Dr. Jurrien Bijhold

Dr. Jurrien Bijhold

Leiden University, Forensic ICT, Netherlands

Lecturer & Researcher

Presently, Dr. Jurrien Bijhold is working as a lecturer and researcher on situation assessment problems (like the investigation of a crime scene). With a background in physics and computer sciences, he has done many investigations for police and courts and has developed and coordinated projects with universities and companies on innovative methods and techniques. He has always enjoyed the creative part of investigations and projects i.e. the use of multimedia and serious gaming. He completed his master’s in Experimental Physics from Utrecht University, Netherlands in 1986 and Ph.D. from University of Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1992. He spent about 30 years in Netherlands Forensic Institute as Forensic Scientist (1992-2002), Forensic Expert, Expert Witness and Team leader (1998-2010) and Senior Forensic Scientist (2010-2018). Moreover, several papers have been published by him in different International Journals.