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Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas Area

Provide oversight and direction to the Operations and Training Programs for the Forensic Biology Section, whose primary mission is to conduct criminal casework involving serological screening and nuclear DNA based typing services for the Houston Police Department.-Develop, maintain, and enhance FBIO’s Supply Chain Management Program-Develop, maintain, and.

Houston, Texas Area

Provide direct oversight of the Forensic Biology Section whose primary mission is to conduct criminal casework involving serological screening and nuclear DNA based typing services for the Houston Police Department. -Plan, direct, and implement the Forensic Biology and DNA Analysis programs.-Supervise scientific and technical staff. (Technical Leader, DNA.

Gaithersburg, MD

A clinical diagnostic laboratory performing Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) on Disorder specific Gene Panels, Hereditary Cancer Panels, and Whole Exome Sequencing. Samples are prepared by PCR or Bait/Capture Library Prep methodologies and sequenced by synthesis on the Illumina HiSeq2500, HiSeq4000, and MiSeq. -Maintain daily operation of workflow within.

The Center For Conservation And Evolutionary Genetics

Ancient and modern DNA work to identify pathogens associated with documented and suspected animal declines. Ancient DNA work on floral and faunal samples to identify sample species/sample content, and phylogenetic relationships. Methods employed target mitochondrial DNA, chloroplast DNA, and nuclear DNA- Perform manual laboratory techniques including.

Rockville, MD

Manage a team of DNA Analysts utilizing mtDNA and nucDNA casework in support of the identification of MIA/POW service members from all previous conflicts, including WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, submitted by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC): Central Identification Laboratory.-Supervise scientific and technical staff (5 DNA Casework Analysts and 2.

Ancient DNA casework in support of the identification of MIA/POW service members from all previous conflicts, including WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, submitted by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC): Central Identification Laboratory. - Generate, analyze, interpret, report, and review technical data from casework samples (dried skeletal remains, teeth.

National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funded grant to locate additional sites within the mtDNA coding region to further discriminate individuals of common haplotypes within Caucasian, African, and Hispanic populations for the creation of multiplexed SNP detection assays. A global mtDNA database initiative focused on sequencing the Control Region.

Mfs, Forensic Science In Forensic Molecular Biology

Ba, Anthropology/Archaeology Triple Minor, Biology/Chemistry/Geology

Activities and Societies: Cortland State Emergency Squad, University Police Dispatcher, City of Cortland Interior Fire Fighter.

Study Abroad, Egyptology, Archaeology

Archaeological Field School