Cherene de Bruyn is a doctoral student currently enrolled in the Thematic Doctoral Programme at Liverpool John Moores University, affiliated with the Forensic Research Institute and the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences. She holds a BA (General) (2012), a BA Honours in Archaeology (2014), and a BSc Honours in Physical Anthropology (2016) from the University of Pretoria. She was awarded a Chevening Scholarship to pursue an MA in Archaeology from University College London (2017). Her professional experience spans British (Museum of London Archaeology) and South African archaeology, with involvement in grave relocation and heritage mitigation projects in South Africa. She is a Professional Member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists, with CRM accreditation as a Principal Investigator (Grave Relocation) and Field Director (Colonial period archaeology and Iron Age archaeology). She has authored and co-authored over 70 Heritage Impact Assessment and Mitigation reports, and published in peer-reviewed journals, archaeology magazines, and student publications. Her research interests include funerary archaeology, bioarchaeology, decomposition studies, and geophysics. Her current research focuses on forensic ecology and remote sensing methodologies to identify translocated clandestine graves.