Professor Adrian Linacre

I gained my first degree in Zoology at Edinburgh University and then a D.Phil at the University of Sussex. I took up a lectureship in Forensic Science at Strathclyde University in Glasgow where I worked until February of 2010. During this time I gained my Registration as a Forensic Practitioner in the areas of body fluids, blood pattern analysis and DNA typing.
I took up the Chair in Forensic Science supported by the Ministry of Justice, South Australia, with the role of developing new technologies in the field of DNA typing.
I have published over 200 publications in international peer reviewed journals.

Co-author of: Wildlife DNA Analyses (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118496411)

Co-author of: Introduction to Forensic Genetics (https://www.wiley.com/en-us/An+Introduction+to+Forensic+Genetics,+2nd+Edition-p-9780470710180)

Editor of book 'Forensic Science in Wildlife Investigations'.

I am an Associate Editor of Forensic Science International Genetics ((https://www.fsigenetics.com/)

I am on the editorial boards of Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology (https://www.springer.com/journal/120240 and the Australian Journal of Forensic Science (https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tajf20).

In 2020 I was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the forensic sciences: OAM