Projects per year
Personal profile
Area of Expertise
Dr. August Woerner's research interests are generally in the areas of computation and population genetics, with a focus in forensics, bioinformatics and machine learning. August’s current research projects run the gamut from streamlining bioinformatics pipelines—making them faster and more user friendly—to machine learning and statistical approaches to processing and calling MPS data, to inference problems in population genetics and genomics.
Education/Academic qualification
MS in Computer Science, University of Arizona
PhD in Genetics, University of Arizona
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Projects
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Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation
NIJ: National Institute of Justice
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool
NIJ: National Institute of Justice
1/01/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Reducing Human Trafficking Through Forensics in Central America
US Department of State Bureau of INL
20/09/17 → 20/09/18
Project: Research
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A Sustainable Approach to High Confidence Metagenomics Analysis of Complex Samples
30/05/17 → 7/05/18
Project: Research
Research Output
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Fractionation of DNA and protein from individual latent fingerprints for forensic analysis
Schulte, K. Q., Hewitt, F. C., Manley, T. E., Reed, A. J., Baniasad, M., Albright, N. C., Powals, M. E., LeSassier, D. S., Smith, A. R., Zhang, L., Allen, L. W., Ludolph, B. C., Weber, K. L., Woerner, A. E., Freitas, M. A. & Gardner, M. W., Jan 2021, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 50, 102405.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An algorithm for random match probability calculation from peptide sequences
Woerner, A. E., Hewitt, F. C., Gardner, M. W., Freitas, M. A., Schulte, K. Q., LeSassier, D. S., Baniasad, M., Reed, A. J., Powals, M. E., Smith, A. R., Albright, N. C., Ludolph, B. C., Zhang, L., Allen, L. W., Weber, K. & Budowle, B., Jul 2020, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 47, 102295.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Copan microFLOQ® Direct Swab collection of bloodstains, saliva, and semen on cotton cloth
Sherier, A. J., Kieser, R. E., Novroski, N. M. M., Wendt, F. R., King, J. L., Woerner, A. E., Ambers, A. D., Garofano, P. & Budowle, B., 1 Jan 2020, In: International journal of legal medicine. 134, 1, p. 45-54 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of 16S rRNA Hypervariable Regions for Bioweapon Species Detection by Massively Parallel Sequencing
Dias, V. H. G., Gomes, P. D. S. F. C., Azevedo-Martins, A. C., Cabral, B. C. A., Woerner, A. E., Budowle, B., Moura-Neto, R. S. & Silva, R., 2020, In: International Journal of Microbiology. 2020, 8865520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel phylogenetic approach for de novo discovery of putative nuclear mitochondrial (pNumt) haplotypes
Smart, U., Budowle, B., Ambers, A. D., Soares Moura-Neto, R., Silva, R. & Woerner, A. E., Nov 2019, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics. 43, 102146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations