Education and work experience
Trainings
PhD in forensic science
Ph.D. Thesis "Bayesian networks and the evaluation of scientific evidence in forensic science", University of Lausanne 2003-2007
Suisse
Studies (undergraduate) in chemistry
Exchange programme, Leopold-Franzens Universität, Innsbruck
1998
- 1999
Autriche
MSc in forensic science
University of Lausanne, 1997-1998 and 1999-2002
Suisse
Work experience
Associate Professor
University of Lausanne, School of Criminal Justice
2016
Scientific consultant
NIJ research project no. 15PNIJ-21-GG-04192-RESS (National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs 2021, Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes; Principal investigator: Dr. David Stoney), 01/2022-12/2024
2022
- 2024
Senior Lecturer
University of Lausanne, School of Criminal Justice
2010
- 2016
Part-time lecturer (Chargé de cours)
01.08.2010-31.07.2011 (during sabbatical leave of Prof. Taroni)
2010
- 2011
Suisse
Project manager
Fondation pour la formation continue UNIL-EPFL (Foundation for Continuing Education UNIL-EPFL)
2009
- 2016
Forensic scientist, Federal Department of Justice and Police, Berne
01.04.2003-31.08.2010
Suisse
Researcher
Research project in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics of EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), 6 months
2002
- 2003
Others activities
Invited professor (1 month)
China University of Political Science and Law, Haidian Campus, Beijing
Course 'Introduction to scientific evidence evaluation and decision analysis' (32 hours) for graduate students
2024
- 2024
Rép. pop. de Chine
Visiting research stay (6 months)
Fordham University School of Law, New York
2024
- 2024
U.S.A.
Invited professor (1 month)
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing
Course 'Introduction to scientific evidence evaluation and decision analysis' (32 hours) for graduate students
2023
- 2023
Rép. pop. de Chine
Visiting research stay (1 month)
Università Roma Tre, Department of Economics, Rome
2023
- 2023
Italie
Visiting research stay (1 month)
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
2022
- 2022
Researcher (principal investigator) (72 months)
Research project ERC/FNS-Starting-Grant NORMDECS (http://wp.unil.ch/forensicdecision/)
2016
- 2021
Visiting research stay (3 months)
University of Zürich, Faculty of Law
2021
- 2021
Suisse
Visiting research stay (1 month)
University of Adelaide Law School, Guest lecturer in the course 'Evidence and Advocacy'
2019
- 2019
Australie
Visiting research stay (1 month)
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Chicago
2019
- 2019
U.S.A.
Visiting research stay (1 month)
University of California, Irvine, Department of Criminology, Law and Society
2019
- 2019
U.S.A.
Invited Professor (< 1 month)
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing
Course 'Introduction to scientific evidence evaluation and decision analysis' (32 hours) for Master students
2018
- 2018
Rép. pop. de Chine
Visiting research stay (1.5 months)
University of Michigan Law School (Ann Arbor, MI), Center for International and Comparative Law, supported by a 'Michigan Grotius Research Scholarship'
2018
- 2018
U.S.A.
Visiting research stay (1 month)
University of Adelaide Law School, Litigation Law Unit (LLU), research visit supported by a University of Adelaide 'Aim for the Stars' Grant
2018
- 2018
Australie
Visiting research stay (1 month)
New York University School of Law
2017
- 2017
U.S.A.
Visiting research stay (1 month)
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
2016
- 2016
U.S.A.
Visiting research stay (1 week)
University of Nottingham School of Law (UK)
2016
- 2016
Grande-Bretagne
Visiting research stay (1 month)
University of Adelaide Law School, Litigation Law Unit (LLU), research visit supported by the Fondation pour l'Université de Lausanne
2015
- 2015
Australie
Visiting research stay (8 months)
Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Postdoctoral research supported by the Société Académique Vaudoise
2013
- 2014
Italie
Visiting research stay (3 months)
Università IUAV di Venezia, Facoltà di Design et Arti, postdoctoral research funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation
2011
- 2012
Italie
Visiting research stay (1 month)
Università IUAV di Venezia, Facoltà di Design et Arti, Exchange program supported by the Fondation du 450ème anniversaire de l'Université de Lausanne
2012
- 2012
Italie
Visiting research stay (1 month)
Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Postdoctoral research jointly supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Italian National Research Council
2008
- 2008
Italie
Membership of Scientific Societies
The International Association of Evidence Science (IAES), Member of the Council, 2017-today
Royal Statistical Society, Member of the Section Committee 'Statistics and Law', 2018-2021
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Member, 2015-today
Royal Statistical Society, Fellow, 2013-today
Société Académique Vaudoise, Lifetime member
Editorial activities
The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, Member of the editorial board
2023
