Prof Richard Bassed is the Deputy Director and Head of Academic Programs at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Melbourne, Australia as well as Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology within the RCPA and is the chief examiner for the Monash University Master of Forensic Medicine.

His research interests include; forensic aspects of post-mortem CT interpretation, personal identification using advanced imaging techniques, improving the evidence base in Forensic Medicine and Science, and the application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to the analysis of forensic medical and scientific evidence.

He is also deeply committed to his work with the UN Special Rapporteur for extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions. This work involves researching global issues with unlawful killings, including femicide, deaths in custody, war crimes, and the capacity and capability of death investigation systems around the world.