Researcher Profile

Lecturer at UWA, PhD

Human identification, facial image comparison (visual identification of persons), forensic anthropology, applied statistical frameworks, analysis of human remains

Visual identification of persons, human identification, including human remains, applied statistics

Obertová Z, Stewart A, Cattaneo C (eds.). 2020. Statistics and Probability in Forensic Anthropology. Elsevier.

De Boer HH, Obertová Z (joint first authors), Cunha E, Adalian P, Baccino E, Fracasso T, Kranioti E, Lefevre P, Lynnerup N, Petaros A, Ross A, Steyn M, Cattaneo C. 2020. Strengthening the role of forensic anthropology in personal identification: Position statement by the Board of the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE). Forensic Science International 315: 110456. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110456

Obertová Z, Leipner A, Messina C, Vanzulli A, Fliss B, Cattaneo C, Sconfienza LM. 2019. Postmortem imaging of perimortem skeletal trauma. Forensic Science International 302: 109921. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109921

Cappella A, Gibelli D, Obertová Z, Cummaudo M, Castoldi E, De Angelis D, Sforza C, Cattaneo C. 2019. The Utility of Skeletal and Surgical Features for the Personal Identification Process: A Pilot Study. Journal of Forensic Sciences 64(6):1796-1802.

Leipner A, Obertová Z, Wermuth M, Thali M, Ottiker T, Siebert T. 2019. 3D mug shot – 3D head models from photogrammetry for forensic identification. Forensic Science International 300:6-12.

Obertová Z, Adalian P, Baccino E, Cunha E, De Boer HH, Fracasso T, Kranioti E, Lefévre P, Lynnerup N, Petaros A, Ross A, Steyn M, Cattaneo C. 2019. The status of forensic anthropology in Europe and South Africa: Results of the 2016 FASE Questionnaire on Forensic Anthropology. Journal of Forensic Sciences 64(4):1017-1025.

Obertová Z. Cattaneo C. 2018. Child trafficking and the European migration crisis: The role of forensic practitioners. Forensic Science International 282: 46-59.

Čaplová Z, Obertová Z, Gibelli DM, De Angelis D, Mazzarelli D, Sforza C, Cattaneo C. 2018. Personal identification of deceased persons: An overview of the current methods based on physical appearance. Journal of Forensic Sciences 63(3): 662-671.

Gibelli D, Obertová Z, Ritz-Timme S, Gabriel P, Arent T, Ratnayake M, De Angelis D, Cattaneo C. 2016. The identification of living persons on images: a literature review. Legal Medicine (Tokyo) 19:52-60.

Ratnayake M, Obertová Z, Dose M, Gabriel P, Bröker HM, Brauckmann M, Barkus A, Rizgeliene R, Tutkuviene J, Ritz-Timme S, Marasciuolo L,Gibelli D, Cattaneo C. 2014. The juvenile face as a suitable age indicator in child pornography cases? A pilot study on the reliability of automated and visual estimation approaches. International Journal of Legal Medicine 128(5):803-8. doi:10.1007/s00414-013-0875-y.

Zuzana’s interests lie in facial identification versus facial recognition, and how these two fields interact, how they are understood by governmental and other agencies concerned with security (public and internal). This topic could be integrated into several of the themes, such as :

Online Behaviour And Profiling; Disinformation And Social Cohesion; Radicalisation And Extremism; Insider Threats; The Changing Character Of Competition And Conflict In The Indo-Pacific.

In addition to this, their work in visual identification of persons and forensic anthropology is closely linked with aspects of big data and AIML; Social, Cognitive, Ethical and Legal Aspects Of Big Data And AIML.

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Email Address zuzana.obertova@uwa.edu.au