Dr. Cristiana Palmela Pereira

Dr. Cristiana Palmela Pereira received her DDS degree in Dental Medicine from Dental Faculty, Lisbon University in 2000, and M.Sc. as well as a Ph.D. degree in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences from Medical Faculty, Lisbon University, Portugal, respectively in 2005 and 2010. She is Assistant Professor at the Dental Faculty, University of Lisbon. During this period, she also worked as a Forensic Advisor (Forensic Consultant of Forensic Dentistry) at the Portuguese Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, South Branch in Lisbon, until present. Also, she is a Principal Investigator of the research group FORENSEMED from the research unit UICOB since 2019. She is Integrate Researcher in Investigation Center CEAUL, Forensic Analysis Group. She is Forensic Odontologist of the DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) Portuguese Team. She has published national and international peer-reviewed papers, several national and international book chapters and a textbook in the field of Forensic Dentistry. She is a co-author of the textbook of the manual proceedings of criminal investigation from the Portuguese Judicial Police. She has been invited as an editorial board member of several journals and she has been invited as Ad Hoc Review of several others journals, such as Journal of Comparative Human Biology, International Journal of Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and the Bulletin of the International Association for Palaeontology. She frequently deliver lectures as an invited Professor from other universities than the University of Lisbon (such as the pre graduation course of Forensic Sciences and Criminal Investigation) and invited talks in conferences and training workshops to graduate students, colleagues, and professionals. Dr. Cristiana Palmela Pereira was awarded with national and international awards, such as the IOFOS highest award, the Ferdinand STRÖM. Her research relates primarily to forensic dentistry in the main fields of forensic pathology (human identification and identify others variables related to the circumstances of death) and clinical forensic medicine (bite marks and age estimation). She has received number of national and international research grants as well.