Experts

Credibility begins with named, verifiable expertise.

TSM is currently led by its founder and is developing a vetted multidisciplinary faculty for research, education and exercise development.

Operational practice · Research · Education

Lt. Col. Kornél Papp

Founder & Lead Expert

Lt. Col. Kornél Papp

Senior Hungarian police and forensic leader · National DVI coordinator · Researcher · Trainer

Built from operational leadership, developed through research.

Kornél Papp has more than two decades of experience in criminal investigation, forensic operations and international capacity building, including over fifteen years in leadership. As Head of the Central Forensic Division at the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation, he leads national-level crime-scene capability for the country’s most serious and complex investigations. Over the past decade, he has held scene-command, specialist-leadership or coordination responsibilities at numerous major incidents of national significance in Hungary. He created the TSM model and is pursuing doctoral research in Military Sciences while contributing to international education and professional knowledge exchange in DVI, CBRN and radiological crime-scene management.

His work includes international training and capacity development connected with the UN system, NATO, INTERPOL, IAEA and CEPOL. He is pursuing doctoral research in Military Sciences and holds a Master of Criminology.

20+years in investigation and forensics
15+years in leadership
NationalDVI coordination
Internationaltraining and capacity building

Organisational references describe professional experience and do not imply institutional endorsement of TSM.

Major and complex crime scenesCBRN and radiological forensicsDVI coordinationEvidence integrityInternational capacity buildingExercise design and evaluation

Multidisciplinary faculty

The expert network we are building.

Additional experts will be named only with their consent and after their competence, editorial or educational role, and professional standards are formally confirmed.

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Scene command & governance

Leaders experienced in multi-agency decision-making and major-scene control.

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Forensic & evidential practice

Specialists connecting recovery, continuity, laboratories and court requirements.

03

CBRN safety & science

Practitioners bridging hazard management with defensible investigation.

04

DVI & victim management

Experts supporting recovery, identification and disaster processes.

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Education & exercises

Designers translating expertise into measurable institutional performance.

Operational credibility is necessary, but not sufficient.

TSM experts must also work across disciplines, teach clearly, respect evidence boundaries and deliver through reproducible methods.

The views and materials presented are professional and academic in nature. References to organisations describe relevant experience and do not imply institutional endorsement. No classified, operationally sensitive or case-specific information is published.