Amy D. Anderson, Ph.D., is a research associate in the Bioinformatics Research Center at North Carolina State University. Her research interests center broadly in the field of statistical genetics and include the development of statistical methodology for the assessment of forensic DNA match probabilities and the mapping of genes responsible for human disease.
Janine Arvizu, Ph.D., is a chemist an certified quality auditor. She managed an anlytical lab for the department of energy. She has been conducting audits of commercial and federal labs for more than 10 years.
Robert Blaser, J.D., is a Harvard Law School graduate with over 31 years of experience. He has worked on the cases involving OJ Simpson, Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber), Free Love Ministries (cult), Paul Mack (Peppermill murder), Jamie Lynne Stone (Daycare infant homocide), Thomas (Michele Montoya murder), Tyler Williams (Synagogue arson), and many other high-profile cases. Robert was the only attorney to represent OJ Simpson in both the criminal and civil cases.
Travis Doom, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Wright State University. His research interests include computational biology and automation of forensic DNA evidence analysis to help standardize reviews of this evidence.
Cindy Dryden, J.D., Cindy Dryden is an attorney with the Missouri Public Defender's Office. She has litigated numerous criminal trials that have hinged upon forensic DNA profiling and has been a leader of attorney-training programs pertaining to scientific evidence throughout the Midwest.
Simon Ford, Ph.D., Trained primarily in molecular biology and biochemistry, Dr. Ford is the Founder and President of Lexigen Science and Law Consultants, a firm that specializes in providing advice to lawyers about genetic evidence since 1988. He has personally reviewed the DNA evidence from thousands of criminal investigations and has conducted numerous workshops for agencies on the analysis of STR test results.
Jennifer Friedman, J.D., Deputy Public Defender and Forensic Science Coordinator with the Los Angeles Public Defender's Office. She has litigated several high-profile cases where DNA testing played a pivotal role and is also the founder and former head of the Los Angeles County Innocence Project.
Jason Gilder, M.S., Mr. Gilder is a Systems Engineer at Forensic Bioinformatics, Inc. and Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student. His master's thesis involved developing the GenophilerTM software system for evaluation of forensic DNA testing results. He has used GenophilerTM to analyze the electronic data in more than 150 cases over the past two years.
Keith Inman holds a B.S. and M. Crim., both from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American Board of Criminalistics. In his professional career he has been employed as a criminalist by the Orange County Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, the Oakland Police Department, and the California Department of Justice DNA Laboratory. Mr. Inman is currently employed with Forensic Analytical. He has co-authored a book that has become the preeminent reference for both attorneys and crime laboratories, and a book aimed at practicing criminalists. He has taught in the Criminal Justice Administration department at California State University, Hayward, and currently teaches a variety of general forensic science and forensic DNA courses for the University of California at Berkeley Extension and on-line.
Theodore Kessis, Ph.D., Dr. Kessis is the founder of Applied DNA Resources, Inc. Since 1994, he has been offering case consultation, review, and expert opinions in numerous DNA cases. He has also served as a faculty member at the John Hopkins School of Public Health.
Dan Krane, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Wright State University, his research lab generates thousands of DNA profiles each year as well as the lead author of the best selling undergraduate textbook on bioinformatics. A leading authority on forensic DNA evidence, he is founder and CEO of Forensic Bioinformatics, Inc. and has testified as an expert witness in approximately fifty cases.
Larry Mueller, Ph.D., Dr. Mueller is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. He has testified in nearly five hundred criminal cases, primarily on issues pertaining to population genetics and the statistics associated with forensic DNA profiling.
Drew Northrup, J.D., has been an attorney with the Cook County Public Defender's Forensic Science division since its inception in 2000.
Ron Ostrowski, Ph.D., Dr. Ostrowski is an Associate Professor of Genetics at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He established and operated a major sickle cell anemia testing laboratory in Charlotte, NC and has served as a consultant in many hundreds of court cases where DNA testing played an important role including several high-profile cases such as the original World Trade Center bombing trial.
Michael Raymer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Wright State University. An expert in the field of genetic algorithms as well as experienced in the field of protein biochemistry, Dr. Raymer has been at the forefront of introducing bioinformatics to the undergraduate curriculum nation-wide. His research includes evolutionary computation and statistical pattern recognition.
Mary Reed, Ms. Reed is technical supervisor for the DNA testing unit of the Indiana State Police laboratory in Indianapolis, IN. She has personally performed hundreds of forensic DNA analyses and has served as an auditor of crime laboratories throughout the Midwest.
Carolyn Rowland, M.S., Mrs. Rowland is currently an analyst at Forensic Bioinformatics, Inc. in where she reviews case files (including GenophilerTM output, laboratory notes and serological results) associated with forensic DNA testing. She has reviewed and consulted with the lead attorneys of more than 120 cases over the past two years.
William Shields, Ph.D., Dr. Shields is a Professor of Biology at the State University of New York, Syracuse. Dr. Shields has become one of the most easily recognized experts in the field of DNA profiling through his participation as a testifying expert in countless highly publicized trials including the on-going CA v. Peterson. He has published widely in the areas of population genetics and mitochondrial DNA testing.
Colin Starger joined the Innocence Project in September 2003. As a staff attorney, he litigates federal civil rights actions and state claims under DNA access statutes around the country in order to obtain biological evidence for post-conviction DNA testing. He also supervises clinical law students working with the Innocence Project.
Mr. Starger received his B.A. in History from UCLA in 1991, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Following graduation, Mr. Starger worked as a computer programmer and consultant for eight years. During this time, he also became heavily involved in prisoner-rights activism and helped organize around issues of mass incarceration and long-term solitary confinement.
Mr. Starger graduated from Columbia Law School in 2002. While at Columbia, Mr. Starger was a Stone and Kent scholar, and was also Executive Editor of "A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual" - Columbia's renowned self-help litigation manual for prisoners. Before joining the Innocence Project, Mr. Starger clerked for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Michael H. Dolinger in the Southern District of New York.
Marc Taylor, As President and Senior Forensic Scientist at Technical Associates, Mr. Taylor performs trace evidence analysis on hundreds of samples each year both for prosecutors and defense attorneys. A former criminalist at the Los Angeles Medical Examiner.s Office, he also served as the principal technical advisor for the Quincy television series.
William Thompson, J.D., Ph.D., Dr. Thompson is a Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine, and a member of the California Bar. He has been a member of the NACDL DNA Strikeforce and has represented a number of defendants in cases that utilized DNA evidence. His work into flaws with the Houston, TX Police Department Crime Laboratory has recently been featured prominently in stories by the television news show 60 Minutes.
Bruce Weir, Ph.D., Dr. Weir is a Professor of Statistics and Genetics at North Carolina State University where his research focuses on statistical genetics. He is also the Director of the Bioinformatics Research Center and has testified as a prosecution DNA expert in many high-profile trials including CA v. Simpson.
Sandy Zabell, Ph.D., As a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Northwestern University, Dr. Zabell conducts research pertaining to mathematical probability and Bayesian statistics. He also participated in the first blue ribbon panel called by the National Research Council to discuss DNA testing in 1993 and has testified on statistical issues pertaining to forensic DNA testing across the United States.