Tim Thompson

Tim Thompson is Dean of Health & Life Sciences and Professor of Applied Biological Anthropology at Teesside University, UK. He is a leading expert on the effect of burning on bone, but also has research interests in developing and applying methods of visualizing forensic and archaeological artefacts for conservation and analysis. He has a long-standing interest in the practice of forensic anthropology, the frameworks in which practitioners work, and the way it is taught. His latest book is 'Human Remains: Another Dimension - the application of imaging to the study of human remains'. Prior to this, he published the book 'The Archaeology of Cremation: Burned Human Remains in Funerary Studies', and was co-author of 'Human Identity and Identification' with Prof Rebecca Gowland (Durham University) and senior editor for the book 'Forensic Human Identification. He is on the editorial boards for the journals Forensic Anthropology' and 'Human Remains and Violence: an Interdisciplinary Journal. He was Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Science & Justice' for three years and is currently the same for the Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, the Royal Anthropological Institute, the Royal Society of Biology, an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine, and a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE. He has contributed to The Conversation and other media channels. He is a forensic anthropologist who has worked at home and abroad in a variety of forensic contexts and currently supports training and capacity-building worldwide.