Christopher J. Ehrhardt, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Christopher J. Ehrhardt, PhD
Dr. Ehrhardt's main interests are in the areas of forensic biology, microbiology, and trace evidence analysis. He currently maintains a microbial culturing facility that he uses to investigate the chemical and biological signatures associated with the production process of illicitly-grown bacteria (e.g., Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis). Dr. Ehrhardt's lab also works on developing new methods for analyzing complex cell mixtures that are recovered as evidence from a crime scene. Sample types range from bacterial communities within complex matrices to human cell mixtures recovered from â??touch' and trace biological samples.
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References
- Brocato ER, Philpott MK, Connon CC, Ehrhardt CJ. Rapid differentiation of epithelial cell types in aged biological samples using autofluorescence and morphological signatures. PLoS One. 2018 May 17;13(5):e0197701. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197701. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29772013; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5957390.
