D.C. Mildenhall<sup>1,*

1</sup>GNS Science, P.O. Box 30 368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand 5040

^*Dallas C. Mildenhall graduated with a D.Sc. from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand in 1992. He currently works part-time for GNS Science as a principal scientist. He has 49 years' experience in the fields of palynology, forensic palynology and palaeoenvironmental analysis. He is a member of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society, the Centre for International Forensic Assistance at Glasgow University (Scotland) and the International Working Group on Forensic Geology, part of the International Union of Geological Sciences. From 2012 onwards he has been guest Professor at the New University of Lisbon, EGAS MONIZ, Portugal, lecturing in forensic palynology. He has worked on forensic cases, presented or run symposia, seminars, workshops, university courses, invited and keynote addresses in forensic palynology and palaeopalynology in Australia, Austria, Cambodia, England, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the USA. He has edited a special issue on forensic palynology for the journal Forensic Science International and a section on “Forensic Proxies” for the 2nd Encyclopaedia on Quaternary Science. He has also published over 450 scientific articles on all aspects of palynology and palaeobotany including 4 books and a number of book chapters.