Alex Biedermann

Dr. Alex Biedermann serves as Associate Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration at the University of Lausanne (UNIL). His academic credentials include BSc and MSc degrees in Forensic Science from UNIL and a Ph.D. focusing on graphical models and probabilistic inference in forensic evidence evaluation. His professional experience includes work as a scientific advisor for the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police, handling cases for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland. Through his Coursera courses "Challenging Forensic Science: How Science Should Speak to Court" and "La science forensique au tribunal: témoin digne de foi?" he helps students understand the complexities of forensic evidence interpretation. As principal investigator of the NORMDECS project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, he studies forensic interpretation through probability and decision theory. His research connects forensic science and law with computational statistics and philosophy of science. With over 100 publications to his name, he continues to advance the field of forensic decision analysis while maintaining visiting appointments at institutions in Adelaide and Beijing.