Teacher. Ms. Ademir Franco:

Dentist (BDS) – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná – PUCPR, Brazil

Specialist in Forensic Odontology – Brazilian Dental Association – GO, Brazil

Postgraduated in Human Anatomy – Wyden, Brazil

MSc in Forensic Odontology – KU Leuven, Belgium

PhD in Forensic Odontology – KU Leuven, Belgium

PhD in Odontology – PUCPR, Brazil

Postdoctoral fellow in Forensic Odontology – KU Leuven, Belgium

Visiting researcher at Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia

Visiting professor at the University of Turin, Italy

Kenyon Emergency Services team member, UK

Former lecturer at the Centre of Forensic and Legal Medicine and Dentistry, University of Dundee, UK.

Full-Professor at the Division of Forensic Odontology, Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Brazil.

Member of the Brazilian Association of Forensic Odontology – ABOL, American Society of Forensic Odontology – ASFO, USA; and Association Forensic Odontologists for Human Rights – AFOHR, Italy.

In 2018, received the award of best PhD thesis in the field of Forensic Sciences promoted by the Brazilian Society of Forensic Sciences.

Has nearly 200 scientific papers and book chapters published in the last 10 years.

Fields of practice and interest: Forensic Odontology, Oral Radiology, and Human Anatomy. Research lines: dental and skeletal growth and development applied to age estimation; dental anatomy applied to bite mark analysis; and forensic imaging for human identification.