Caroline M Wilkinson born 27 October 1965 is a British anthropologist who has been a professor at the Liverpool John Moores Universitys School of Art and Design since 2014 She is best known for her work in forensic facial reconstruction and has been a contributor to many television programmes on the subject as well as the creator of reconstructed heads of kings Richard III of England in 2013 and Robert the Bruce of Scotland in 2016 Wilkinson holds a PhD in facial anthropology from the University of Manchester 2000 and from 2000 to 2005 led the Unit of Art and Medicine at the university Between 2005 and 2014 she taught at the University of Dundee in the awardwinning Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification where from 2011 she was Professor of Craniofacial Identification and Head of Human Identification She first became known to television audiences as a result of her regular appearances on the BBC series Meet the Ancestors and also appeared on History Cold Case while working at the University of Dundee 2005 2014