Sherry Nakhaeizadeh
Associate Professor in Crime and Forensic Science
Biography
Sherry’s research background is within forensic science interpretations specifically looking at cognitive and human factors. She is currently interested in the application of technological advancement and AI approaches in method development in forensic anthropology as well as using such technologies to understand the interpretive process and expertise in complex visual tasks applied within forensic anthropology specifically, and forensic science broadly.
Sherry is also part of The International Centre for Evidence-Based Criminal Law (EB-CRIME) funded by the Swedish Research Council which is set up at Uppsala University in Sweden through a a network of international researchers from different scientific disciplines that collaborate in research projects about evidence in criminal cases. Her research has also led to collaborating with parties such as the Innocence project NYC, industry companies such as Tobii, in addition to give numerous workshops in judgment and decision making in criminal investigations for multiple police forces across the UK, such as the Metropolitan Police and Lancashire Constabulary.
Her work has also been cited in UK governmental reports. Sherry is also a member of the , OSAC for Forensic Science Human Factor Task Group, US Federal Organisation, National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), as well as an affiliated member of the OSAC Forensic Anthropology Sub-committee.
Useful links
More information on the International Centre for Evidence-Based Criminal Justice (EB-CRIME)
Can AI make crime scene investigations less biased? - New Scientist
The impact of human factors on criminal investigations - The Human Innocence Project
Standardizing visual inspection methods within forensic science
Publications
For an up to date list of publications, please visit Sherry's UCL profile.
