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
PhD in Genetics, University of Arizona
MS in Computer Science, University of Arizona
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Genome
Medicine & Life Sciences
Population
Medicine & Life Sciences
Hominidae
Medicine & Life Sciences
Haplotypes
Medicine & Life Sciences
Alleles
Medicine & Life Sciences
Forensic Anthropology
Medicine & Life Sciences
Microsatellite Repeats
Medicine & Life Sciences
Microbiota
Medicine & Life Sciences
Network
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Projects 2017 2020
Better algorithms and chemistry for mixture interpretation
NIJ: National Institute of Justice
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Development of a Mitochondrial Mixture Database and Interpretation Tool
NIJ: National Institute of Justice
1/01/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Reducing Human Trafficking Through Forensics in Central America
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
30/05/17 → 7/05/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2001 2019
Compound stutter in D2S1338 and D12S391
Woerner, A. E., King, J. L. & Budowle, B., 1 Mar 2019, In : Forensic Science International: Genetics. 39, p. 50-56 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Linear Models
Nucleotides
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Expanding beyond the current core STR loci: An exploration of 73 STR markers with increased diversity for enhanced DNA mixture deconvolution
Novroski, N. M. M., Wendt, F. R., Woerner, A. E., Bus, M. M., Coble, M. D. & Budowle, B., 1 Jan 2019, In : Forensic Science International: Genetics. 38, p. 121-129 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Microsatellite Repeats
Alleles
DNA
Forensic Genetics
Population Genetics
Exploring the 1000 Genomes Project haplotype reporting for the CYP2D6 pharmacogene
Wendt, F. R., Woerner, A. E., Sajantila, A., Moura-Neto, R. S. & Budowle, B., 1 May 2019, In : International journal of legal medicine. 133, 3, p. 807-810 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
Haplotypes
Genome
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Forensic human identification with targeted microbiome markers using nearest neighbor classification
Woerner, A. E., Novroski, N. M. M., Wendt, F. R., Ambers, A. D., Wiley, R., Schmedes, S. E. & Budowle, B., 1 Jan 2019, In : Forensic Science International: Genetics. 38, p. 130-139 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Forensic Anthropology
Microbiota
Forensic Genetics
Population Genetics
Phylogeny
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Evaluation of InnoTyper® 21 in a sample of Rio de Janeiro population as an alternative forensic panel
Moura-Neto, R. S., Mello, I. C. T., Silva, R., Maette, A. P. C., Bottino, C. G., Woerner, A. E., King, J., Wendt, F. & Budowle, B., 1 Jan 2018, In : International Journal of Legal Medicine. 132, 1, p. 149-151 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Southwestern United States
Population
Hispanic Americans
African Americans
Microsatellite Repeats