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Arpad Vass
Born
Arpad Alexander Vass

(1959-08-30) August 30, 1959 (age 64)[1]
Flemington, New Jersey[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBS: Virginia Tech
MS: Virginia Commonwealth University
PhD: University of Tennessee
SpouseVictoria Ann Longo
Scientific career
FieldsForensic anthropology
Doctoral advisorWilliam M. Bass

Arpad Alexander Vass (born August 30, 1959) is a forensic anthropologist. He formerly taught at the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, which is part of the University of Tennessee's Institute for Public Service.[2] He also worked as a research scientist within the Life Sciences Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.[3]

Vass is the son of a Hungarian immigrant.[4] He grew up in Arlington, Virginia, where he graduated from Yorktown High School in 1977.[1] He is married to Victoria Ann Longo and they have two sons.[1]

Education and research

In 1980, Vass obtained the Antarctic Exploration certification from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The following year, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Virginia Tech. In 1984, Vass earned a Medical Technology degree from Fairfax Hospital. He earned a Masters of Science degree in 1989 from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Administration of Justice (Forensic Science). In 1991, he earned his PhD from the University of Tennessee in anthropology after defending his dissertation titled Time Since Death Determinations of Human Cadavers.[3]

In his work at the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility (also known as "The Body Farm" on which a Patricia Cornwall novel is based), Arpad Vass researched the processes involved in the decomposition of human remains. He was particularly interested in using the chemicals released by a cadaver to determine the time since death.[4]


, particularly the chemicals released that can then be detected by cadaver dogs in murder investigations.



Vass is developing a forensic science technique called "decomposition odor analysis", or "DOA", which he claims will help to identify the over 400 body vapors which emanate from a decaying and decomposing human body. A database of such vapors would in theory enable the Federal Bureau of Investigation's search teams and cadaver dogs (Human Remains Detection dogs) to detect the location of remains of human beings.[5] The database is a part of the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility.[6]

Unsubstantiated Claims

Vass claims without evidence that he is developing a forensic tool to help detect and uncover forensic cases.[7] Vass has put forward a proposal to search out human remains with the use of a fly with a tracking chip.[8]

He has also claimed that dowsing rods can be used to find corpses.[9] This may have started as a practical joke, when Vass coincedently located a corpse on the Body Farm while holding two pieces of wire like divining rods.[4] Dr. Monte Miller[10] of the UTK Forensic Anthropology Dept. has stated, "Most of us in the field believe Vass is making claims he cannot possibly back up with science."

Selected publications

  • Vass, Arpad A (November 2001). "Beyond the grave – understanding human decomposition" (PDF). Microbiology Today. 28. Spencers Wood: Society for General Microbiology: 190–192. ISSN 1464-0570.
  • Vass, Arpad A; et al. (September 1992). "Time since death determinations of human cadavers using soil solution". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 37 (5): 1236–1253. doi:10.1520/JFS13311J. ISSN 0022-1198. PMID 1402750.
  • Vass, Arpad A; et al. (May 2002). "Decomposition chemistry of human remains: a new methodology for determining the postmortem interval". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 47 (3): 542–553. doi:10.1520/JFS15294J. ISSN 0022-1198. PMID 12051334.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Vass, Arpad A (August 1991). Time Since Death Determinations of Human Cadavers Utilizing Soil Solution (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). University of Tennessee, Knoxville. OCLC 25539141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  2. ^ Robertson, Susan (2018-05-08). "Hands On". Our Tennessee. Archived from the original on 2024-07-20. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  3. ^ a b Costner, Robert (2003-04-10). "Lunch/lecture by Arpad Vass". Fornlist (Mailing list). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  4. ^ a b c Smirnov, Alexei. "Top Ten Scientists". Business TN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  5. ^ "UNCOVERING THE EVIDENCE". Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review. 37 (1): 19. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  6. ^ Vass, Arpad A; et al. (November 14, 2003). "Decompositional Odor Analysis Database - Phase 1" (PDF). ORNL.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
  7. ^ Sachs, Jessica Snyder (January 7, 2003). "New Science for the Murder Victim Search". Popular Science. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011.
  8. ^ Goforth, Sarah (December 16, 2003). "Bodies and Bones: Where the bodies are". WhyFiles.org. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010.
  9. ^ "He Trains Cops in "Witching" to Help Find Corpses. Experts Are Alarmed". Archived from the original on April 22, 2024.
  10. ^ https://forensicdnaexperts.com/about/
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