ONE of the UK's leading researchers in forensic science has been appointed Professor of Forensic Science at Dundee University.

Professor Niamh Nic Daeid, joins Dundee from Strathclyde University, where she has been based for 20 years. She is now based in the internationally renowned Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) at Dundee.

She said: "I am absolutely delighted to be moving to Dundee and to join forces with colleagues in CAHID.

"My research interests complement those of the team already established in Dundee and, through combining our teams, we have created one of the largest and most active research groups in forensic science in Europe." Work includes fire investigations, drug chemistry, fingerprints, ballistics, tool marks and ink analysis.