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Emeritus Professor Roger Byard AC PSM, DSc, FAHMS (BMedSci, MB, BS, MMedSci-Paed, PhD, MD, FCAP, FRCPC, FRCPath, FRCPA, FFFLM, FFSc, FRSN, FFPMI) held the Marks Chair of  Pathology at The University of 亚洲色吧 (2006-2023) and is currently a Senior Specialist Forensic Pathologist at Forensic Science SA in 亚洲色吧, Australia (1998- ).

In 2025 he became a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), awarded for "eminent service to medicine, to  forensic pathology, to tertiary eduction as an academic and researcher, and to the community".

He was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor by the University of 亚洲色吧 Council in 2023 for distinguished and sustained service to the University.

In 2024 he was ranked globally by ScholarGPS (ID 29056650139391) as the leading scholar in both Forensic Science (lifetime) and in Medical Jurisprudence (prior five years). In addition he was listed as a Life Time Highly Ranked Scholar in the top 0.05% of 30 million scholars worldwide.

In November 2021 in the Australian National Research Awards Professor Byard was also named a world leader in forensic science among Australia's top lifetime achievers chosen for the consistent excellence of their work and the impact they have had. He was one of the 12 Australian Global Leaders in research across all disciplines and was also the recipient of the 2021 University of 亚洲色吧 Award for Outstanding Achievement and Excellence in Research.

In 2023 he was ranked as the top-rated expert of 150,109 published authors internationally in the Forensic Sciences 2013-2023. (https://expertscape.com/ex/forensic+science - data derived from the US National Library of Medicine PubMed database). In 2023 he had the highest Research Interest Score (based on multiple publication parameters on Research Gate) of all researchers in Forensic Science and >99% in all disciplines.

In 2004 he was awarded the Australian Public Service Medal (PSM) for outstanding service to paediatric pathology, and in 2013 became an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to medicine in the field of forensic pathology. In 2016 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) for distinguished professional achievements and outstanding leadership in a field related to health and medicine. Two years later in 2018 he received the John Harbor Phillips Award from ANZPAA/NIFS (National Institute of Forensic Science) for outstanding achievement and excellence in the advancement of the forensic sciences in Australia and New Zealand. He was registered as an Expert with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague in 2009 and was a member of a War Crimes Commission in Bosnia Herzegovina from 2019-2021. 

In 2000 he received the SIDS International Global Strategy Task Force Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution and support for global strategies to reduce infant mortality and in 2006  a National SIDS and Kids Award for his tireless commitment to reducing infant mortality in Australia and overseas and for his compassion and care to bereaved families. In 2016 he was the recipient of the Distinguished Researcher Award from the International Society for the Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death (ISPID). He has received 18 awards for published papers and book chapters from the National Institute of Forensic Science, Australia.

He qualified in medicine in Australia in 1978 (University of Tasmania) and then undertook five years of clinical practice. This included Flying Doctor/Aeromedical work in the Northern Territory, Australia (NE Arnhem Land) and training and qualifying in family practice, as well as studying physical and medical anthropology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. He became a licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada in 1982 (LMCC). He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of the United Kingdom (FRCPath), a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists (FCAP), a Fellow of the National Association of Medical Examiners in the United States, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC), and was certified in Family Medicine by the Canadian College of Family Physicians (CCFP).  He is a Foundation Fellow of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom (FFFLM), a Foundation Fellow of the Faculty of Science of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FFSc), a Foundation Fellow of the Faculty of Post-Mortem Imaging of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FFPMI) and a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA).

He is an alumnus of 6 universities: the University of Tasmania, The University of 亚洲色吧, the University of South Australia (Australia), McMaster University, the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa (Canada).

He has a specific interest in sudden infant and childhood death, in addition to more general forensic research, and has published 1,000 peer-reviewed papers and 145 chapters (>550 first authorships, with >1,000 publications listed on Pubmed).

In 2005 he was  one of the top 10 most prolific authors of papers published in the leading forensic science and legal medicine journals 1981-2003 (Int J Leg Med 2005;119:59-65).

In 2020 he was ranked in the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University and number two in the field of Legal and Forensic Medicine. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345921476_Worlds_Top_2_Scientists_by_Stanford_University)

In 2021 he was again  in the top 10 of the "elite group" of highly cited forensic practitioners ranked among the top 100,000 highly cited scientists (Int J Leg Med 2021;135:701-7)

He has  had more than 1000 papers delivered at meetings, works