/projects/research/ Recent content in Research on Cherene de Bruyn Hugo en-US /projects/research/phd/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /projects/research/phd/ <h2 id="project-supervisors">Project Supervisors</h2> <p><a href="https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/12945-komang-ralebitso-senior">Dr Komang Ralebitso-Senior</a>, <a href="https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/12409-kirstie-scott">Dr Kirstie Scott</a>, <a href="https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/9753-heather-panter">Dr Heather Panter</a>, <a href="https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/1251-frederic-bezombes">Dr Frederic Bezombes</a><br> Liverpool John Moores University, UK</p> <h3 id="dates">Dates</h3> <p>2024-2028</p> <h3 id="research-description">Research Description</h3> <p>My doctoral research explores a parallel and complementary framework for locating clandestine graves. Specifically, I am looking at two approaches:</p> <ul> <li>UAV‑based remote sensing, to detect surface and environmental anomalies associated with burial</li> <li>Forensic ecology, using soil microbiomes and ecological change as indicators of decomposition and burial activity</li> </ul> <h3 id="project-articles">Project Articles</h3> <p>📄 <a href="/publications/#uav-grave-detection">Search, Detect, Recover: UAV-Based Remote Sensing for Grave Detection (2025)</a><br> 📄 <a href="/publications/#advancing-time-since-interval-estimation-for-clandestine-graves-from-traditional-approaches-to-forensic-ecogenomics-using-massively-parallel-sequencing-2025"> Advancing time-since-interval estimation for clandestine graves (2025) </a><br> <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-do-bodies-decompose-cape-town-forensic-scientists-are-pushing-frontiers-of-new-detection-methods-262832">📄 How do bodies decompose?</a></p>