Dr Julieta Gomez Garcia-Donas
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Biography
Dr Gómez García-Donas holds a MSc and a PhD in forensic anthropology from the University of Edinburgh. She is currently a lecturer and researcher at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the School of Science and Engineering (University of Dundee, UK) and worked previously as a lecturer in the School of Anthropology and Conservation (University of Kent, UK). In CAHID, Julieta facilitates teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as supervising dissertation projects and research students. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). Julieta is accredited as a forensic anthropologist by the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE-certification level II).
Committees
Board Member of the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE)
Research
Julieta has worked with both archaeological and contemporary collections on the Mediterranean area in countries such as Spain, Crete and Cyprus. She has published research on forensic identification macroscopic methods for the biological profile in relation to sex, age and ancestry. One of her areas of expertise is bone histomorphometry exploring different skeletal elements and populations, aging and age estimation techniques, biomechanics and new technological approaches for the assessment of bone microstructure.
Teaching
Julieta teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in subjects related to anatomy, biological and forensic anthropology, and statistics.
Supervision
Student name and project title
Jeff Anderson, PhD candidate: Cortical and trabecular bone exploration on the 5th metatarsal
Corrina Wilson, PhD candidate: Cortical, trabecular and macroscopic age changes on the clavicle on an elderly Scottish sample
Claire Mcintosh, PhD candidate: Current practice in stature estimation
Caitlin Penny, MScRes: Intracortical Porosity on the femur on an elderly Scottish sample
Doha Abualhija, PhD candidate: A Coloured Atlas of the Mandible and its Forensic Applications
Kelly Watson, MScRes: Intracortical Porosity along the length of the clavicle on an elderly Scottish sample
Media availability
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Areas of expertise
- Forensic investigation