Professor Niamh NicDaeid is a Professor of Forensic Science and Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. She has kindly agreed to speak to the group about fire risk and how a fire risk investigation may unfold.
About Professor Niamh NicDaeid
Professor 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. She has worked on many forensic cases particularly in drug analysis and fire investigation including as an expert witnesses appointed to the Grenfell Tower public inquiry.
Niamh has held national and international roles with the Home Office, 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 and the Lord President of Scotland in collaboration with the Royal Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Niamh has received awards for her work including the ENFSI distinguished forensic scientist award, the Pete Ganci award for services to fire investigation and the Royal Society of Edinburgh Senior Medal for Public Engagement and the Stephen Fry Award for public engagement. She has published over 200 peer reviewed research papers and book chapters and holds a research grant portfolio in excess of £28 million.
