Author Archives: Dr. Helga George

About Dr. Helga George

Dr. George has spent several years writing about higher education, healthcare and psychology. She transitioned to a career in writing after fulfilling her lifelong dream of performing research on plant defense chemicals. She earned a BS in Agriculture from Cornell University, an MS in Plant Pathology from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Cornell University. Helga also conducted postdoctoral research at the University of California Santa Barbara where she obtained a USDA grant to fund her research.

CSI Camp Coming to Los Angeles County

The hit television programs and movies that glamorize the profession have popularized crime Scene Investigations. But the job of a CSI is far more serious and essential to solving crimes than Hollywood portrays. The profession is one that requires discipline …

How Crime Scene Evidence is Collected

When crime scene investigators arrive on the scene of a crime they must take every precaution to leave the scene undisturbed and collect evidence in a thorough and careful manner. In order to ensure evidence is collected in such a …

CSI Toolkit – DNA Evidence

Ever since the O.J. Simpson murder trial the American public has had a certain level of familiarity with DNA profiling. This is the process used to match the DNA profile of a known substance to the DNA profile of a …