Skip to main content

Site navigation

  • University of Technology Sydney home
  • Home

    Home
  • For students

  • For industry

  • Research

Explore

  • Courses
  • Events
  • News
  • Stories
  • People

For you

  • Libraryarrow_right_alt
  • Staffarrow_right_alt
  • Alumniarrow_right_alt
  • Current studentsarrow_right_alt
  • Study at UTS

    • arrow_right_alt Find a course
    • arrow_right_alt Course areas
    • arrow_right_alt Undergraduate students
    • arrow_right_alt Postgraduate students
    • arrow_right_alt Research Masters and PhD
    • arrow_right_alt Online study and short courses
  • Student information

    • arrow_right_alt Current students
    • arrow_right_alt New UTS students
    • arrow_right_alt Graduates (Alumni)
    • arrow_right_alt High school students
    • arrow_right_alt Indigenous students
    • arrow_right_alt International students
  • Admissions

    • arrow_right_alt How to apply
    • arrow_right_alt Entry pathways
    • arrow_right_alt Eligibility
arrow_right_altVisit our hub for students

For you

  • Libraryarrow_right_alt
  • Staffarrow_right_alt
  • Alumniarrow_right_alt
  • Current studentsarrow_right_alt

POPULAR LINKS

  • Apply for a coursearrow_right_alt
  • Current studentsarrow_right_alt
  • Scholarshipsarrow_right_alt
  • Featured industries

    • arrow_right_alt Agriculture and food
    • arrow_right_alt Defence and space
    • arrow_right_alt Energy and transport
    • arrow_right_alt Government and policy
    • arrow_right_alt Health and medical
    • arrow_right_alt Corporate training
  • Explore

    • arrow_right_alt Tech Central
    • arrow_right_alt Case studies
    • arrow_right_alt Research
arrow_right_altVisit our hub for industry

For you

  • Libraryarrow_right_alt
  • Staffarrow_right_alt
  • Alumniarrow_right_alt
  • Current studentsarrow_right_alt

POPULAR LINKS

  • Find a UTS expertarrow_right_alt
  • Partner with usarrow_right_alt
  • Explore

    • arrow_right_alt Explore our research
    • arrow_right_alt Research centres and institutes
    • arrow_right_alt Graduate research
    • arrow_right_alt Research partnerships
arrow_right_altVisit our hub for research

For you

  • Libraryarrow_right_alt
  • Staffarrow_right_alt
  • Alumniarrow_right_alt
  • Current studentsarrow_right_alt

POPULAR LINKS

  • Find a UTS expertarrow_right_alt
  • Research centres and institutesarrow_right_alt
  • University of Technology Sydney home
Explore the University of Technology Sydney
Category Filters:
University of Technology Sydney home University of Technology Sydney home
  1. home
  2. arrow_forward_ios ... For industry
  3. arrow_forward_ios ... Partner with us
  4. arrow_forward_ios ... Giving
  5. arrow_forward_ios Impact of giving
  6. arrow_forward_ios Safeguarding society

Safeguarding society

explore
  • Impact of giving
    • arrow_forward Celebrating Indigenous excellence with a unique scholarship
    • arrow_forward How a single act of giving is transforming Australian entrepreneurship
    • arrow_forward Changing health care outcomes on a global scale
    • arrow_forward To design, with Love
    • arrow_forward Acts of kindness
    • arrow_forward Behind the scenes
    • arrow_forward Bridging the building industry's gender gap
    • arrow_forward Brilliant opportunities
    • arrow_forward Broadening horizons
    • arrow_forward Change starts by degrees
    • arrow_forward A community that gives
    • arrow_forward Creating Futures: A Lasting Impact
    • arrow_forward A culture of giving
    • arrow_forward From Darwin to a degree at UTS
    • arrow_forward Fostering design excellence
    • arrow_forward Giving hope and opportunity to students in need
    • arrow_forward Helping students in crisis
    • arrow_forward Kick-start your career in one of Australia’s largest cadet programs
    • arrow_forward A lasting legacy
    • arrow_forward Linden Little’s legacy to continue at UTS
    • arrow_forward Making a seat for lifelong learning
    • arrow_forward A midwife on a mission
    • arrow_forward The new technologists
    • arrow_forward Nurturing Innovation
    • arrow_forward Pay It Forward
    • arrow_forward Rise of the volunteer
    • arrow_forward Safeguarding society
    • arrow_forward The scholar and the mentor
    • arrow_forward Taking flight
    • arrow_forward Thinking big
    • arrow_forward Together, let's create the future
    • arrow_forward A virtuous legacy

The Bulgin Fund is helping the UTS Centre for Forensic Science advance criminal investigation techniques, deliver exceptional outcomes, and solve cold cases.

Dr Mark Barash, Dr Xanthe Spindler, Professor Claude Roux, Dr Sebastian Moret, and Dr Maiken Ueland posing in a fake crime scene

Pictured (From left to right): Dr Mark Barash, Dr Xanthe Spindler, Professor Claude Roux, Dr Sebastian Moret, and Dr Maiken Ueland.

The term ‘forensic science’ often evokes murder investigation scenarios popularised by television dramas. But according to the director of UTS’s Centre for Forensic Science, Professor Claude Roux, it has broader implications that encompass public health: “The science to understand how we could better prevent security concerns and crime.”

Without funding, we wouldn’t have the means to organise realistic, practical tutorials, or even do the research in the first place.

Professor Roux and his team study traces – remnants of identity and activity from DNA and fingermarks that can be found on card transactions or surveillance camera footage. Traces help reconstruct events and identify people in homicide cases and civil incidents. In turn, the analysis of forensic data aids the emerging field of crime disruption.

“It’s difficult to attract systemic funding in forensic science,” says Roux. Nevertheless, a donation from the estate of Peter John Bulgin provides the centre with the human resources and materials to deliver a rich, practical study experience for students, and enables visionary research that will have a significant future impact on law enforcement.

Imagine being able to deduce a person’s facial characteristics from a DNA sample. That’s what post doctoral research fellow Dr Mark Barash is exploring – a process that could identify disaster victims ormissing persons. The Bulgin Fund helped with the purchase of essential software and chemicals for their lab work.

It employed forensic science lecturer Dr Sebastien Moret to study nanoparticles for developing next-generation fingermark detection techniques. Senior Lecturer Dr Xanthe Spindler’s student was funded to complete a PhD on new methods to simultaneously detect DNA and fingermarks, which significantly reduces lab work.

The fund also contributed to the UTS AFTER facility, where forensic taphonomist Dr Maiken Ueland studies decomposition. Her biomarker findings can increase accuracy in determining a subject’s time of death, and whether the body has been moved from another location.

Over a decade, Professor Roux has seen the centre grow from one undergraduate forensic science program to become a world research leader in the field with exceptional courses available to students. “Without funding, we wouldn’t have the means to organise realistic, practical tutorials, or even do the research in the first place. The Bulgin Fund is absolutely pivotal for UTS.”

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses now stand. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands. 

University of Technology Sydney

City Campus

15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007

Get in touch with UTS

Follow us

  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Facebook

A member of

  • Australian Technology Network
Use arrow keys to navigate within each column of links. Press Tab to move between columns.

Study

  • Find a course
  • Undergraduate
  • Postgraduate
  • How to apply
  • Scholarships and prizes
  • International students
  • Campus maps
  • Accommodation

Engage

  • Find an expert
  • Industry
  • News
  • Events
  • Experience UTS
  • Research
  • Stories
  • Alumni

About

  • Who we are
  • Faculties
  • Learning and teaching
  • Sustainability
  • Initiatives
  • Equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Campus and locations
  • Awards and rankings
  • UTS governance

Staff and students

  • Current students
  • Help and support
  • Library
  • Policies
  • StaffConnect
  • Working at UTS
  • UTS Handbook
  • Contact us
  • Copyright © 2025
  • ABN: 77 257 686 961
  • CRICOS provider number: 00099F
  • TEQSA provider number: PRV12060
  • TEQSA category: Australian University
  • Privacy
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Accessibility