Career
He developed a technique for lifting fingerprints off of metal years after they are left by virtue of the corrosion caused to the metal by the fingerprint sweat. He has several patented inventions related to metal corrosion. His invention was named a TIME"South magazine best invention of 2008.
In 2011 he received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the Queen"s Birthday Honours list for services to Forensic Science.
