Noemi Procopio

Noemi Procopio is a forensic scientist and Research Senior Fellow based in University of Central Lancashire, UK, originally from Sommariva del Bosco in Italy. Procopio is notable for her work in taphonomy and decomposition, in particular applying proteomics to the study of bone proteins in estimating age and time of death, including for submerged corpses. In 2019, Procopio was awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship by UK Research and Innovation, for her project Forens-OMICS: a cross disciplinary implementation of omics sciences to in vivo and post-mortem ageing investigations for forensic applications. Since 2023 she is Fellow of the . In 2024 she has been appointed Program Chair of the American, and in 2025 she has been appointed Section Secretary of the . She is also the Co-Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.