Research Interests
Featured grants
- Mavroudas, Sophia (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Hamilton, Michelle D (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Wescott, Daniel J (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Falleur, David M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Jacobson, Jodi Arlene (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5. Acquiring a Microscopy Suite for Forensic Anthropology, Archaeology, and Biology, NSF, Federal, $255000. (Submitted: 2019, Funded: September 1, 2019 - September 2021). Grant.
- Wescott, Daniel J (Principal). Detection of clandestine graves and surface remains in Central Texas using remote sensing, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $7482. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
- Wescott, Daniel J (Principal). Bioarchaeological investigation of the Shiloh Methodist Cemetery: Health, Diet, and Activity of African Americans during the mid 19th Century, University of Missouri, Institutional (Higher Ed), $7191. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
- Wescott, Daniel J (Principal). Secular change in human long bone diaphyseal strength and shape in the United States, University of Missouri, Institutional (Higher Ed), $7000. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
- Wescott, Daniel J (Principal). Secular change in human long bone diaphyseal strength and shape in the United States from 1925-1980, University of Missouri, Institutional (Higher Ed), $26700. (Funded: 2008). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Sylvester, A. D., Zbijewski, W., Shi, G., Meckel, L. A., Chu, E. Y.-N., Cunningham, D. L., & Wescott, D. J. (2024). Macroscopic differences in adult human femora are linked to body mass index. The Anatomical Record, 2024, 1–12.
- Gignac, P. M., Aceves, V., Baker, S. A., Barnes, J. J., Bell, J., Boyer, D., … Zobek, C. M. (2024). The role of networks to overcome large-scale challenges in tomography: The non-clinical tomography users research network. Tomography of Materials and Structures, 5. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmater.2024.100031
- Sylvester, A., Wescott, D. J., Cunningham, D. L., & Gleiber, D. S. (2023). Effects of obesity on talar micro- and macro-morphology. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 68(2), 369–381.
- Wescott, D. J. (2019). Postmortem changes in bone mechanical properties: loss of plasticity. Forensic Science International, 300, 164–169.
- Hassan, B., Sylvester, A. D., Wescott, D. J., Cunningham, D. L., Manson, P., & Grant, M. P. (2025). An Introduction to the orbital buttress. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 155(4), 780e–783e.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Nominee: Excellence in Mentoring Award. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Appreciation, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Dallas Evidence Response Team. 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Community Partnership Award, San Marcos Police Department. February 2, 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly / Creative Activities, College of Liberal Arts. August 2016
- Award / Honor Nominee: Mariel M. Muir Excellence in Mentoring Award. May 2016

Featured service activities
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Member
Laboratory Safety Committee
- Other
Equasearch
- Other
Texas Ranger
- Chair
FACTS Laboratory Management Hiring Committee
- Chair
Associate Director of FACTS hiring committee