Lilian Doris Mutesi

Her research work focuses on forensic human identification, forensic DNA profiling, forensic biology, molecular genetics, and DNA methylation-based age estimation. Her current doctoral research is on Advancing forensic human identification in Uganda through DNA Profiling performance evaluation and epigenetic age estimation. The study evaluates forensic DNA profiling performance in routine casework, explores stakeholders’ experiences with DNA evidence in criminal investigations and prosecutions, and develops DNA methylation-based age-estimation models for the Ugandan population. She has also conducted research in forensic biology and forensic entomology, focusing on identifying blowflies of forensic importance using molecular techniques. She has teaching experience in forensic biology and related forensic science subjects. As an academic staff member at the National Forensic Sciences University, Uganda Campus, she has participated in teaching, student mentorship, student orientation, and academic program support. She has also been involved in training crime scene officers, investigators, prosecutors, judicial officers, and other criminal justice professionals on forensic evidence management, biological evidence collection and preservation, DNA evidence, expert reporting, and the role of forensic science in investigations and prosecutions.