Turi King

Turi King is a scientist, presenter, speaker and author who is passionate about communicating science to the public. She uses genetics in the fields of forensics, history and archaeology, and has worked in the field of genetic genealogy since 2000. She is perhaps best known for her work "cracking one of the biggest forensic DNA cases in history" (Globe and Mail, February 2013), leading the genetic analysis for the identification of King Richard III. She started her career in archaeology, first in Canada and later reading for a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Graduating with a BA (Hons), she then went to study at the Genetics Department at the University of Leicester on a scholarship, to read for an MSc in Molecular Genetics. She went on to study for a PhD in Molecular Genetics on genetic genealogy. Her award-winning PhD examined the relationship between the Y chromosome and British surnames, combining forensic DNA techniques with history