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Danni Eden

Dr Danni Eden

Biography

Dr Danni Eden is a interdisciplinary Research Fellow with interest and experience in forensics, engineering and behavioural sciences.

Forensic Imaging

Over the last ten years, Danni has carried out and supervised various forensic, anatomical and industrial imaging research alongside Prof Mark Williams (Head of the Forensic Centre for Digital Scanning and 3D printing, WMG). She has applied her forensic expertise to support around a hundred UK homicide cases and has been awarded a Chief Constable's Award for this. Many of these cases have included micro-CT examination of: adult and paediatric skeletons for categorisation of fractures; toolmarks in bone from sharp force trauma and dismemberment and; neck structures following suspect strangulations. She continues to support forensic casework and research. Selected publication:

  • Quantifying forensic investigations involving bloodstain pattern analysis within the UK (2022) Forensic Science International
  • Advantages of micro-CT in the case of a complex dismemberment (2022) Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Software for the trajectory of blood-drops: A systematic review. (2021) Forensic Science International
  • Quantitative characterisation of ballistic cartridge cases from micro-CT (2021) Forensic Science International
  • Micro-CT for the examination of paediatric rib injuries: a case series (2021) Forensic Science International
  • Forensic 3D printing from micro-CT for court use- process validation (2021) Forensic Science International
  • Accurate Prediction of Saw Blade Thicknesses from False Start Measurements (2021) Forensic Science International

Imaging:

  • Effective X-ray micro computed tomography imaging of carbon fibre composites (2023) Composites Part B: Engineering
  • Quality Analysis of Weld-Line Defects in CF-SMC by Automated Eddy Current Scanning (2022) JMMP
  • Experimental and numerical characterisation of fibre orientation distributions in carbon fibre SMC (2022) PRC:ME

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Behavioural Science

Following an Engineering undergraduate (MEng), Danni completed a Psychology MSc (BPP University) and a scholarship-funded Behavioural Science PhD supervised by Professor Derrick Watson (Department of Psychology, University of Warwick) and Professor Mark Williams. Her MSc and PhD research focused on the Concealed Information Test (CIT). The CIT is predominantly a psychophysiological memory/deception detection test for detecting a suspect's recognition of key information. To date she has conducted over twenty experiments containing over 1500 CITs designed to assess the interaction of factors such as memory, attention and social cognition. She received the annual Faculty PhD Thesis Impact Prize and was awarded full marks for her MSc thesis. She has presented at conferences, published in peer-reviewed journals and continues to conduct deception research alongside her forensic imaging role. Selected publication:

  • Crime Memory in the Reaction Time Concealed Information Test (2022) MSc Thesis, BPP University
  • Factors modulating memory-based deception detection in concealed information tests (2019) PhD Thesis, Warwick University
  • Caught virtually lying: Crime scenes in virtual reality help to expose suspects concealed recognition (2020) JARMAC
  • Seen this Scene? Scene recognition in the Reaction-Time Concealed Information Test (2020) Memory & Cognition
  • The Hazards of Perception: Evaluating a change blindness demonstration within a real-world driver education course (2019) Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications