Dr. Bengi ÇINAR KUL is the researcher scientist and the head of Department of Genetics at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Turkiye. She lectures on the veterinary genetics at the Institute of Forensic Sciences as well as at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In addition to presenting academic lectures and conducting researches on molecular genetics, she is also a forensic veterinarian consulting on criminal cases involving animals and assists crime scene investigators. She provides lectures to veterinarians and law enforcement professionals around the country on the use of veterinary genetic knowledge in the investigation of animal cruelty cases. She has participated to the “Training Course of the Crime Scene Investigation Teams” in the Gendarmerie General Command, as an invited speaker once every three months since 2009. She has also worked as a board member of goat and sheep genome consortium of ISAG between 2015-2023. She has specialized on DNA profiling by STRs and identification the species by using mitochondrial DNA as a forensic scientist and also analysis of the data obtained from SNP array, Next Generation Sequencing and Sanger Sequencing as a researcher scientist. She is the representative from 2023 for Turkey and middle east of The International Scientific Working Group of Animal Forensic Sciences (ISWG-AFS).

He has more than 10 years of teaching activities in the field of EU and Croatian veterinary legislation with particular consideration of animal welfare and animal health (subject: State veterinary medicine). In addition, he participates in teaching the following subjects: Introduction to veterinary medicine, Forensic veterinary medicine, Veterinary ethics, Biological traces and evidence and Responsibility in the veterinary profession. He is head of postgraduate master study Forensic veterinary medicine and head of several subjects. As a person responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions related to the use of experimental animals, he is a member of the Animal-welfare body for two registered users at Faculty. Also, as the Committee member he participated in the drafting of laws and bylaws in the field of veterinary activities as well as animal protection. His area of professional work is focused on the crime scene investigation, morphological and molecular identification of vertebrates and forensic veterinary pathology (postmortem interval, blunt force and sharp force injuries, physical injury, etc.). Since 2013, he has been appointed as Court expert witness for forensic veterinary medicine. He is also one of the founders and current head of the Forensic Laboratory (ForensicLAB) and the initiator of postgraduate master study Forensic veterinary medicine. To date, K. Severin has published more than 200 scientific and professional papers. He is president from The International Scientific Working Group of Animal Forensic Sciences (ISWG-AFS) to 2024.

Graduated from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1992), my research work began with a grant from the Caixa Galicia Foundation, helping me to develop the main activity of my Thesis at the Institut de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) of Toulouse (France), under the supervision of Dr. Jean Pierre Cravedi. This activity focused on the identification of biomarkers that could help to indicate early the harmful effect of chemical agents in aquatic ecosystems, using both in vivo and in vitro approaches. This activity has been maintained, actively, in recent years. After obtaining my doctorate (1999), the professional career continued with several national and international stays, in which two different aspects were developed (Clinical and Environmental Toxicology). As a consequence, different works and posters / conferences have been prepared, along with the creation of registered patents, always within the University of Santiago de Compostela. In 2003, I joined the University of Extremadura as a full professor, integrating myself completely into the receiving work group, where I obtained for the first time the direction of a regional research project (2PR04A021), related to the identification of a set of biomarkers of contamination in aquaculture populations, as an ecotoxicological work tool. The preparation of numerous scientific publications and the supervision of a doctoral thesis would only be the beginning of years of intense activity. This aspect was strengthened with the concession of national collaboration projects, subsidized by the Ministry of Education and Science (Code CTM2007-60041) and by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (ref. A / 015933/08 and A / 024757/09). All these projects involved an in-depth search and knowledge of biomarkers of contamination, leading back to doctoral thesis, undergraduate thesis, scientific publications and communications to congresses that can be verified in the CV. It should be emphasized that this activity has been perfectly combined with that developed by other members of the team, who focused more on the chemical determination of environmental pollutants, all together allowing the achievement of other scientific projects in which I actively participated as a member of the team. This fact is associated with the realization of several research stays, some already mentioned, the last one in Italy, South Africa and the USA, whereI returned to contact with the field of in vitro toxicology and the evaluation of the effects generated by environmental pollutants, mainly endocrine disruptors. In this sense, two different scientific articles have recently been presented for publication, considering this line of action of in vitro evaluation and environmental toxicology, something that is currently being strengthened by the direction of a doctoral thesis related to the evaluation of in vitro effects. I also wish to highlight my work in the achievement of numerous contracts with public and private administrations since my incorporation to the Cáceres Toxicology Unit, by applying my knowledge and skills in carrying out analytical and standardized toxicity tests, in accordance with the OECD standards. Moreover, I contributed to the formation of 8 doctorate students, not only from Spain, but also from Tunisia and Italy (this last thesis will be defended in brief), all of them related to biomarkers of environmental relevance as well as to different aspects of veterinary toxicology, in accordance with my present position. Member of different scientific associations (namely, Spanish Association of Toxicology, Galician Group of Specialist in Wildlife, or the Iberoamerican Society of Contamination and Environmental Toxicology), I have been invited by different congress committees and associations to exhibit my work in both national and international events (the last one, into the National Veterinary Congress of Italy, in 2021). I have contributed not only with international papers related to my research activities, but also with many papers written in Spanish, and published in national Journals, with a wide dispersion among national professionals.

Professor Dr. Antonio Manuel Rodríguez- Bertos (arbertos@ucm.es), graduate (1989) and doctor in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) (1994). He has been a full professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the UCM since 1991. He carried out postdoctoral stays in different European and American veterinary schools, such as Hannover (Germany), Utrecht (Holland), Davis (USA) and San Bernardino (USA), in the departments of Veterinary Pathology. He obtained the position of University Professor in 2002, in the Department of Internal Medicine and Animal Surgery of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the UCM. He has participated in more than 50 public and private financing projects and has directed 7 doctoral theses, all of them rated with the highest rating. He has also participated in the publication of 101 scientific articles, most of them in the journals with the highest impact in their category (http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-313X). Likewise, he is co-author of several books, monographs and popular articles in the field of Veterinary Pathology. He combines his dedication to research and teaching with care work since 1991, mainly in the diagnosis of biopsies and performing necropsies, being assigned to the Pathological Anatomy Service of the Veterinary University Hospital (HVV) since 1998. Since then, I have been responsible for the endoscopic biopsies of dogs and cats from the VTH, collaborating in this field with other private laboratories as a consultant (Vetpathologists). Likewise, in 2013 he also became part of the VISAVET-BRUKER Service, where he began to carry out different lines of research in relation to tumor spectrometry techniques (MALDI-TOF). In order to specialize in this field, he completed a residency at the Cooperative Research Center in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE) in Vizcaya, as well as in different courses at the BRUKER headquarters in Bremen (Germany). That same year he began to develop his scientific and research activity at the Veterinary Health Surveillance Center (VISAVET-UCM), where he was later appointed Head of the Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Service (SAP) where in recent years he has focused part of his activity. at the Forensic Veterinary Clinic where he has published numerous publications in collaboration with his team, highlighting: Forensic cases of suspected dog and cat abuse in the Community of Madrid (Spain), 2014-2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110522

DVM and PhD in Veterinary Sciences (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lisbon University). MSc in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon University). Specific advance studies in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Animal Experimentation, Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Veterinary Forensic Science and Animal Law. Assistant Professor at the Clinic Department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Lisbon University since 1987. Coordinator Professor of the courses of Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology and Forensic Sciences in Veterinary Medicine and Lecturer in other courses. Researcher of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA) and of the Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS). Serves as expert in the safety assessment of veterinary medicines for the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture and as nominated forensic veterinary medical expert for the Public Prosecution Service. Participation in more than 20 continuing education courses, including Veterinary Forensics and Forensic Sciences (with focus on human branch). Participation in over 60 Congresses and Scientific Meetings. Author/co-author of 50 scientific book chapters/papers/presentations, in the area of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine. Invited speaker in the areas of Toxicology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine. She is the representative for Portugal from 2023 of The International Scientific Working Group of Animal Forensic Sciences (ISWG-AFS).

Sérvio Túlio Jacinto Reis is a Federal Criminal Expert with a specialization in forensic veterinary medicine. He holds a master’s degree in environmental forensic sciences from UFSC and a Ph.D. in animal pathology from Unesp. Currently, he is responsible for the Fauna Forensics Area at the National Institute of Criminalistics of the Brazilian Federal Police, where he coordinates the development of fauna forensic laboratories. Since completing his master’s degree in 2014, he has been exclusively working in environmental forensics, particularly in cases of wildlife crimes. Notable activities during this period include wildlife forensics in the Brumadinho disaster and the oil spill on the northeastern coast, as well as various cases involving fish die-offs, wildlife trafficking, illegal hunting, and animal cruelty. He is the coordinator of the Federal Police’s research group in forensic veterinary medicine, in partnership with UnB, overseeing several ongoing master’s and doctoral projects. His acquired knowledge has led to the development of forensic methodologies, protocols, and research projects, as well as books and scientific articles, with practical applications in the routine of federal criminal forensics.

Dr. Bengi ÇINAR KUL is the researcher scientist and the head of Department of Genetics at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Turkiye. She lectures on the veterinary genetics at the Institute of Forensic Sciences as well as at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In addition to presenting academic lectures and conducting researches on molecular genetics, she is also a forensic veterinarian consulting on criminal cases involving animals and assists crime scene investigators. She provides lectures to veterinarians and law enforcement professionals around the country on the use of veterinary genetic knowledge in the investigation of animal cruelty cases. She has participated to the “Training Course of the Crime Scene Investigation Teams” in the Gendarmerie General Command, as an invited speaker once every three months since 2009. She has also worked as a board member of goat and sheep genome consortium of ISAG between 2015-2023. She has specialized on DNA profiling by STRs and identification the species by using mitochondrial DNA as a forensic scientist and also analysis of the data obtained from SNP array, Next Generation Sequencing and Sanger Sequencing as a researcher scientist. She is the representative from 2023 for Turkey and middle east of The International Scientific Working Group of Animal Forensic Sciences (ISWG-AFS).

Veterinary doctor – National University of Colombia (1996), specialist in animal health and production in the tropics – Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (2003), master’s degree in microbiology – National University of Colombia (2006). Doctor in veterinary sciences – University of Namur (2015). Professor at the National University of Colombia in: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics – 1998-2008, Institute of Genetics – 2008 to date. Professor of the chairs: Forensic sciences and legal veterinary medicine, Biosafety and traceability, Deepening line in public health and infectious diseases, Health management and resistance to animal diseases. Areas of interest: use of molecular markers in animal species, animal health and animal forensic sciences.

DVM, MBA, MAs, Ph.D. Senior advisor of Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center of Excellence, Chulalongkorn University. President of Earth Agenda Foundation. Veterinary Forensic instructor. Advisor to the department of National Park, Plant and Wildlife Protection and Department of Marine and coastal resources, Thailand. Experience: 32 years of teaching in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Working with the Interpol, local police and rangers on Veterinary forensic cases and conduct training for officers in Wildlife forensics.

MVZ and Master of Veterinary Sciences from UNAM. PhD from Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island. Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP). More than 30 years as a professor of veterinary pathology and experience in diagnostic pathology. I am currently attached (Clinical Associate) to the Department of Veterinary Pathology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.