Dr Felicity Carlysle-Davies

Teaching Fellow

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Personal statement

Felicity has undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Royal Holloway, University of London. She has an MSc in Forensic Science and PhD in Pure and Applied Chemistry, both from the University of Strathclyde.

Following the completion of her PhD Felicity took on a role as the Coordinator of the Forensic Science Special Interest Group. This role involved bringing together forensic providers, academics, end users and policy makers to bring about increased collaboration and innovation.

Felicity then moved into a teaching role within the Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Strathclyde. She is the current Forensic Chemistry Lead for the Undergraduate Forensic and Analytical Chemistry programme and has responsibility for the coordination of the Forensic Science MSc research projects. Felicity delivers material across both undergraduate and masters programmes with a focus on trace evidence and toxicology. Felicity has developed a research portfolio across discipline specific research and eudcation based research.

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Prize And Awards

Strathclyde Medal: Recipient; 16/9/2021

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Qualifications

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences

Affiliate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Postgraduate Certificate in Research and Knowledge Exchange

Publications

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Publications

Lockdown labs : pivoting to remote learning in forensic science higher education: Davidson Katie J, Haddrill Penelope R, Casali Fabio, Murphy Bronagh, Gibson Lorraine, Robinson Margaret, Clunie Alexander, Christie James, Curran Lynn, Carlysle-Davies Felicity; Science and Justice Vol 62, pp. 805-813 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2022.05.001
Using infrared light to visualize tire marks on clothing: O'Sullivan Carys, McCarthy Colum, Carlysle-Davies Felicity; Journal of Forensic Identification Vol 73, pp. 319-337 (2023)
Teaching old presumptive tests new digital tricks with computer vision for forensic applications: Bugeja Nathalie, Oliver Cameron, McGrath Nicole, McGuire Jake, Yan Chunhui, Carlysle-Davies Felicity, Reid Marc; Digital Discovery Vol 2, pp. 1143-1151 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DD00066D
Do we need a forensic science teaching network?: Carlysle-Davies Felicity; Science and Justice Vol 62, pp. 827-829 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2022.07.003
Ketamine Trends in Scotland: Analysis of Police Seizure Data and Review of Early Identification Methods: Ceniccola-Campos Kristin, Murphy Laura, Carlysle-Davies Felicity; (2026)
Using memes to surface and support assessment emotion in mock courtroom assessments within the forensic sciences: Mullen Carrie, Tidy Helen, Croxton Ruth, Williams Graham, Carlysle-Davies Felicity, Irving-Walton Joanne, Nichols-Drew Leisa, Page Helen; Journal of Forensic Science Education Vol 8 (2026)

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Research

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Professional Activities

PERIODically: What have we learnt about menstruation in academia?: Organiser; 26/11/2025
Chartered Society of Forensic Science Annual Conference 2025: Chair; 7/11/2025
Chartered Society of Forensic Science Annual Conference 2025: Speaker; 7/11/2025
Chartered Society of Forensic Science Annual Conference 2025: Member of programme committee; 7/11/2025
EAFS 2025: Speaker; 26/5/2025
Science and Justice (Journal): Guest editor; 2025

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Projects

Strathclyde Scholars - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Collaborative Writing Groups (£21k internal funding): Morrissey, Sean (Principal Investigator) Hasty, William (Principal Investigator) McCool, Susan (Principal Investigator) Strachan, Scott (Principal Investigator) Moore, Iain (Principal Investigator) Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator) Faulkner, Suzanne (Principal Investigator) McCrorie, Kathryn (Principal Investigator) Cochrane, Neil (Principal Investigator) Carlysle-Davies, Felicity (Principal Investigator); Scholarship of Teaching Collaborative Writing Groups (2023-26) is a facilitated staff development programme that supports staff to take their next steps in scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and undertake collaborative scholarship projects.

Collaborative writing groups will be organised around a theme. Each group will have a group leader and will work together for an extended period to produce scholarship outputs.; 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2026
Decolonising the Curriculum in the Faculty of Science: Carlysle-Davies, Felicity (Principal Investigator) Willison, Debra (Co-investigator) Morrissey, Sean (Co-investigator) Merrett, Lorna (Researcher); A project to explore the current level of decolonising the curriculum within the Faculty of Science and identification of resources to support the development of this process. Supported by funding for a student intern (internally allocated funding from the QAA resilient learning communities theme).; 29-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023

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