Eugene Lien

Eugene Lien is currently an Assistant Director at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Forensic Biology, where he has worked since October 2001.  He is currently the DNA Training Manager.  In his years at the OCME, he worked as the Nuclear DNA Technical Leader and as the Quality Assurance Manager.  Eugene is actively involved in the community and is a member of many forensic working groups.  Throughout his career, he seems to be directly involved with standards and guidelines – both following them and helping to write them.  He has been a participant of the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM) for more than 17 years and a participant of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science since its inception.  A born and bred New Yorker, Eugene considers himself lucky to work for the biggest Forensic DNA Laboratory in the United States.