MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A university professor from Alabama will share in a more than $530,000 grant for forensic research on the decomposition of human remains.
Dr. Gulnaz Javan of Alabama State University in Montgomery will work on the project with a researcher from the University of Chicago, Dr. Jack Gilbert of the Earth Microbiome Project.
A statement from Alabama State says researchers are trying to develop a catalog to document tiny organisms called microbes that live on decomposing remains. The goal is to help in death investigations.
The two-year research project begins Jan. 1. Javan says the grant is the first one awarded to the forensic science program at Alabama State.
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