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Professor Christophe CHAMPOD, Ph.D

Professor Christophe CHAMPOD, Ph.D

Director of the School of Criminal Justice (ESC), University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Professor Christophe CHAMPOD, Ph.D

Christophe Champod received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. (summa cum laude) both in Forensic Science, from the University of Lausanne, in 1990 and 1995 respectively. Remained in academia until holding the position of assistant professor in forensic science. From 1999 to 2003, he led the Interpretation Research Group of the Forensic Science Service (UK), before taking a full professorship position at the School of Criminal Justice (ESC) of the University of Lausanne.

He is the director of the ESC and in charge of education and research on identification methods (interpretation of DNA, facial images, fingerprints, toolmarks, footwear marks and firearms) and has the privilege to work with a group of 20 PhD students. The research carried out by his group is mainly devoted to the inferential aspects associated with forensic identification techniques. He maintains an activity as an expert witness in areas of marks and biological evidence interpretation both at a national and international level.

For his contribution to forensic science, he received in 2015 the Distinguished ENFSI Scientist award. ENFSI is the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes. In 2018, for his contribution to the good of the Profession, he received the Henry Medal Award from the Fingerprint Division (formerly The Fingerprint Society) of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (CSFS). In 2020 he was awarded the Douglas M. Lucas medal of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences for his “contributions to forensic identification”.