Niamh NicDaeid

Niamh NicDaeid (she/her)

Professor of Forensic Science and Director of Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at University of Dundee

Niamh Nic Daeid is a Professor of Forensic Science and Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. 

She has been involved in forensic science education, research and casework for over 30 years.  She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and holds fellowships of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Chartered Society of Forensic Science, the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, the Royal Statistical Society and the UK Association of Fire Investigators. She is a registered forensic practitioner with the National Crime Agency and is authorised as a Forensic Chemist under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. 

Niamh holds national and international roles with the Home Office, the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes, INTERPOL, the International Criminal Court, and the United Nations. She sits on the steering committee of the Judicial primers which produce science primers for Judges led by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales in collaboration with the Royal Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

Niamh has received many awards for her work including the Royal Society of Edinburgh Senior Medal for Public Engagement and the Stephen Fry Award for public engagement.