Professor Anna Williams

Professor Anna Williams is a forensic anthropologist, and Professor of Forensic Science at the University of Lancashire. She specialises in decomposition and taphonomy research and is spear-heading the campaign to establish the first Human Taphonomy Facility (or "Body Farm") in the UK.



She regularly undertakes forensic casework for national police forces and has advised the National Crime Agency and the Home Office. She has appeared on several popular science and true crime documentaries, and has advised for TV dramas including Silent Witness, Bones, and Rosewood, and crime writers including Ann Cleeves (Vera, Shetland) and Simon Beckett. Find out more at: www.forensicanna.com and www.HTF4UK.org