Whole Genome Sequencing for Forensic Laboratories Workshop

Co-Chair

Jennifer Cihlar

Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics Department at UNTHSC

Dr. Jennifer Cihlar is an Assistant Professor in the Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics Department at UNTHSC and a member of the UNTHSC Center for Human Identification’s Research Unit where her efforts focus on improving the forensic community’s ability to identity humans associated with crime, missing persons, and human and wildlife trafficking victims through forensic genomic research.

Co-Chair

August Woerner

Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center

August Woerner is an Assistant Professor in the department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Much of August’s current research focuses on whole genome sequencing, particular, its application to forensic genetic genealogy.

Michael Coble

Executive Director, Center for Human Identification, UNTHSC

Michael Coble, PhD, is an Associate Professor and the Executive Director of the Center for Human Identification at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and a member of the International Society for Forensic Genetics. He serves as a commissioner of the Texas Forensic Science Commission and is an invited guest at the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM).

Nicole Novroski

Associate Director, Center for Human Identification

Dr. Nicole Novroski is the Associate Director of the Center for Human Identification and holds an Associate Professor position within the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences at UNTHSC.  Her current focus is the exploration of previously uncharacterized genetic markers for improved DNA mixture deconvolution and in the optimization of genetic workflows for forensic genetic genealogy.