Affiliation: University of Leicester
Turi King is Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. She holds her degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Leicester (MSc and PhD), and her fields of specialization are genetics and its implications for archaeology, history and geography, and genetic genealogy and forensics. Professor King led the international research team involved in the DNA identification of the remains of Richard III and is now working on a number of projects including with the Jamestown Rediscovery team in Virginia. She has a media career alongside her academic one: she recently co-hosted the series Unearthed: Ancient Murder Mysteries and is currently the co-host of the hit BBC series, DNA Family Secrets. Professor King was an AIA Joukowsky Lecturer for 2018/2019. She is also one of the AIA Norton Lecturers for the 2024/2025 National Lecture Program season.
