Editorial Board Member - JFSC
Paraj V. Mandrekar
Research ScientistGenetic Identity team
Promega Corporation
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Paraj Mandrekar is a Senior Research Scientist in the Genetic Identity team at Promega Corporation, specialized in sample extraction, and paramagnetic particle based nucleic acid isolation systems. Throughout a 15 year career in Research and Development at Promega Corporation, Paraj Mandrekar has been involved in the publication of 18 original articles, and the design and development of 19 commercial products. Two of these products (AluQuant™ System and DNA IQ™ System) received the R&D 100 Award in 2002. Mr. Mandrekar received a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University, and a Masters’ degree in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Sample extraction from various tissue and solid support types.
• Nucleic acid purification with a paramagnetic particle based systems.
• Automation of sample processing for casework sample types.
Other Editorial Board Members - JFSC
HELENE LEBLANC
Faculty of Science
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Canada
JORGEN LANGE THOMSEN
Institute of Forensic Medicine
University of Southern Denmark
Denmark
RONALD R. THRASHER
School of Forensic Sciences
Oklahoma State University
United States
JIANYE GE
Department of Forensics and Investigative Genetics
University of North Texas Health Science Center
United States
MENG-YANG ZHU
Department of Pharmacology
Quillen College of Medicine
East Tennessee State University
United States
