of Workshops for Law Enforcement, Crime Scene Technicians, Students, and other Professionals

We run the USF Human Donation Program for research in Forensics and Florida's only outdoor decompositional facility, the USF-FORT (aka. Bodyfarm).

Huge congratulations to our newest Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Tuesday M. Frasier! She successfully defended her dissertation, “...
03/13/2026

Huge congratulations to our newest Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Tuesday M. Frasier! She successfully defended her dissertation, “Vulture Scavenging in West Central Florida: A Differential Diagnosis of Perimortem Trauma and Scavenging”, and we couldn't be more thrilled for her. Best wishes for a stellar career, Dr. Frasier!!

We are so proud of our graduate students! Six of our students (both MAs and PhDs) presented their research at the 78th a...
02/19/2026

We are so proud of our graduate students! Six of our students (both MAs and PhDs) presented their research at the 78th annual conference for the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in New Orleans last week! Congrats ladies!

11/08/2025

Meet the team in Germany! - Part 3

Amanda Schultz is joining the team for her first recovery mission. She is a Third year MA student at the University of South Florida where she also received her BA. Her focus is in forensic anthropology and currently works at the Florida Institute of Forensic Anthropology and Applied Science lab under the advisement of Dr. Erin Kimmerle (a UNL Alum!).

Congratulations, Sumter County SO!!
10/29/2025

Congratulations, Sumter County SO!!

According to investigators, the case stems all the way back to February 1971, when a woman’s body was discovered by a couple of hitchhikers under the Lake Panasoffkee Bridge.

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4202 E Fowler Avenue SOC 21
Tampa, FL
33620

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(813) 974-4219

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