Mr. Erik Hall is currently the Director of the Forensic Science Program at Saint Louis University in St Louis, Missouri. Professor Hall teaches classes such as Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Biology. Prior to SLU, Mr. Hall was the Biology Technical Leader and a DNA analyst at the St Louis Metropolitan Police Department Crime Laboratory for over a decade. Mr. Hall is also the founder and principal consultant at Hall Forensic Consulting, which specializes in reviewing DNA evidence aiding lawyers and detectives in active and cold case investigations.
At the crime laboratory, Mr. Hall was also the head of the DNA crime scene response team which was tasked with aiding detectives in investigating major crime scenes using bloodstain pattern analysis and advanced DNA techniques to gain insight into the crimes. Mr. Hall has a masters degree in forensic science from the University of New Haven and a bachelors degree in Biochemistry from Messiah University.