Sylvain Hubac

Speaker

Sylvain Hubac

Head of DNA Division, Forensic Science Laboratory, French Gendarmerie (IRCGN)

Dr. Sylvain Hubac joined the French national Gendarmerie at the Forensic Science laboratory (IRCGN) in 2004 to carry out research, development and validation of methods for DNA analyzis. The positions he has held at the IRCGN include deputy head and head of the high throughput DNA unit for reference samples, head of DNA unit for casework samples and DNA expert since 2007 and now head of the DNA division including reference samples and casework units. Dr Sylvain Hubac has been directly involved in victim’s identification for major disasters in France like GermanWings air crash in 2015 or terrorist attack in Nice in 2016. Dr Sylvain Hubac is actually military officer and the rank of Lieutenant colonel. Dr Sylvain Hubac helds 2 patents for direct DNA amplification with microFLOQ swab and mobile DNA laboratory and 3 patents in DNA storage and sampling process.