Isabel Burton
Liverpool School of Art and Design
Languages
German
English
Degrees
2023, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD Forensic Anthropolgy & Facial Identification
2015, University of Dundee, United Kingdom, MSc Forensic Facial Identification
2014, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, BSc Forensic Anthropology
2011, Mutterhaus der Borromaeerinnen, Germany, Certified Paediatric Nurse
Certifications
2021, Invent Human Academy, 3D Forensic Facial Reconstruction Fundamentals
2019, Texas State University, United States, Human Remains Recovery
2018, National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom, Introduction to Good Clinical Practice
2018, National Association of Funeral Directors, United Kingdom, Certificate of Training in Funeral Service Awareness
2017, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, Research Ethics Training
2016, Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom, Forensic Medical Sciences
2008, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Certificate of Proficiency in English (Council of Europe Level C2)
Academic appointments
Research Assistant, School of Justice Studies, Centre for Advanced Police Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023 - 2023
Research Assistant, Humanties and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Visiting Postgraduate Researcher, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS), Texas State University, 2019 - 2019
Forensic Anthropology Student Assistant & Face Lab Delegate, Breaking Ground Heritage; Operation Nightingale, 2018 - 2018
Thesis/Dissertation
Burton I. 2023. Post-mortem and ante-mortem 2D and 3D facial comparison for forensic identification Wilkinson C, Roberts J, Sudirman S. Public Url
Journal article
Burton ID, Rynn C, Thiemann-Freudenstein N. 2021. A revised nose tip shape validation method for facial reconstruction based on CT data from a modern German population Legal Medicine, 49 :101833-101833 DOI Publisher Url
Design
Liu C, Burton I, Shrimpton S, Wilkinson C. 2018. Facial depictions of WW1 German soldier excavated from a battlefield near the French Village of Bullecourt. Featured on Digging for Britain: 'East', Series 7 Episode 3 Publisher Url
Wilkinson CM, Liu CYJ, Hengelhaupt ID, Roughley MA. 2017. Facial depiction of Skeleton 22 - 17th Century Scottish soldier found buried at Durham Cathedral, for the exhibition 'Bodies of Evidence' at Palace Green Library, Durham Cathedral. Author Url Publisher Url
Artefact
Smith KA, Roughley MA, Liu CYJ, Hengelhaupt ID, Wilkinson CM. 2018. Facial depiction (3D printed replica) of a 17th Century Scottish Soldier known as SK22 for the exhibition “Bodies of Evidence”, Palace Green, Durham Author Url Publisher Url
Chapters
Beaumont J, Beveridge J, Budde W, Cross M, Gutiérrez A, Caffell A, Burton I, Johnston A, Koon H, Mackenzie L, Montgomery J, Radini A, Roberts C, Roughley M, Speller C, Wilkinson C. 2018. New Voices Gerrard C, Graves P, Millard A, Annis R, Caffell A. Lost Lives, New Voices Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650 :207-237 Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. Oxford 9781785708503 DOI
Internet publication
Roughley MA, Hengelhaupt ID, Wilkinson CM. 2017. Face Lab – Facial depiction of one of the Scottish Soldiers Author Url
Exhibition
Godfrey B, Wilkinson CM, Roughley MA, Williams L, Hengelhaupt ID, Price K. Convict Faces (2018) at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 05/03/2018-12/03/2018 Author Url
Award:
Liverpool John Moores University's Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence- Impact Story (2022) - Presented to Professor Caroline Wilkinson and the Face Lab team., Liverpool John Moores University. 2022
Research Team of the Year (awarded to Face Lab, LJMU) - Educate North Awards 2019, Educate North, https://www.educatenorth.co.uk/2019-winners. 2019
Supporting Learning Award, Educational Development Association - SEDA. 2017
External collaboration:
https://www.txstate.edu/, Texas State University, San Marcos TX USA, Dr Daniel Wescott. 2019
Membership of professional bodies:
Member, IACI - International Association for Craniofacial Identification, http://www.craniofacial-id.org/. 2017
Member, Gesellschaft für Anthropologie - GfA, https://gfa-anthropologie.de/. 2017
Deployable Team Member, Blake Emergency Services, https://www.blakeemergency.com/. 2016
Student Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute - RAI, https://www.therai.org.uk/. 2016
Member, British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology - BABAO, https://www.babao.org.uk/. 2015
Member, British Association for Forensic Anthropology - BAFA, http://bahid.org/bafa/. 2013
Member and Student Council Member (May 2017-present), The British Association for Human Identification - BAHID, http://www.bahid.org/. 2013
Conference presentation:
Hengelhaupt, I.D., Wilkinson, C.M. (2017) Facial superimposition using three-dimensional scans of the face with photographs for identification purposes, Interntional Association for Craniofacial Identification (IACI) 17th Conference, Brisbane Australia, Poster presentation. 2017
Hengelhaupt, I.D., Rynn, C., Thiemann-Freudenstein, N. (2015) A revised nose tip shape validation method for facial reconstruction based on CT data from a modern German population, British Association for Human Identification (BAHID) Winter Conference, Manchester, UK, Poster presentation. 2015
Fellowships:
Associate Fellowship, Higher Education Academy - HEA, https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/. 2017
Student Fellow, The Royal Anthropological Institute, https://www.therai.org.uk/. 2017
Media Coverage:
BBC Four - Digging for Britain, Series 7 Episode 3 (East)
Broadcast Wed 12 Dec 2018, 21:00 on BBC Four
Documentary on important archaeological finds from the east of the UK; i.a. coverage of excavation at WWI battlefield in Bullecourt, France lead by MOD archaeologist Richard Osgood as part of Operation Nightingale and Breaking Ground Heritage . A facial approximation of one German soldier found at the site was then created by myself and my colleague Dr Jessica Liu in FaceLab at LJMU for the German War Graves Commission.
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