I earned my PhD in 2006 at the University of Amsterdam concerning the physical anthropological study of four roman cemeteries along the northern border of the Roman Empire. I held several post-doc functions at the Universities of Leiden and Amsterdam. During my research work I gained experience in burial archaeology comprising paleodemography, burial ritual, the reconstruction of health, diet and migration. During the last years I have been engaged in stable isotope studies in close collaboration with other specialists.

The study of human skeletal remains is what links me to the field of forensic science, and I’m especially interested in forensic methods of human identification.