Email: laia.nogue@umedicina.cat

ORCID: 0000-0002-1734-143X

Scientific Profile: URECERCA

Director of the Anatomy Laboratory and Body Donation Service for Science – Faculty of Medicine, UVIC-UCC Senior Technician in Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, with a degree in Criminology, multiple postgraduate qualifications in Forensic Medicine and Forensic Anthropology, and a Master’s in Legal, Forensic, and Criminological Psychopathology. She has practical experience in legal autopsies at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Catalonia (Girona division) and as a dissection room technician at the University of Girona. She currently directs the Body Donation Service for Science and the Anatomy Laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine of UVIC-UCC and serves as a collaborating professor of anatomy. She is also a PhD candidate in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, with research focused on unexplained sudden death, and a collaborating member of the Cardiovascular Genetics Research Group at IdiBGi. Her international experience includes a research stay at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (USA) as part of Operation Identification (OpID), where she developed practical and methodological expertise in the forensic identification of human remains. She completed the Fatal Fire and Mass Disaster Scene Recovery course at HD Forensics, PA, USA, gaining hands-on expertise in the recovery of biological and non-biological evidence, forensic scene mapping, and operations in fire and mass disaster scenarios. This training enhanced her multidisciplinary collaboration skills, working alongside forensic anthropologists, pathologists, law enforcement, and technical teams in complex forensic contexts. These combined experiences have enabled her to serve as an Associate Responder for KENYON Emergency Services, applying her forensic and disaster-response expertise in real-world emergency scenarios.