Contact Melissa Hadgkiss

Background

April 2020 – Current: Teaching Assistant in Digital Investigation, Lab Manager in the Digital Investigation Unit, Centre for Electronic Warfare, Information, and Cyber. 

2018-2020: Digital Forensics Support Officer, Lab Manager in the Digital Forensics Unit, Centre for Electronic Warfare, Information, and Cyber. 

2016 - 2018:  Electrical and Computing Apprentice, Lab Manager in the Digital Forensics Unit, Centre for Electronic Warfare, Information, and Cyber.

2014 - 2016: Work Experience and Protege in Digital Forensics at the Digital Forensics Unit, Centre for Electronic Warfare, Information, and Cyber, Cranfield University. 

Awards

Melissa has regularly been shortlisted in the Cranfield student led teaching awards in the unsung hero category.

Melissa was a Cotswold Life EMI Awards 2017: Apprentice of the Year finalist. 

In 2015 Melissa won the Wiltshire Police High Sheriff Cadet Of The Year award.

Qualifications

2018 - Current: PGDip In Forensic Investigation, Including Forensic Computing Foundations 

2017 - 2018: BTEC Level 3 in Engineering  

2016 - 2017: BTEC Level 3 in Computing, NVQ in Computing 

2014 - 2016: BTEC Level 3 Forensic Science

Current activities

Melissa is a Teaching Assistant in the Digital Investigation Unit (DIU), part of Centre for Electronic Warfare, Information, and Cyber. As part of her role, she also manages the DIU's bespoke laboratories. Melissa actively takes part in teaching, scholarship and assists with casework. 

Her current interests include:

·      Mobile device and application investigations

·      Chip Off Acquisition

·      MacOS investigations

Clients

A range of clients for data recovery and investigation casework. 

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers