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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
David Senhora Navega
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Navega, D
  • Navega, D. S.
  • Navega, David

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0516-9203-A7BC
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4495-3762
Google Scholar ID
a3Is9uQAAAAJ

Email addresses

  • dsnavega@gmail.com (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Other Medical Sciences - Forensic Science
  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
  • Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/09/01 - 2023/03/30
Concluded
Anthropology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Forensic Anthropology
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"Multifactorial age estimation in forensic anthropology and medicine: a machine learning approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2022/11/23
Attended
Imagiologia forense para a patologia e a antropologia forenses (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2022/09/14 - 2022/09/17
Concluded
Disaster Victim Identification (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2021/11/16
Concluded
Estimación forense de la edad en le sujeto vivo (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2017/09/21 - 2017/10/28
Concluded
Thanatology Technician Certificate (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2017/03/17 - 2017/03/18
Concluded
Seminário Prático em Medicina Dentária e Antropologia Forenses (Outros)
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, Portugal
2017/03/10 - 2017/03/11
Concluded
Seminario de Especialização em Antropologia Forense (Outros)
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, Portugal
2016/11/12 - 2016/11/12
Concluded
Sínfise púbica e idade à morte em Antropologia Forense (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2016/09/05
Concluded
FASE Basic Workshop in Forensic Anthropology (40H) (Outros)
Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe, Switzerland
2016/06/03 - 2016/06/03
Concluded
Advances in Skeletal Analysis: Age and Sex Estimation (Outros)
Museu Nacional de História Natural e Ciência, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2015/06/01
Concluded
Workshop on human tooth crown and root morphology (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2014/07/02 - 2014/07/04
Concluded
New methodologies and protocols of forensic identification by craniofacial superimposition (MEPROCS) (Outros)
University of Dundee, United Kingdom
2013/09/26 - 2013/09/28
Concluded
Advanced Course on Postmortem Interval (Outros)
Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe, Switzerland
2011/09/01 - 2012/08/01
Concluded
Forensic Anthropology (Postgraduate Certificate)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
19
2010/09/01 - 2012/08/01
Concluded
Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Master)
Major in Forensic Anthropology
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Sex estimation from the tarsals and metatarsals (PT)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2012/06/13 - 2012/06/14
Concluded
Perícias médico-legais em Antropologia Forense (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2012/04/12 - 2012/04/12
Concluded
Registo Fotográfico Forense (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2011/09/13 - 2011/09/13
Concluded
Forensic Investigations of Human Remains from Armed Conflicts and Catastrophes (Outros)
International Association of Forensic Sciences, Belgium
2010/09/01 - 2011/08/01
Concluded
Higher Diploma in Legal Medicine (Postgraduate Certificate)
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
16
2010/11/08 - 2010/12/17
Concluded
Analysis of Organismal Form (Outros)
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2010/10/11 - 2010/10/15
Concluded
4th European Workshop of Forensic Anthropology (Outros)
Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe, Switzerland
2007/09/01 - 2010/08/01
Concluded
Anthropology (Bachelor)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
17
2010/04/23 - 2010/04/24
Concluded
Arqueotanatologia em contexto de salvamento (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2009/03/27 - 2009/03/28
Concluded
Fundamentos de Antropologia de Campo (Outros)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/09/01 - 2019/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) University of Nevada Reno, United States
2015/09/01 - 2019/08/01 Research Trainee (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2012/08/01 - 2014/08/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/05/01 - Current Forensic Technician Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2010/11/16 - 2010/12/15 Forensic Anthropology Trainee Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - Current Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation
Principal investigator
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, United States
National Institute of Justice
Ongoing
2019/12/02 - 2019/12/13 Bakeng se Afrika
Bakeng se Afrika
PhD Student Fellow
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Erasmus Plus
Concluded
2015/09 - 2019/08 Multifactorial age estimation in forensic anthropology and medicine: a machine learning approach
SFRH/BD/99676/2014
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2012/08/01 - 2014 MEPROCS - The New Methodologies and Protocols of Forensic Identification by Craniofacial Superimposition
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
European Commission
Concluded
2010/09/01 - 2011/09/01 Paleoepidemiology of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures in Portugal since the Mesolithic: a transdisciplinary study
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/09/01 - 2019/12/03 A Dental Anthropological Databank for Use in the Statistical Estimation of Ancestry and Sex in Forensic Anthropology
2017-DN-BX-0143
Technical development
University of Nevada Reno, United States
National Institute of Justice
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Navega, David; Cunha, Eugénia. "Extreme learning machine neural networks for adult skeletal age-at-death estimation". In Statistics and Probability in Forensic Anthropology, 209-225. Elsevier, 2020.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-12-815764-0.00019-8
  2. d’Oliveira Coelho, João; Curate, Francisco; Navega, David; Coelho, João d¿Oliveira. "Osteomics: Decision support systems for forensic anthropologists". In Statistics and Probability in Forensic Anthropology, 259-273. Elsevier, 2020.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-815764-0.00005-8
  3. Algee-Hewitt, Bridget; Coelho, Catarina; Navega, David; Cunha, Eugénia. "Statistical approaches to ancestry estimation: New and established methods for the quantification of cranial variation for forensic casework". In Statistics and Probability in Forensic Anthropology, 227-247. Elsevier, 2020.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-815764-0.00018-6
Conference abstract
  1. Navega, David; Costa, Ernesto; Cunha, Eugénia. "A deep learning approach to adult skeletal age-at-death estimation". Paper presented in Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe 20th Anniversary Symposium, Marseille, 2023.
    Accepted
  2. Navega, David; Costa, Ernesto; Cunha, Eugénia. "Lost in the woods: The value of tree ensemble modelling for adult age-at-death estimation from skeletal degeneration". Paper presented in Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe Symposium, Milan, 2017.
    Published • 10.1016/j.medleg.2017.10.006
  3. Bessa, Angela; Navega, David; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Cunha, Eugénia. "Finding what is missing: Three-dimensional coordinates estimation for ancestry assessment through geometric morphometrics". Paper presented in Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe Symposium, Milan, 2017.
    Published • 10.1016/j.medleg.2017.10.031
  4. Coelho, Catarina; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Navega, David; Cunha, Eugénia; Wasterlain, Sofia N.. "The efficacy of calcanei to estimate ancestry". Paper presented in Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe Symposium, Milan, 2017.
    Published • 10.1016/j.medleg.2017.10.029
  5. Makhoul, Calil; Amarante, Ana; Coelho, João d’Oliveira; Navega, David; Almeida, Miguel; Parker, Stewart F.; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; et al. "Experimental burning and real fire scenarios: Are they comparable in terms of chemical anthropology?". Paper presented in Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe Symposium, Milan, 2017.
    Published • 10.1016/j.medleg.2017.10.019
  6. Cunha, Eugénia; Ferreira, Teresa; Coelho, Catarina; Navega, David; Curate, Francisco; Gonçalves, David; Durão, Carlos. "Prostheses and Medical Devices: Their Value in Forensic Anthropology". Paper presented in 69th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, 2017.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Andrade, B.; Dias, P.; Santos, B.S.; Coelho, C.; Coelh, J.D.; Navega, D.; Ferreira, M.T.; Wasterlain, S.. "Morphological analysis of 3D skull models for ancestry estimation". 2018.
    10.1109/iV.2018.00104
  2. Andrade, B.; Dias, P.; Coelho, C.; Coelho, J.; Navega, D.; Wasterlain, S.N.; Ferreira, M.T.; Santos, B.S.. "Towards automatic non-metric traits analysis on 3D models of skulls". 2017.
    10.1109/EPCGI.2016.7851196
Conference poster
  1. Navega, D; Costa, Ernesto; Cunha, Eugénia. "DRNNAGE: Deep randomized neural networks for Adult Age-at-death estimation". Paper presented in 20.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2021.
  2. Ferreira, MT; Coelho, C; d’Oliveira Coelho, J; Navega, D; Wasterlain, SN. "Nouvelles donnés sur le sexe et l’âge à la mort basées sur le squelette postcrânien des esclaves africans adultes asservis trouvés à Lagos, Portugal (XVe-XVIIe siècles)". Paper presented in XXXIIIème Colloque du GALF, 2018.
  3. Navega, D; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.; Cunha, Eugénia; Curate, Francisco. "Estimativa da idade à morte com base na densidade mineral óssea do fémur proximal: uma abordagem com redes neuronais artificiais". Paper presented in III Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2016.
  4. Navega, D; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.; Coelho, C; Vicente, R; Curate, Francisco; Cunha, Eugénia. "Teste do método Diagnose Sexualle Probabilistique (DSP) numa amostra da colecção de esqueletos identificados do século XXI". Paper presented in II Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2015.
  5. Curate, Francisco; Cunha, Eugénia; Gonçalves, David; Coelho, Catarina; Coelho, João; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Navega, David. "Um novo método para a determinação do sexo a partir do fémur proximal". Paper presented in II Conferência do Instituto de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2015.
  6. Navega, David; Coelho, João; Coelho, Catarina; Vicente, Ricardo; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Curate, Francisco; Cunha, Eugénia. "Teste do método Diagnose Sexualle Probabilistique (DSP) numa amostra da Coleção de Esqueletos Identificados do Século XXI". Paper presented in II Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2015.
  7. Navega, D; Vicente, R; Gama, I; Coelho, C; Gomes, R; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Cunha, Eugénia; Curate, Francisco. "Eigenfemora: A pilot study on PCA-based image analysis for age estimation from the proximal femur". Paper presented in 12.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2013.
  8. Navega, D; Coelho, C; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Cunha, Eugénia. "AncesTrees: ancestry estimation with randomized decision trees". Paper presented in FASE 10th Anniversary Symposium, 2013.
  9. Curate, Francisco; Cunha, Eugénia; Navega, David; Pedroso de Lima, João. "Geometrical properties of the proximal femur in three identified Portuguese skeletal samples". Paper presented in I Bioanthropological Meeting : a multidisciplinary approach, 2013.
  10. Navega, D; Vicente, R; Cunha, Eugénia. "Estimativa do sexo com base no comprimento axial dos metatársicos". Paper presented in 11.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Maio, Cláudia; Cunha, Eugénia; Navega, David. "Metric Analysis of the Patella for Sex Estimation in a Portuguese Sample". Forensic Sciences Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/fsr/owae015.
    10.1093/fsr/owae015
  2. Navega, D; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Curate, Francisco. "Eigenfemora—Age-at-Death Estimation in the Proximal Femur through an Image Processing Approach". Forensic Sciences 4 1 (2023): 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci4010001.
    10.3390/forensicsci4010001
  3. Curate, Francisco; Navega, D; Cunha, Eugénia; Coelho, João d’Oliveira. "DXAGE 2.0 — adult age at death estimation using bone loss in the proximal femur and the second metacarpal". International Journal of Legal Medicine 136 5 (2022): 1483-1494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-022-02840-y.
    10.1007/s00414-022-02840-y
  4. Navega, David; Costa, Ernesto; Cunha, Eugénia. "Adult Skeletal Age-at-Death Estimation through Deep Random Neural Networks: A New Method and Its Computational Analysis". Biology 11 4 (2022): 532. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11040532.
  5. Ferreira MT; Coelho C; Makhoul C; Navega D; Gonçalves D; Cunha E; Curate F. "New data about the 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection (University of Coimbra, Portugal).". International journal of legal medicine (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32857278.
    10.1007/s00414-020-02399-6
  6. Rodrigues, H.; Ramos, R.; Fagundes, L.; Galego, O.; Navega, D.; Coelho, J.D.; Alves, F.C.; Cunha, E.. "Mastoid, middle ear and inner ear analysis in CT scan – a possible contribution for the identification of remains". Medicine, Science and the Law (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079403675&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/0025802419893424
  7. Corron, Louise; Adalian, Pascal; Condemi, Silvana; Marchal, François; Navega, D. "Sub-adult aging method selection (SAMS): A decisional tool for selecting and evaluating sub-adult age estimation methods based on standardized methodological parameters". Forensic Science International 304 (2019): 109897. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109897.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109897
  8. Vilas-Boas, D.; Wasterlain, S.N.; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.; Navega, D.; Gonçalves, D.. "SPINNE: An app for human vertebral height estimation based on artificial neural networks". Forensic Science International 298 (2019): 121-130. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85062969611&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.02.056
  9. David Navega; Maria Godinho; Eugénia Cunha; Maria Teresa Ferreira. "A test and analysis of Calce (2012) method for skeletal age-at-death estimation using the acetabulum in a modern skeletal sample". International Journal of Legal Medicine 132 5 (2018): 1447-1455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1902-9.
    10.1007/s00414-018-1902-9
  10. David Navega; João d'Oliveira Coelho; Eugénia Cunha; Francisco Curate. "DXAGE : A New Method for Age at Death Estimation Based on Femoral Bone Mineral Density and Artificial Neural Networks". Journal of Forensic Sciences 63 2 (2018): 497-503. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13582.
    10.1111/1556-4029.13582
  11. G. Richard Scott; Marin Pilloud; David Navega; João Coelho; Eugénia Cunha; Joel Irish. "rASUDAS: A New Web-Based Application for Estimating Ancestry from Tooth Morphology". Forensic Anthropology 1 1 (2018): 18-31. https://doi.org/10.5744%2Ffa.2018.0003.
    10.5744/fa.2018.0003
  12. Gonçalves, D.; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.; Amarante, A.; Makhoul, C.; Oliveira-Santos, I.; Navega, D.; Cunha, E.. "Dead weight: Validation of mass regression equations on experimentally burned skeletal remains to assess skeleton completeness". Science and Justice 58 1 (2018): 2-6. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85025823922&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scijus.2017.07.003
  13. Koterová, A.; Navega, D.; Štepanovský, M.; Buk, Z.; Bružek, J.; Cunha, E.. "Age estimation of adult human remains from hip bones using advanced methods". Forensic Science International 287 (2018): 163-175. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045390187&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.03.047
  14. Machado, M.P.S.; Costa, S.T.; Freire, A.R.; Navega, D.; Cunha, E.; Daruge Júnior, E.; Prado, F.B.; Rossi, A.C.. "Application and validation of Diagnose Sexuelle Probabiliste V2 tool in a miscegenated population". Forensic Science International 290 (2018): 351.e1-351.e5. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050823695&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.06.043
  15. Ermida, C.; Navega, D.; Cunha, E.. "Luminol chemiluminescence: contribution to postmortem interval determination of skeletonized remains in Portuguese forensic context". International Journal of Legal Medicine 131 4 (2017): 1149-1153. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011005149&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00414-017-1547-0
  16. Coelho, C.; Navega, D.; Cunha, E.; Ferreira, M.T.; Wasterlain, S.N.. "Ancestry Estimation Based on Morphoscopic Traits in a Sample of African Slaves from Lagos, Portugal (15th–17th Centuries)". International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 27 2 (2017): 320-326. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017557340&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/oa.2542
  17. Gonçalves, D.; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.; Acosta, M.A.; Coelho, C.; Curate, F.; Ferreira, M.T.; Gouveia, M.; et al. "One for all and all for one: Linear regression from the mass of individual bones to assess human skeletal mass completeness". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 160 3 (2016): 427-432. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84974707463&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ajpa.22979
  18. Ibáñez, O.; Vicente, R.; Navega, D.; Campomanes-Álvarez, C.; Cattaneo, C.; Jankauskas, R.; Huete, M.I.; et al. "MEPROCS framework for Craniofacial Superimposition: Validation study". Legal Medicine 23 (2016): 99-108. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994051841&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.10.007
  19. Curate, F.; Coelho, J.; Gonçalves, D.; Coelho, C.; Ferreira, M.T.; Navega, D.; Cunha, E.. "A method for sex estimation using the proximal femur". Forensic Science International 266 (2016): 579.e1-579.e7. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978474456&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.06.011
  20. Ibáñez, O.; Valsecchi, A.; Cavalli, F.; Huete, M.I.; Campomanes-Alvarez, B.R.; Campomanes-Alvarez, C.; Vicente, R.; et al. "Study on the criteria for assessing skull-face correspondence in craniofacial superimposition". Legal Medicine 23 (2016): 59-70. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991261745&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.09.009
  21. Scott, G. Richard; Navega, David; Coelho, Joao; Cunha, Eugenia; Irish, Joel D.. "rASUDAS: A New Method for Estimating Ancestry from Tooth Crown and Root Morphology". American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2016): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/14475072/.
  22. Navega, D.; Coelho, C.; Vicente, R.; Ferreira, M.T.; Wasterlain, S.; Cunha, E.. "AncesTrees: ancestry estimation with randomized decision trees". International Journal of Legal Medicine 129 5 (2015): 1145-1153. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940449597&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00414-014-1050-9
  23. Gama, I.; Navega, D.; Cunha, E.. "Sex estimation using the second cervical vertebra: a morphometric analysis in a documented Portuguese skeletal sample". International Journal of Legal Medicine 129 2 (2015): 365-372. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84923247669&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00414-014-1083-0
  24. Navega, D.; Vicente, R.; Vieira, D.N.; Ross, A.H.; Cunha, E.. "Sex estimation from the tarsal bones in a Portuguese sample: a machine learning approach". International Journal of Legal Medicine 129 3 (2015): 651-659. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928344889&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00414-014-1070-5
  25. Ibáñez, O.; Vicente, R.; Navega, D.S.; Wilkinson, C.; Jayaprakash, P.T.; Huete, M.I.; Briers, T.; et al. "Study on the performance of different craniofacial superimposition approaches (I)". Forensic Science International 257 (2015): 496-503. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954197010&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.05.030
  26. Curate, Francisco; Cunha, Eugenia; Matos, Vitor; Navega, David; Lima, Joao P.. "Cortical Bone Loss and Osteoporotic Fractures in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156 (2015): 114-114. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000350594900193&KeyUID=WOS:000350594900193.
  27. Ferreira, M.T.; Vicente, R.; Navega, D.; Gonçalves, D.; Curate, F.; Cunha, E.. "A new forensic collection housed at the University of Coimbra, Portugal: The 21st century identified skeletal collection". Forensic Science International 245 (2014): 202.e1-202.e5. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84912036744&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.09.021
  28. Curate, Francisco; Cunha, Eugenia; Navega, David; Albuquerque, Anabela. "Marital status, maternal deaths and bone mineral density in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 153 (2014): 101-101. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000331225100165&KeyUID=WOS:000331225100165.
  29. Navega, David; Cunha, Eugénia; Pedroso de Lima, João; Curate, Francisco. "The external phenotype of the proximal femur in Portugal during the 20th century". (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/25199.
    10.1016/j.scijus.2017.07.003

Other

Other output
  1. CraMS. Software. 2012. Coelho, C; Ferreira, MT; Navega, D; Dias, Paulo; Santos, BS; Coelho, J; Neves, L; Santos, D; Andrade, B.
Software
  1. Navega, D. "DRNNAGE: Deep random neural networks for adult skeletal age-at-death estimation". 2022.
  2. Navega, D. "SAMS: A decisional tool for selecting and evaluating sub-adult age estimation methods". 2019.
  3. Navega, D; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.. "SPINNE: Spine Proportion through Implementation of Neural Networks". 2019.
  4. Navega, D; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.. "rASUDAS: A New Web-Based Application for Estimating Ancestry from Tooth Morphology". 2018.
  5. Navega, D; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.. "DXAGE: Age at Death Estimation Based on Femoral Bone Mineral Density and Artificial Neural Networks". 2017.
  6. Navega, D; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.; Curate, Francisco. "SeuPF: Sex estimation using the proximal femur". 2016.
  7. Navega, D; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.. "MassReg: Automated linear regressions to assess human skeletal mass completeness". 2016.
  8. Navega, David; d'Oliveira Coelho, J.. "Osteomics". Web: https://osteomics.com. 2016.
  9. Navega, D. "AncesTrees: Ancestry estimation via Random Forests". 2015.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/18 Forensic anthropology: what can we tell from bones? CSI Lisbon Workshop
15th iMED Conference (NOVA Medical School Students' Union) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/11/25 Estimativa da idade-à-morte de indivíduos adultos em antropologia e medicina forenses: um novo método e ferramenta informática 20.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/11/18 Estimativa da idade-à-morte em Antropologia Forense: Contributo da Inteligência Artificial 17.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/08/06 Skeletal age-at-death estimation: a machine learning approach New Methods in Skeletal Age Estimation for Diverse Populations
Stanford University (Stanford, United States)
2017/09/16 Lost in the woods: The value of tree ensemble modelling for adult age-at-death estimation from skeletal degeneration FASE Symposium
Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (Milan, Italy)
2016/02/13 AncesTrees: Uma nova ferramenta para a avaliação da ancestralidade em Antropologia Forense I Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses
Associação Portuguesa de Ciências Forenses (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/30 - Current The implementation of machine learning algorithms in sex estimation: a novel approach
Co-supervisor
Forensic Anthropology (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/09/01 - Current Multivariate adult age estimation: incorporating virtual imaging and the weathering hypothesis
Co-supervisor
Anthropology (PhD)
University of Nevada Reno, United States
2023/09/01 - 2024/11/04 Performance of DRNNAGE software for age estimation in identified human skeletons from northeastern Brazil
Co-supervisor
Forensic Sciences (Master)
Universidade de Pernambuco, Brazil
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/27 Geometric morphometrics using linear skull measurements to estimate population affinity
Co-supervisor
Forensic Anthropology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/08/30 - 2023/09/01 Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe 20th Anniversary Symposium
Symposium
Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe 20th Anniversary Symposium
Aix-Marseille Université Faculté de Médecine, France
2022/11/24 - 2022/11/26 20.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Congress
20.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2021/11/18 - 2021/11/20 19.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Conference
19.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2017/11/16 - 2017/11/18 16.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Congress
16.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2017/11/16 - 2017/11/18 1.ª Reunião da Rede de Serviços Médico-Legal de Língua Portuguesa
Congress
1.ª Reunião da Rede de Serviços Médico-Legis de Língua Portuguesa
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2016/11/09 - 2016/11/11 III Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Conference
III Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2015/10/29 - 2015/10/30 II Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Conference
II Conferência do Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2014/06/30 - 2014/07/01 International Conference on Craniofacial Superimposition
Conference
International Conference on Craniofacial Superimposition
University of Dundee, United Kingdom
2013/11/07 - 2013/11/09 12.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Congress
12.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2013/03/07 - 2013/03/07 3.ª Jornadas de Polícia Científica
Conference
3.ª Jornadas de Polícia Científica
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2012/11/09 - 2012/11/10 11.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Congress
11.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2011/09/15 - 2011/09/17 10.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Congress
10.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
2011/09/15 - 2011/09/17 IV Congresso Ibérico de Medicina Legal
Congress
IV Congresso Ibérico de Medicina Legal
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2011/09/15 - 2011/09/17 1.º Congresso de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses dos Países de Língua Oficial Portuguesa
Congress
1.º Congresso de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses dos Países de Língua Oficial Portuguesa
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2011/09/12 - 2011/09/17 19th World IAFS Meeting
Congress
19th World IAFS Meeting
2011/09/12 - 2011/09/17 9th WPMO Triennial Meeting
Congress
9th WPMO Triennial Meeting
2011/09/12 - 2011/09/17 5th MAFS Meeting
Congress
5th MAFS Meeting
2010/11/04 - 2010/11/06 9.º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses
Congress
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2010/10/16 - 2010/10/16 5th FASE One Day Symposium
Conference
5th FASE One Day Symposium
Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe, Switzerland
2009/05/28 - 2009/05/30 XXI Congress of the International Academy of Legal Medicine
Congress
XXI Congress of the International Academy of Legal Medicine
International Academy of Legal Medicine, Switzerland
2008/06/06 - 2008/06/06 I Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia
Conference
I Jornadas Portuguesas de Paleopatologia
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/09/24 Estimating sex through metric analysis of the mandible: Verification of reliability in the Luís Lopes Collection (MUNHAC - Lisbon)
(Thesis) Main arguer
Aida Simone da Graça Lopes (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/09/08 Age at death estimation in burnt remains: Evaluation of the efficiency of the Falys-Prangle method using a sample from the Colecção de Esqueletos Identificados Século XXI
(Thesis) Main arguer
Adelaide Maria Morando Costa (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/09/08 Sex estimation in tarsal and metatarsal bones subjected to thermal-induced changes
(Thesis) Main arguer
Bárbara João Mendes Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/07/14 Stature estimation using the sternum in a portuguese sample
(Thesis) Main arguer
Gonçalo Alexandre Santos (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Contractor on software development for dental ancestry estimation. University of Nevada Reno, United States

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/05/07 - 2022/05/07 rASUDAS and Population Affinity (PT) Medicina Dentária Forense (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Portugal
2019/09/26 - 2019/09/30 Bakeng se Afrika Biostatistics Workshop (39 hours) Biostatistics (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/09/01 - 2019/09/20 Assessement of morphological and discrete cranial traits for age estimation Flávia Patrícia Carapeto Teixeira
2018/09/01 - 2019/07/15 Sex estimation using osteometric analysis of the human pattela CLÁUDIA MAIO DOS SANTOS
2015/09/01 - 2016/10/14 Method validation for age estimation from the acetabulim Maria Manuel Godinho Pinto
2015/09/01 - 2016/06/30 Age estimation from the first rib Soraia Lorena Rodrigues Batista
Distinctions

Award

2023 UC Life Science - Anthropology Best Paper
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 Best Poster Presentation
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, Portugal
2017 Best Oral Presentation
Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe, Switzerland
2010 Prize awarded to 3% of students in each Degree at the Faculty of Science and Technology with better academic performance in the year of 2008/2009
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009 Prize awarded to 3% of students in each Degree at the Faculty of Science and Technology with better academic performance in the year of 2007/2008
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal