Short bio

Dr 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 teaches several modules to undergraduate and postgraduate students and supervises dissertation projects. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). Julieta has worked with both archaeological and contemporary collections on the Mediterranean area in countries such as Spain, Greece (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.