Dr. Erich P. Junger, Ph.D

Erich P. Junger, Ph.D., a 20-year veteran of the United States Navy, graduated magna cum laude from the George Washington University School of Medicine where he completed his studies as a health physicist and anatomist in 1985. Dr. Junger went on to complete his Master of Science degree in forensic science from the University of New Haven in 1990 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in forensic science from the Union Institute and University in 1994.

Dr. Junger has served as a deputy medical examiner and chief of the trace materials analysis laboratory for the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. before retiring from the military. He then served as a detective for the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia before joining the Prince William County Police Department in 2005 as a crime scene analyst in the identification bureau. He retired from the department in October, 2009.

Dr. Junger currently works as a forensic scientist for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He is a charter member of the Virginia Homicide Investigators Association. He has been involved in several investigations in which soils and geologic materials have played key roles leading to the successful prosecution of criminal offenders.