BA MSc FRAI FAIII
Esther Poulus is a Forensic Scientist specialising in Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology at Alecto Forensics.
She graduated from the University of Leiden (The Netherlands) with a BA in Archaeology, specialising in the Archaeology of Asia, while also enrolled in the minor programme in Image Registration at the Royal Academy of the Arts in The Hague.
Later, she obtained two Master degrees at the University of Bradford: one in Forensic Archaeology and Crime Scene Investigation, and another in Human Osteology and Palaeopathology.
Esther has over ten years of experience in commercial field archaeology, and has worked on archaeological projects in The Netherlands, Germany, Indonesia, and the UK. Her most recent position in this field was as a Project Officer with Museum of London Archaeology, leading large excavations in the UK. She has also worked for the Independent Committee for the Location of Victim’s Remains (ICLVR) in Ireland, aiding in the search for the bodies of those disappeared by the IRA.
Esther is an accredited member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (ACIfA), as well as a fellow at the Royal Anthropological Institute FRAI (FAIII). She is also a member of the British Association for Forensic Anthropology (BAFA), and currently holds the position of Membership Secretary on the Council of the British Association for Human Identification (BAHID).
At Alecto Forensics, her responsibilities include the excavation, recording and recovery of human remains from a variety of environments, such as clandestine graves, surface depositions, bodies of water and fatal fire scenes. She delivers training, and aids in the identification of human versus non-human bone. She is also experienced in the recovery of other ecological evidence types such as entomology, soils and botany.
She also assists various police forces by providing species identification through Alecto Forensics’ Bone Identification Service.