Dr. Derek Congram

Dr. Derek Congram is a Forensic specialist for the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation for East Asia in Beijing. He is a board-certified (DLAF, #20) forensic anthropologist and archaeologist, specializing in medico-legal and humanitarian applications. His work, teaching, and research focus is on the investigation of disappeared persons: their location, identification, repatriation, and memorialization. He has worked in more than 20 countries for governments, universities, non-governmental, and international organizations, including the United Nations, International Criminal Court, United States Departments of Justice and Defense and the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. His primary interests are the Geographic Information Science (GIS) analysis of body disposal in conflict contexts and professional ethics. He promotes victim families as being central to forensic and humanitarian investigations.