2017 Federal Identity Forum & Homeland Security

John Butler
NIST Fellow & Special Assistant to the Director for Forensic Science
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Special Programs Office


John M. Butler is an internationally recognized expert in forensic DNA analysis and holds a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Virginia. He has written five textbooks on Forensic DNA Typing (2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, and 2015) and given hundreds of invited talks. Dr. Butler's research, first conducted at the FBI Laboratory and now at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), pioneered the methods used today worldwide for DNA testing in criminal casework, paternity investigations, and many DNA ancestry procedures. He served as Vice-Chair of the National Commission on Forensic Science from 2014 to 2017.

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