Mechtild Prinz
Mechthild Prinz is an associate professor and the director of the Master’s Program in Forensic Science Program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. She has an MS in Biology from the University of Cologne in Germany and a PhD in Human Biology from the University of Ulm, also in Germany. Prior to joining John Jay College, Dr. Prinz worked as a forensic geneticist and laboratory director performing, and later supervising, paternity and criminal casework for the Institute of Legal Medicine of the University of Cologne, and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City. She has more than 20 years of experience in forensic DNA typing including low template DNA analysis and mass disaster victim identification. Dr. Prinz is on the board of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) and a member of the DNA Reporting and Interpretation Subcommittee of the National Institute of Standards Organization of Scientific Area committees (OSAC), an effort to develop more quality standards and best practices in forensic science.