Lorna Dawson

Lorna Dawson
CBE FRSE
Occupation(s)professor of soil forensics, and expert witness in courts
EmployerJames Hutton Institute
Known forgiving expert soil forensic evidence in major cases e.g. World's End murders
AwardsPride of Britain and Soil Forensic Expert Witness of the Year Award
HonoursCBE FRSE

Lorna Anne Dawson CBE FRSE is professor and head of soil forensics at the James Hutton Institute, Scotland, who is an Expert witness, Chartered Scientist, and registered expert with the National Crime Agency. She won the award of Soil Forensic Expert Witness of the Year in the Corporate INTL 2021 Global Awards[1] for her forensic research solving major criminal cases, including the World's End pub murders. She had won a special Pride of Britain Award by The Daily Mirror in 2017,[2] for her role in solving long standing criminal cases, and her science communications. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,[3] Commander of the Order of the British Empire, with international academic recognition.[4]

  1. ^ Rodriguez-Salcedo, Bernardo (1 February 2021). "Professor Lorna Dawson wins Corporate INTL Soil Forensic Expert Witness of the Year award | SEFARI". sefari.scot. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lion, Patrick (7 November 2017). "Technique of 'soil sleuth' that's put some of UK's biggest killers behind bars". mirror. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Professor Lorna Dawson CBE FRSE – Royal Society of Edinburgh". Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Professor Lorna Dawson | Environmental and Biochemical Sciences | The James Hutton Institute". www.hutton.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2021.