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August Woerner, PhD

  • 1888 Citations
  • 20 h-Index
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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

Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation

Woerner, A. & Budowle, B.

NIJ: National Institute of Justice

1/01/19 → 31/12/20

Project: Research

Proteos

Woerner, A. & Budowle, B.

Signature Science, LLC

2/07/18 → 1/07/19

Project: Research

Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool

Budowle, B. & Woerner, A.

NIJ: National Institute of Justice

1/01/18 → 31/12/19

Project: Research

Reducing Human Trafficking Through Forensics in Central America

Budowle, B. & Woerner, A.

US Department of State Bureau of INL

20/09/17 → 20/09/18

Project: Research

A Sustainable Approach to High Confidence Metagenomics Analysis of Complex Samples

Budowle, B. & Woerner, A.

Signature Science, LLC

30/05/17 → 7/05/18

Project: Research

Research Output

  • 1888 Citations
  • 20 h-Index
  • 39 Article
  • 2 Comment/debate
  • 2 Letter

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

    • 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

    • 2 Scopus citations

    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

    • 1 Scopus citations

    Artificial fingerprints for cross-comparison of forensic DNA and protein recovery methods

    LeSassier, D. S., Schulte, K. Q., Manley, T. E., Smith, A. R., Powals, M. L., Albright, N. C., Ludolph, B. C., Weber, K. L., Woerner, A. E., Gardner, M. W. & Curtis Hewitt, F., 1 Oct 2019, In : PLoS ONE. 14, 10, e0223170.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    • 2 Scopus citations

    Compound stutter in D2S1338 and D12S391

    Woerner, A. E., King, J. L. & Budowle, B., Mar 2019, In : Forensic Science International: Genetics. 39, p. 50-56 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 4 Scopus citations