Stefanie Ritz-Timme

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Stefanie Ritz-Timme (born June 16, 1962 in Wolfhagen ) is a German forensic doctor .

Career

After graduating from high school, Ritz-Timme studied medicine at the University of Giessen from 1982 . After graduating in 1988, she moved to the University of Kiel , where she worked at the Institute for Forensic Medicine until 2000, interrupted by two years at the Institute for General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy and a short time at the forensic - psychiatric department of the Neustadt Clinic. Ritz-Timme obtained her doctorate in 1990 with a thesis on the post-mortem diagnosis of digoxin intoxication, was recognized as a doctor of forensic medicine in 1996 and her habilitation in 1998.

In 2004, Ritz-Timme received the Chair of Forensic Medicine at the University of Düsseldorf , succeeding Wolfgang Bonte, and has since headed the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the Düsseldorf University Hospital . In 2014 she was elected Vice President of the German Society for Forensic Medicine .

Research interests

The focus of Ritz-Timmes research interests is on methods of forensic age determination for the application of the deceased - for example as a reference to their identification - and for the living without valid documents - for example to determine the criminal responsibility.

Ritz-Timme focuses on molecular changes in the body, molecular clocks. Examples of age markers she investigated are the ratio of L- aspartic acid to D-aspartic acid and epigenetic changes in the DNA .

Honors and memberships

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf Willhardt: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Ritz-Timme, University of Düsseldorf, accessed on July 28, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Ritz-Timme, Stefanie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forensic doctor
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfhagen