Advances in Life Sciences

Advances in Life Sciences is an international journal publishing articles that emphasize the molecular, cellular, and functional basis of therapy. All articles are rigorously reviewed. The journal favors publication of full-length papers where modern scientific technologies are used to explain molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms.

Xanth Mallett

Editorial Board Member of Advances in Life Sciences

Professor, Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee, UK

Research Areas

Anthropology, Human Variation, Human Identification, Biometrics, Legal Admissibility, Expert Evidence

Education

2004-2007Ph.D University of Sheffield, in Forensic Anthropology–Facial Recognition
2002-2003MPhiUniversity of Cambridge, Research Masters in Anthropological Sciences (MPhil)
1998-2002B.ScUniversity of Bradford, in Archaeological Sciences (BSc)

Experience

2007-presentUniversity of Dundee, Tenured Lecturer in Physical Anthropology–Specialising in Forensic Human Identification
2006-2007Biomed Central, Medical Editor for Medical Publishing House

Membership

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Member (2009-current)
Australia and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS)Member (2008-current)
The British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA)Member 2010-Current
British Association for Forensic Anthropology (BAFA)Founding Member (2010-current)
Co-Chair Education Committee (2011-current)British Association for Human Identification (BAHID)
Founding Member (2001)
Council Member (2003-current)
British Forensic Science Society (FSSoc)Member (2006-current)
Council Member (2008-2010)
Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR)Member (2007-current)
Science Learning Institute Partnership (SLIP)
Working arrangement between Dundee Science Centre and the University of Dundee's School of Education, Social Work and Community Education, and CAHID (2011-current)
The Forensic Anthropology Working GroupMember (2010-current)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Barron, D. and X. Mallett, The Hillsborough Football Stadium Disaster, April 15, 1989, in The DVI Casebook: Experience and practice, Black, S., G. Sunderland, L. Hackman, and X. Mallett, Editors. 2011, CRC Press: Boca Raton, US. p. 109-125.
[2]  Black, S., G. Sunderland, L. Hackman, and X. Mallett, Editors. The DVI Casebook: Experience and practice. 2011, CRC Press: Boca Raton, US.
[3]  Black, S.M., X. Mallett, C. Rynn, and N. Duffield, Forensic Hand Image Comparison as an Aid for Paedophile Investigations. Police Professional, 2009. 184: p. 21-24.
[4]  Brunskill, S. and X. Mallett, Operation Lund-Morecombe Bay Cockling Disaster, February 5, 2004, in The DVI Casebook: Experience and practice, Black, S., G. Sunderland, L. Hackman, and X. Mallett, Editors. 2011, CRC Press: Boca Raton, US. p. 207-222.
[5]  Dawson, C., D. Ross, and X. Mallett, Sex Determination, in Forensic Anthropology: 2000-2010, S.M. Black and E. Ferguson, Editors. 2011, CRC Press: Boca Raton, US. p. 61-94.
[6]  Evison, M.P., I. Dryden, N.R.J. Fieller, X.D.G. Mallett, L. Morecroft, D. Schofield, and R.W. Vorder Bruegge, Key Parameters of Face Shape Variation in 3D in a Large Sample. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2010. 55: p. 159-162.
[7]  Galloway, G. and X. Mallett, The Lockerbie Bombing, December 21, 1988, in The DVI Casebook: Experience and practice, Black, S., G. Sunderland, L. Hackman, and X. Mallett, Editors. 2011, CRC Press: Boca Raton, US. p. 89-107.
[8]  Mallett, X., Admissibility, in Computer-Aided Forensic Facial Comparison, M.P. Evison and R.W. Vorder Bruegge, Editors. 2010, Taylor & Francis: New York. p. 139-145.
[9]  Mallett, X.D.G., Facial Identification for the Courts: Science, statistics and law. 2006, University of Sheffield: Sheffield, UK.
[10]  Mallett, X.D.G., I. Dryden, R.W. Vorder Bruegge, and M.P. Evison, An Exploration of Sample Representativeness in Anthropometric Facial Comparison. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2010. 55: p. 1025-1031.
[11]  Randolph-Quinney, P.S., X. Mallett, and S. Black, Forensic Anthropology, in Wiley Encyclopaedia of Forensic Sciences, Volume 1, A. Jamieson, Editor. 2009, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: pp. 152-178: Chichester. p. 152-178.
[12]  Walker, G. and X. Mallett, The Marchioness River Boat Disaster, August 20, 1989, in The DVI Casebook: Experience and practice, Black, S., G. Sunderland, L. Hackman, and X. Mallett, Editors. 2011, CRC Press: Boca Raton, US. p. 127-141.
[13]  Walker, G. and X. Mallett, Rail Incidents, in The DVI Casebook: Experience and practice, Black, S., G. Sunderland, L. Hackman, and X. Mallett, Editors. 2011, CRC Press: Boca Raton, US. p. 173-188.
[14]  Walker, G. and X. Mallett, London Bus and Underground Bombings, July 7, 2005, in The DVI Casebook: Experience and practice, Black, S., G. Sunderland, L. Hackman, and X. Mallett, Editors. 2011, CRC Press: Boca Raton, US. p. 223-237.