Consulting Services

Dr. Melbye is available for expert service as a consultant and as a teacher. As a consultant, his areas of expertise include:

1. Identification of human skeletal and decomposed remains:

    a. Human vs. Non-human

    b. Number of Individuals

    c. Postmortem Disturbances

    d. Time Since Death

    e. Age at Death

    f. Determination of Sex

    g. Determination of Stature

    h. Determination of Race

    i. Perimortem Pathology (Sharp Force Trauma, Blunt Force Trauma, Ballistic)

2. Crime Scene Search and Recovery

    a. Geological and Botanical Evidence

    b. Remote Sensing (Ground Penetrating Radar), Metal Detectors, etc.)

    c. Buried, Surface, Scattered, Aquatic Recovery of Evidence

3.

    a. Credential include Diplomate status with the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, one of 65 worldwide

    b. Experience includes testimony for the prosecution and the defense

    c. Dr. Melbye belongs to a vast network of experts who can assist with specific problems that may arise in a forensic investigation

4. Decomposition Facility (Body Farm)

    a. Design and create

    b. Sources for equipment

    c. Required body donation and facility forms

    d. Site security requirements

    e. Research

5. Forensic Anthropology Labs

    a. Design and Create

    b. Equipment Available

    c. Lab security requirements (e.g. Health and Safety required forms, standards and manuals)

    d. Lab records and forms

Teaching Availability

Dr. Melbye has received many awards and citations for his distinguished teaching career. The following courses can be offered on an individual basis.

    1. Human Osteology

    2. Forensic Anthropology

    3. Paleopathology/Forensic Anthropology (this course is taught with the aid of an outstanding collection of laboratory specimens in pathology)

    4. Field Case Work

    a. Texas

    b. Yukon

    c. Colorado

    d. Illinois

    e. Wisconsin

    f. Ontario

    g. Mexico

Some Lecture Topics Include:

    1. So You Wanna Build a Body Farm?

    2. Mutilation, Torture, Murder, and Cannibalism in the Canadian Arctic

    3. The Case of the Witch

    4. Death on the Danforth (Toronto, Ontario)

    5. An Ontario Iroquois Ossuary

    6. The Roman Period in Egypt

    7. The Case of Maria and Julie (Julie Stanton)

    8. Late Woodland Burial Mounds of Wisconsin

    9. An Unusual Case of an Unidentified Homicide Victim

    10. The Accidental Mummies of Guanajuato - http://www.accidentalmummies.com

    11. Search and Recovery of Human Remains