Sue Black (forensic anthropologist)
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Professor Dame Sue Black DBE FRSE |
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| Born | Susan Margaret Gunn 7 May 1961 |
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| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Thesis | Identification from the Human Skeleton (1986) |
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Dame Susan Margaret Black, DBE, FRSE (née Gunn; born 7 May 1961) is a Scottish forensic anthropologist, anatomist and academic. She is Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee.
Sue Black was born in Inverness and educated at Inverness Royal Academy. She was awarded a Bachelor of Science with Honours in human anatomy in 1982 and a Doctor of Philosophy in human anatomy for her thesis on 'Identification from the Human Skeleton' in 1986, both from the University of Aberdeen.
In 1987 she was appointed a lecturer in Anatomy at St Thomas' Hospital, London, which started her career in forensic anthropology, serving in this role until 1992.
Between 1992 and 2003 she undertook contract work variously for UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the United Nations involving the identification of victims and perpetrators of various conflicts. In 1999, she became the lead forensic anthropologist to the British Forensic Team in Kosovo, deployed by the FCO on behalf of the United Nations and later that year deployed to Sierra Leone and Grenada.
In 2003 she undertook two tours to Iraq. In 2005 she participated in the United Kingdom's contribution to the Thai Tsunami Victim Identification operation (jointly led by the Thai and Australian Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) teams) as part of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami international response.
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