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Luke Taylor

Luke Taylor BSc (Hons), MSc, MCSFS, FRAI (Cert-FAIII)

Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology

Luke Taylor is a Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology as well as a practising Certified Forensic Anthropologist (Cert-FAIII).

He has provided his expertise and experience nationally, in both mass fatality incidents and high profile homicide cases across a number of police forces since 2011. He also provides his expertise to a humanitarian team in the search and recovery of fallen United States military personnel who were either missing in action (MIA) or prisoners of war (POW).

Luke has been a member of the University of 杏吧app下载 Forensic Science Team since 2019 where he started as a Forensic Science Technician, aiding in the teaching of undergraduate students in practical areas of forensic science.

Luke shares his wealth of experience in Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology as well as crime scene attendance (major crimes) in the Forensic Science and Forensic Science with Criminology BSc Hons undergraduate degrees at the University of 杏吧app下载 with a concentrated focus in the Introduction to Forensic Science, Forensic Archaeology & Anthropology and Forensic Identification and Investigation modules.

Forensic science Science

Responsibilities within the university
  • Deputy Programme Lead for BSc (Hons) Forensic Science and BSc (Hons) Forensic Science with Criminology
  • Member of the Health and Safety Committee
  • Fire Marshall

Recognition

Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (MCSFS)

Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Certified Forensic Anthropologist (FRAI Cert-FAIII)

Member of the British Association for Forensic Anthropology

Member of the British Association for Human Identification

Research / Scholarly interests

Luke’s research interests fall largely in the area of human identification, including the sub disciplines of Forensic Taphonomy and Human Osteology.

Luke has previously worked on a 3 year pedagogy research project with an interest in reducing the national attainment gap.

Recent publications

Book section

Muller, Anna-Maria , Taylor, Luke, William, Anna (2017), . Wiley. In: , , In: Anna William, John Paul Cassella, Peter D. Maskell (eds.), Forensic Science Education and Training: A Tool鈥搆it for Lecturers and Practitioner Trainers. Wiley, Germany (1st) . pp. 179-196 . ISBN: 9781118689233; 9781118689158 (doi: ).