Dr. Pier Matteo Barone

Pier Matteo Barone is a criminalist, professor and consultant in Forensic Science, expert in Forensic Geo-Archaeology with a focus on geophysical prospecting (GPR, especially), remote sensing, GIS and archaeology applied to crime-scene investigations, missing persons and ancient crimes, collaborating with several universities (such as CURML Lausanne in Switzerland, NTU in UK, AUR and University of Roma Tre in Italy), institutes (INPEF, in Italy) and national and international police forces. He has been senior lecturer in Forensic Science and director of the Master of Forensic Science program at Nottingham Trent University. He is a member of the Scene of Crime Group of the ENFSI and is appointed Crime Scene Adviser by the IUGS Initiative of Forensic Geology. Co-founder of GFI®-Forensic Geoscience Italy and member of ANCRIM (National Association of Criminologists and Criminalists), CIfA (Chartered Institute for Archaeologists) and Conpef (National Coordination of Forensic Experts). In 2017, 2018, and 2023, he won the Italian Investigation&Forensic Award for Excellence in Forensic Archaeology and Innovation Technology and is a member of the Management Council of the Italian Association of GPR. He is member of the Blake Emergency International Response Team Archaeology and Anthropology Services. He has published more than one hundred books and articles in mainly international and peer-reviewed journals and is on the Editorial Board of several international journals.