Prof. Melanie Bailey is a Researcher in Chemistry at the University of Surrey and is currently working on an EPSRC-funded fellowship. She obtained her B.Sc. in Physics in 2001 from the University of Manchester and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Surrey Ion Beam Centre in 2005. Dr. Bailey was an Ion Beam Analysis Liaison Fellow for the Surrey Ion Beam Centre from 2007–2011, where she worked with users of the facility to gain high-resolution trace element maps and profiles. During this time, she began working with various law enforcement agencies to develop ion beam analysis methods in forensics and has worked as a consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency to set up a globally coordinated research programme on nuclear techniques in forensics.