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During your Master's in Forensic Science, you will work closely with many lecturers who are influential in their field. The programme is acknowledged for its innovative research methods and close collaboration with other disciplines. Our professors are known as the authorities in Forensic Science. During the Master's, you will certainly come across several core teachers:

Together with Erwin Mattijssen, I teach the course Observer Based Techniques. This teaching role is carried out alongside my current position as a forensic adviser within the criminal law department of the district court of Limburg. Prior to this role, I served as a forensic investigator at the Dutch Police. Dyon Doensen

I am a research and development manager and forensic scientist at the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) and did my PhD at Radboud University, Nijmegen and Leiden University. I specialise in the human factor within forensic science. I coordinate the course Observer Based Techniques in the Forensic Science Master’s programme. Erwin Matthijssen

I work as a scientist at the Forensic Digital Biometrics Traces department, at the Netherlands Forensic Institute. I’m an expert witness in the area of forensic (video) image processing and biometrics such as manipulation detection on deepfakes. Within the team Forensic Big Data Analysis I do research on artificial intelligence on text, images and video. I was Past President of the American Academy of Forensic Science 2019-2020 and chairman of the ENFSI Forensic IT Working group. At the moment I am chair Forensic Data Science by special appointment at the Institute for Informatics, University of Amsterdam for one day a week. Zeno Geradts

Before teaching at the UvA, I was a criminal defense attorney at a law firm in Amsterdam. However, I wanted more time to deepen my knowledge of criminal law and teaching really appealed to me. Not once have I regretted this decision. I teach the course Criminal Law and Expert Evidence for several years now, besides Dutch Criminal Law at the UvA Faculty of Law. Currently I’m conducting research in the field of law and legal theory of criminal evidence. Charlotte Ganzeboom

I am a professor in Forensic Biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA) and focus in my research on the interface of applied physics, chemistry and biomedical sciences. Earlier I worked on optical techniques for diagnostics in medical oncology, such as fluorescence imaging and optical coherence tomography. Maurice Aalders

I have a background in Bio-analytical Chemistry and hold a PhD in Biology. After my academic training and a postdoctoral research position, I moved into the forensic field and joined the Netherlands Forensic Institute. I have extensive experience as a court registered DNA expert and as a forensic consultant. I enjoy working with and teaching forensic reasoning, and I contribute to the Master’s programme in Forensic Science through the courses Criminalistics Applied to Forensic Chemistry, Forensic Statistics and DNA Evidence, and Chain of Evidence. I am currently the chair of the Programme Committee for Forensic Science. Maarten Blom

I am an assistant professor of Statistics at the Korteweg de Vries Institute of Mathematics and coordinator of the courses 'Forensic Statistics and DNA evidence' and 'Statistics for Forensic Science' in the Forensic Science Master’s programme. I have a background in mathematics and I enjoy the application of statistical and probabilistic reasoning for assessing forensic evidence. Eni Musta

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