Buel was a member of the Technical Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods from 1990 to 1998, the Technical Working Group on Crime Scene Investigation from 1998 to 2000, the Inter-agency Working Group for Education, Ethics and Terminology (IWG EET) of the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Science Subcommittee on Forensic Science from 2010 to 2011, the NIJ/NIST DNA Forensics Technical Working Group, and a board member of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors from 2002 to 2005. He is currently working as a forensic consultant.ĭr. In 1998 Eric became the Director of the Vermont Forensic Laboratory, serving in this capacity until September of 2011. He later worked in serology, and in 1990 he established the RFLP DNA analysis program for Vermont. After graduate school, Eric started working as a drug analyst for the Vermont Forensic Laboratory. in Chemistry from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1979. Retired Laboratory Director, State of Vermont Forensic LaboratoryĮric Buel received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Delaware in 1975 and his Ph.D. Ballantyne’s research interests include Y chromosome markers, the assessment and in vitro repair of damaged DNA templates, RNA profiling for body fluid identification, the determination of physical characteristics by molecular genetic analysis and single cell/low copy number analysis. He is the Chair of the New York State DNA Sub-committee, a regular visiting guest at the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM) and a member of the Department of Defense Quality Assurance Oversight Committee.ĭr. He was the full time DNA technical leader in Suffolk County, New York and then served as a part-time consultant DNA technical leader for the States of Mississippi and Delaware, the City of Dallas, and Sedgwick County, Kansas. Ballantyne was a casework forensic scientist in Scotland, Hong Kong and New York where he proffered expert testimony in the criminal courts of these jurisdictions. students in the Biomedical Sciences Program. Ballantyne teaches a variety of forensic biology courses to baccalaureate and Masters level students in the Forensic Science Program and nucleic acid biochemistry to Ph.D. His current duties include teaching and conducting research in forensic molecular genetics. in Genetics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY. He possesses a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Biochemistry from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, a Master of Science Degree in Forensic Science from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and a Ph.D. Jack Ballantyne is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the Associate Director for Research at the National Center for Forensic Science in Orlando, Florida. Professor of Chemistry, University of Central FloridaĪssociate Director for Research, National Center for Forensic Science Instructor Biographies Jack Ballantyne, Ph.D.
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