MSc, BSc, FRAI (FA-III)
Rita Faria is a Forensic Anthropologist at Alecto Forensic Services. She has had a variety of academic and commercial experience in the field, along with proven ability in scientific processes and techniques for collating evidence.
Graduating from Keele University with a first-class honours degree in Forensic Science, Rita went on to study a MSc in Forensic Anthropology at Liverpool John Moores University. She was awarded the Educational Quality Standards Student Award by the Chartered Society of Forensic Science for her BSc, which is given to the top-performing student on a forensics programme accredited by the CSFS. In 2019. Rita also completed the Introduction to Human Identification course at the University of Tennessee, where she had the opportunity to work at the anthropological research facility and study the Bass skeletal collection. Building on her success in academia, Rita’s collaborative MSc research into factors affecting DNA success rates in disrupted and commingled remains was presented at the Interpol DVI Conference in Lyon (2022).
Her responsibilities at Alecto Forensics include the identification of human versus non-human bones, assisting in the recovery and inventory of remains at scene, and assisting with postmortem examinations at the mortuary. Rita also plays a major role in assuring the administration of casework is kept up to date within the team, and that all work is invoiced in due time.
Rita is a fellow at the Royal Anthropological Institute FRAI (certified FAIII), and a member of the British Association for Forensic Anthropology. She is also a member of the UK DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology Cardre. She has experience in commercial archaeology, having worked as a field archaeologist for the Museum of London, and a wealth of volunteering experience in archaeological digs at the Poulton Research Project and at the Piermaster’s Green Community Excavation (Liverpool). Rita has also worked as a volunteer in previous conferences for the RAI (Royal Anthropological Institute).
