Associate Professor Daniel Franklin has an honours degree in bioarchaeology and PhD in physical anthropology. He is currently Deputy Director at the Centre for Forensic Science, The University of Western Australia. His ARC funded research involves the development of alternative techniques to facilitate the rapid and accurate identification of unknown skeletal remains; his particular area of expertise involves the application of new computer approaches to the study of bone form. He has published extensively in a variety of journals, most recently in Forensic Science International, Journal of Forensic Sciences; Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology; American Journal of Human Biology; and South African Journal of Science.