Dr. Zsolt Pádár, forensic geneticist, Honorary Professor, Széchenyi István University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Department of Criminology and Forensic Sciences. Education background: biology (MSc ), chemistry (MSc ), education (BSc; Kossuth Lajos University of Science, Debrecen, Hungary, 1986.); PhD (Veterinary Sciences, Szent István University, Doctoral School of Veterinary Science 2007.). Research experience: forensic scientist (1986-1991. Institute for Forensic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary) forensic geneticist, Head of Department of Genetics (1991-2010., Institute for Forensic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary). Researcher (2015-2017. Velgene Three Ltd., Szeged, Hungary). Research associate, (2007-Present; Department of Criminal Sciences, Ferenc Deák Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Research Centre for Forensic Sciences and Criminology, University Széchenyi István, Győr, Hungary), research associate professor, external lecturer (2017- Preesent; Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Hungary). Current and previous research interests: forensic genetics, animal genetics, wildlife forensics, criminalistics, molecular biology, population genetics. Memberships of professional societies: Hungarian Chamber of Judicial Experts, International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG), ENFSI Animal Plant and Soil Traces Working Group (ENFSI APST).