Clemente Maia S. Fernandes
São Paulo State University, Brazil
Biography
Clemente is a Brazilian professor, judicial expert and is a current post-doc researcher in Forensic Anthropology (University of Coimbra), with background in Dentistry and Law. He is a maxillofacial surgeon and specialist in Forensic Dentistry; he holds a Master degree in Maxillofacial Prosthesis, a PhD degree in Dental Sciences and a post-doc in International Health Law. Leader of the “Nucleus of Forensic Sciences, Bioethics, Biolaw and Ethics in Science and Technology” and “Brazilian Group of Forensic Imaging and Radiology”. He is Associate Researcher at the Renato Archer Information Technology Center, Brazil. Professor in São Paulo State University, of Bioethics, Deontology, Forensic Dentistry and Forensic Anthropology and New Technologies in Human Identification. Professor in post-graduation, MSc and PhD courses. Author of many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.His research interests involve the application of new technologies to the forensic field, in special to human identification. Clemente is also very interested in 2D and 3D Forensic Facial Reconstruction, in Virtual Forensic Anthropology, especially in the use of 3D surface scanners in Forensic Anthropology, and in developing a protocol to help and facilitate the work of experts that are in the daily routine of Institutes of Criminalistics and Legal Medicine.