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, 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
