Meri Helena Ranta (born 11 June 1946) is a Finnish forensic dentist. She became well known as a result of her contributions to several international forensic investigations of conflict situations, such as those in Kosovo. She testified at the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević after her forensic work in the Kosovo village of Račak. She was also part of the investigation of the victims of the sinking of .
Ranta was part of the team that investigated alleged Israeli massacres in the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp.
In addition to her forensic work, she is a lecturer at the University of Helsinki, a rare case of a licentiate holding a post usually reserved for those with research doctorates.
Ranta has worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996–1997), Kosovo (1998–2001), Cameroon (2002), Peru (2002), Iraq (2004), Southeast Asia (2005), Chechnya, Peru and Colombia.
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1946 births
Living people
Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
Finnish scientists
Forensic scientists
Finnish dentists
Women forensic scientists
Place of birth missing (living people) Finnish women academics Finnish women scientists Expatriates in Cameroon Expatriates in Colombia Expatriates in Iraq Expatriates in Kosovo Expatriates in Peru Finnish expatriates in Bosnia and Herzegovina Finnish expatriates in Israel Finnish expatriates in Russia