Mugurel Dogaru one of Romania's leading experts in forensic biometrics, fingerprint identification, and biometric system integration, with more than 16 years experience in forensic law enforcement.
His professional career spans the entire fingerprint examination lifecycle—from Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) and latent fingerprint development and visualization to becoming a certified fingerprint examiner.
Today, he serves as the National Coordinator for Fingerprint Examination within the Romanian Police, overseeing fingerprint examination activities and ensuring the consistent application of forensic standards at the national level. He also coordinates the Romanian Police's Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and Facial Recognition (FR) system, supporting the use of advanced biometric technologies in criminal investigations and public security.
He is the Project Manager for the unification of the Romanian Police Biometric Systems, he leads one of Romania's most significant biometric modernization initiatives, focused on integrating fingerprint and facial recognition capabilities into a unified, interoperable with other European and international systems biometric ecosystem.