Nikoui and Associates, Forensic Identification Services and Consulting, LLC is made up of certified and highly skilled forensic specialists, experienced forensic instructors and biometric experts. Our team has decades of hands on experience in the field of fingerprint analysis and identification, crime scene investigation, forensic photography, automated fingerprint identification processing (AFIS), and other Biometrics.
In addition, we have a full functioning forensic identification laboratory; with the state of the art equipment, able to process and document your items of evidence for criminal and civil case investigations and court presentations.
We provide a variety of forensic and technical services to public and private agencies, including, but not limited to, Police and other law enforcement agencies, District Attorney, Public Defenders, Civil and Criminal Attorneys, Insurance Companies, Industrial and Financial Businesses, and Private Citizens.
Mr. Nikoui has over 35 years of full time experience in Criminal Justice Information System as Forensic Science and practitioner professional with Law Enforcement Agencies. His career spans increasing responsibility in both the Independent Identification Process and Management of the Law Enforcement Forensic Identification Services Unit, Training and Supervision of the Forensic Identification Specialists and Crime Scene Investigators.
Read MoreMr. Stapleton, Founder of Forensics R Us, retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a career that spanned over 34 years. While with the FBI Special Agent Stapleton had assignments in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Seattle, San Francisco and Sacramento. As a Special Agent, Mr. Stapleton investigated an extensive range of matters that come under FBI jurisdiction.
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Dr. Bavarian has 28 years of management, business development, strategic technology development, business turn around and academic experience. In the field of Human Identification using Biometrics and Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS). Dr. Bavarian is a pioneer and an authority in the Identification Industry and by colleagues and customers has been recognized as the “Father of the Modern AFIS”.
Read MoreMr. Gaziano, the owner of Gaziano Forensic Consulting, retired from the Fremont Police Department in 2021 after serving for over 27 years. He spent two decades in the Crime Scene Investigation Unit and was promoted to sergeant, where he supervised and trained team members.
Mr. Deitchman has over 22 years of forensics experience. He began his career at the Oakland Police Department Criminalistics Division where he was responsible for the analysis of physical evidence in the areas of latent prints and controlled substances. Several years later he moved to the Santa Clara County Crime Laboratory where he currently performs casework in latent print processing and controlled substances. He has trained several criminalists in latent print processing and supervised the validation of a new latent print processing technique. Over his career, he has worked on thousands of latent print cases.
Mr. Matin Brian Nikoui has received a Master of Forensic Science degree from the National University. He also graduated from the San Jose State University with a bachelor of science degree in Forensic Science concentrated in Biology. He has completed two years of forensic science training at the Mission Valley Regional Occupational Program in Fremont, California. He also has completed a 14-months long internship program in the DNA unit of San Mateo County Sheriff’s Crime Laboratory and almost a year of employment as a Criminalist I with the Santa Cruz Sheriff Crime Laboratory. Currently, Matin is now employed as a Lab Associate II, GMP at Synthego Corporation in Redwood City California.
Matin has been working part-time at the Nikoui and Associates firm since 2014, conducting evidence processing, digital image enhancements, fingerprint evaluation and comparisons, and many other related administrative and technical tasks.
Since 2015, he has been a member of the International Association for Identification.
