Noemi Procopio is a forensic scientist and Research Senior Fellow based in
University of Central Lancashire
The University of Lancashire (previously abbreviated UCLan) is a public university based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. It has its roots in ''The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge'', founded in 1828. Previously k ...
, UK, originally from
Sommariva del Bosco
Sommariva del Bosco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 1 January 2017, it had a population of 6 304 and an area of .All demograp ...
in Italy. Procopio is notable for her work in
taphonomy and decomposition, in particular applying
proteomics
Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins. Proteins are vital macromolecules of all living organisms, with many functions such as the formation of structural fibers of muscle tissue, enzymatic digestion of food, or synthesis and replicatio ...
to the study of bone proteins in estimating age and time of death, including for submerged corpses. In 2019, Procopio was awarded a
Future Leaders Fellowship by
UK Research and Innovation
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, funded through the science budget of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ...
, for her project ''Forens-OMICS: a cross disciplinary implementation of omics sciences to in vivo and post-mortem ageing investigations for forensic applications''.
Since 2023 she is Fellow of th
American Academy of Forensic Sciences In 2024 she has been appointed Program Chair of the America
Academy of Forensic Sciences, Pathology/Biology Section and in 2025 she has been appointed Section Secretary of th
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Pathology/Biology Section She is also the Co-Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
References
External links
Noemi Procopio's page at the University of Central Lancashire
UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship
Year of birth missing (living people)
Forensic scientists
Proteomics
Taphonomists
Academics of Northumbria University
Academics of the University of Central Lancashire
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Living people
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