Paola A. Magni OSI

Find out from forensic scientist Dr Paola Magni, who is about to head off to the United Kingdom to take part in the final of the FameLab competition.

She's a forensic scientist often called on to help solve murders and she helped write the Italian version of the tv show CIS.

Her insights will make you rethink how you look at the land and sea based creatures that surround us.

Dead men tell no tales. But the bugs infesting their corpses sure do. Dr. Paola Magni is a forensic biolost specialising in the application of natural sciences, such as entomology, to crime scene investigations. Educated at the University of Turin in Italy, Dr Magni has worked in a court-of-law and has been instrumental solving keynote cases using her techniques and on television in the Italian crime drama R.I.S.

Dr. Magni has also developed an app called Smart Insects for assisting Crime Scene Investigators globally which is available on Android and Apple.