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
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!!
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!
01/29/2026
In the ground and on the line: Inside USF’s forensic anthropology “Buried Bodies” workshops University of South Florida
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!).
Spots are still available for our workshops in December! Check out this video to get an idea of what’s going to happen!
https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/institutes/ifaas/programs/workshops.aspx
10/29/2025
Congratulations, Sumter County SO!!
WATCH LIVE: Investigators discuss 1971 Florida cold case 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.
10/29/2025
Orlando Museum of Art Confronts a Dark Chapter in Florida History This Saturday - Bungalower This Saturday, November 1, the Orlando Museum of Art will host a free public program shedding light on one of Florida’s darkest—and too often forgotten—chapters: the 1920 Ocoee Massacre. Held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the museum’s auditorium, the event is presented in partnership with the Allia...
09/22/2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/22/house-of-reformation-graveyard/
In every state... and hundreds more when you consider the Indian Residential Schools.
230 dead Black boys. A ‘secret cemetery.’ This is what officials knew. The House of Reformation juvenile detention facility was known for cases of neglect and abuse. Maryland officials allowed a graveyard next to the facility to deteriorate over decades, a Washington Post investigation found.
10/27/2025