Our leadership
team.

Meg Sissel

FOUNDER & CEO

Meg Sissel is the Founder and CEO of RemnantTrace Forensics, an independent research laboratory focused on digital evidence, digital forensics, forensic methodology, and emerging technologies.

Her background spans software engineering, bioinformatics, security operations, incident response, and digital forensics. She specializes in mobile forensic research, examining how digital evidence is created, stored, synchronized, recovered, and interpreted across devices and applications.

Meg's research interests also include darknet research and data-breach analysis, with an emphasis on digital artifacts, cybersecurity threats, and responsible investigative methodologies. She currently works as a Forensics Analyst at CyberNarus and founded RemnantTrace in 2026 to advance independent research through controlled experimentation, reproducible methods, and technical analysis.

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Lauren Yost

COFOUNDER & RESEARCH LEAD

Lauren Yost is a Co-Founder and Research Lead at RemnantTrace Forensics, where she leads scientific research development and contributes to the laboratory's interdisciplinary research initiatives involving emerging technologies, experimental methodology, and complex systems.

Lauren's academic background spans Biology and Anthropology, complemented by additional graduate-level research at the University of Miami. Her scientific interests include primate epigenetics and the study of biological systems through experimental research and interdisciplinary scientific methods.

Her role brings a scientific research discipline to RemnantTrace that complements its work in digital forensics and technology. Lauren's expertise in biological and anthropological research strengthens the laboratory's ability to approach emerging questions through rigorous experimentation, interdisciplinary analysis, and evidence-based research.

Independent research into the traces technology leaves behind.

RemnantTrace exists to investigate questions that sit at the intersection of technology and forensic science.

The laboratory's work is centered on experimentation, reproducibility, documentation, and transparency. Research examines data under defined conditions to better understand the evidence they produce and the limitations associated with interpreting that evidence.

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