Sherry Nakhaeizadeh

Sherry Nakhaeizadeh received a PhD in Forensic Science from University College London (UCL) in 2017. Her research and PhD looked at interpretation issues and cognitive biases involved in forensic science interpretations, focusing mainly on forensic anthropology. Sherry Nakhaeizadeh has published in multiple international journals and was awarded the most noteworthy article of the year by Journal of Forensic Science in 2018 for her article "Cascading Bias of Initial Exposure to information at the crime scene to the subsequent evaluation of skeletal remains" in addition to receiving a PW Allen Commendation awarded by the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences for a paper published in Science & Justice 2020 “A cultural change to enable improved decision-making in forensic science: A six phased approach”.

Sherry Nakhaeizadeh has worked and consulted with numerous organisations such as the Office of Chief Medical Examiners (OCME) NYC where she was awarded a visiting research position with the forensic anthropology unit. Her research has also led to collaborating with parties such as the Innocence project NYC, in addition to give workshops in cognitive biases in criminal investigations for multiple police forces across the UK, such as the Metropolitan Police and Lancashire Constabulary. Her work has also been cited in UK governmental reports. In 2017, Sherry Nakhaeizadeh was awarded a two-year “Research Fellowship” form the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) based on her proposed research in the use of eye-tracking technology in forensic anthropology. She is currently working as a Lecturer in Crime and Forensic Science at the Department of security and Crime Science, Centre for Forensic Sciences UCL. Her current research interested lies in the application of technological advancement and AI approaches in method development in forensic anthropology as well as using such technologies to understand the interpretive process and expertise in complex visual tasks applied within forensic anthropology specifically, and forensic science broadly.