Jonathan Parrott

Dr. Jonathan Parrott completed his BSc (with honors) in Forensic Biology in 2008 and PhD at the University of Portsmouth in 2013 with a focus on molecular techniques in forensic entomology. During this time, he applied next generation sequencing approaches to ancient insect remains collected from mummified individuals to determine circumstances surrounding death and burial events. While conducting research in population genetics of forensically important blowflies from across Texas, he conducted forensic entomology training at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility at Texas State University. He is expertly trained to provide biological evidence interpretation and DNA mixture analysis in a court of law. He has previously held teaching positions at both University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Staffordshire University. 

Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Forensic Science at Arizona State University. He has published work in forensic entomology since 2013 and research has appeared in Genes, Journal of Medical Entomology and BMC Genomics. He also has published book chapters with CRC Press. He has presented his research at both national and international forensic and entomological conferences.

The Parrott research group at ASU specializes in research centered on the use of genomic and ecological techniques to help reduce error, aid understanding and improve time of death investigations from biological evidence, in particular those of entomological origin. This encompasses cross disciplinary research including insect, human and environmental analysis.