Niamh Nic Daeid is an award winning Chartered Chemist and authorised forensic scientist. She is a Professor of Forensic Science and Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. She has been involved in forensic science education, research and casework for over 27 years. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and holds fellowships of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Chartered Society of Forensic Science, the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, the Royal Statistical Society and the UK Association of Fire Investigators. Niamh has held leadership positions with the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) as a past chair of the fire and explosion investigation working group and has chaired the INTERPOL forensic science managers symposium, sits on the scientific advisory board of the International Criminal Court and acts as a forensic expert advisor to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). She is a registered forensic practitioner with the UK National Crime Agency and is authorised as a Forensic Chemist under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. She has published over 200 peer reviewed research papers and book chapters and has edited 5 books.

Peter White is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences. He has over 40 years of research and development experience having worked for Glaxo Laboratories, the Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory and as Director of the Forensic Science Unit at the University of Strathclyde and Professor of Forensic Science at the University of Lincoln. After taking early retirement he had his own consultancy, ReForensics and continued to specialise in the development and application of novel trace and ultra-trace level detection techniques to solve casework related problems. During his career he has produced over 70 publications, several book chapters and 8 Patents. He has also been the sole Editor for all four previous editions of "Crime Scene to Court - Essentials of Forensic Science".