Professor Denise Syndercombe Court
Franklin Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street
Kings College London
London
SE1 9NH
Contact Person: Professor Denise Syndercombe Court
Phone: 0207 848 4155 / 07966 262167
Fax: 020 7882 2182
Occupation: Professor of Forensic Genetics
DNA analysis at King’s College London
www.kcl.ac.uk/dnaanalysis
dna.analysis@kcl.ac.uk
0207 848 4130
Curriculum Vitae (forensic related)
Full name:Yvonne Denise SYNDERCOMBE COURT
Expertise
DNA and blood pattern analysis for criminal justice DNA statistical analysis of complex mixtures DNA analysis for civil matters (immigration and complex relationships)
Qualifications
- MRSB CBiol FIMBS CSci DMedT MCSFS PhD
Membership details of professional bodies
- Member of the Royal Society of Biology
- Fellow of the Institute of Biological and Medical Sciences
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
- Member of the International Society for Forensic Genetics
- Member of the British Academy for Forensic Sciences
- Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
- Member of the Biochemical Society
- Diploma in Forensic Statistics
- Accredited Expert Witness (Cardiff University)
- Member of the International Society of Blood Pattern Analysts
- Affiliate member of the Royal College of Physicians Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Case history and/or statistics
- Over 500 expert reports prepared in relation to criminal cases as a result of instruction by the defence, and occasionally by the prosecution
- Advice and attendance in court to give expert evidence in a large number of cases
General Background
- Recognised Teacher, University of London, 1993 – date
- Blood Tester to the Lord Chancellor, 1993 – 2005
- Director of laboratory accredited to ISO17025 and appointed by the Ministry of Justice for relationship testing 2007 to date
- Consultant in Evidence Based Medicine to National Training and Research Appraisal Group, 1994 to date
- European DNA Profiling (EDNAP) UK representative, 1998 – date
- Expert witness –criminal haemogenetics, 1999 – date
- Consultant in statistics to VieLife, 2001 – 2006
- Consultant in DNA to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2002
- External examiner: MSc in DNA Profiling – Lancaster University 2003 - 2007
- Inter-collegiate examiner: MSc in Forensic Science, King’s College London 2005 - 2009
- Secretary-General, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, 2006 – date
- Secretary International Society for Forensic Genetics (English Speaking Working Group) 2007 – date
- International Society for Forensic Genetics advisor on DNA to the UK Forensic Regulator 2010 - date
- Member of the Home Office Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group
Laboratory accreditations
Any other details
- Member of European Forensic Genetics Network of Excellence (Euroforgen-NoE)
- Professor of Forensic Genetics, King’s College London
- Editor and author of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in the field.