11 February 2011

Forensic Investigations in Nepal

Professor Helena Ranta, Leader of the Finnish Forensic Expert Team, will give a lecture at the University of Dundee today (Friday February 11th) on forensic investigations in Nepal.

Professor Ranta is an eminent Forensic Odontologist who has participated in many high profile forensic investigations including the Estonia ferry disaster, repatriation of Finnish soldiers killed in action during WW2, assessing mass graves for the Peruvian Truth & Reconciliation Commission and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.

She was the Finnish DVI Odontologist post-tsunami in Thailand in 2004 and is presently the forensic expert for the National Human Rights Commission in Nepal.

Professor Ranta is visiting the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, part of the College of Life Sciences at Dundee.

The lecture takes place from 12 noon to 2 pm in the College of Life Sciences.

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