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John M.

Butler (scientist)
John M. Butler (born April 1, 1969) is a scientist and
expert on forensic DNA profiling. He is a fellow at the John M. Butler
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Since Born April 1, 1969
2020, he serves as president of the International California, US
Society for Forensic Genetics.[1] Alma mater Brigham Young University
University of Virginia
Known for forensic genetics
Education forensic biology
Scientific career
Butler received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry
from Brigham Young University. From 1993-1995, he Fields Forensic science
worked as a visiting scientist at the Federal Bureau of Institutions National Institute of Standards
Investigation and earned his Ph.D. in Analytical and Technology
chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1995.[2] Thesis Sizing and quantitation of
After a first employment as postdoctoral fellow at the polymerase chain reaction
National Institute of Standards and Technology for two products by capillary
years, he continued to work 1997-1999 as a staff electrophoresis for use in DNA
scientist for the start-up company GeneTrace Systems typing (https://strbase.nist.gov//pu
Inc.[3] using time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the b_pres/JohnButler-PhD-Dissertati
separation of short tandem repeat markers. [4] on-1995.pdf) (1995)

Professional career
Since 2000, Butler works at the NIST, first as project leader and since 2008 as group leader of the
Applied Genetics Group. In 2013 he was promoted to Special Assistant to the Director for Forensic
Science, NIST Office of Special Programs.[2]

He co-chaired the National Commission of Forensic Sciences (NCFS) invoked by the Attorney General in
2013, to enhance the practice and improve the reliability of forensic science.[5] The NCFS was terminated
on April 23, 2017, following the presidential administration change and has published a business
document both reflecting on the work done and the future work ahead.[6]

Butler has written several widely recognized textbooks on forensic DNA profiling [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
covering all aspects of the underlying molecular genetic methods, the application to forensic casework
and the biostatistical interpretation of results.[12] He received the Scientific Prize of the International
Society for Forensic Genetics in 2003.[13]

Board memberships and committees


Since 2000: Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)[14][15]
2010-2018: Associate editor of Forensic Science International: Genetics[16]
Editorial Board member of Journal of Forensic Sciences[17]
Since 2016: Executive board member of the International Society for Forensic Genetics
(ISFG)[18]

References
1. ISFG Executive Committee (https://www.isfg.org/About/Executive+Committee)
2. "John Butler" (http://www.cstl.nist.gov/strbase/butler.htm).
3. Gershon, Diane (13 May 1999). "Funding brings high-risk technologies to the marketplace"
(https://www.nature.com/articles/20244). No. 399, 182. Nature. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
4. Butler, J. M.; Li, J.; Shaler, T. A.; Monforte, J. A.; Becker, C. H. (1998). "Reliable genotyping
of short tandem repeat loci without an allelic ladder using time-of-flight mass spectrometry".
International Journal of Legal Medicine. 112 (1): 45–49. doi:10.1007/s004140050197 (http
s://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs004140050197). ISSN 0937-9827 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/
0937-9827). PMID 9932742 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9932742). S2CID 13672044
(https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:13672044).
5. "National Commission on Forensic Science" (https://www.justice.gov/archives/ncfs). United
States Department of Justice. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
6. "National Commission on Forensic Science: Reflecting Back - Looking Toward the Future"
(https://www.justice.gov/archives/ncfs/page/file/959356/download). The United States
Department of Justice. NIST. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
7. Butler, J.M. (2001). Forensic DNA Typing: Biology and Technology behind STR Markers.
London: Academic Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0121479510.
8. Butler, J.M. (2005). Forensic DNA Typing: Biology, Technology, and Genetics of STR
Markers (2nd ed.). New York: Elsevier Academic Press. p. 688. ISBN 978-0121479527.
9. Butler, J.M. (2010). Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing. San Diego: Elsevier Academic
Press. p. 520. ISBN 978-0123749994.
10. Butler, J.M. (2012). Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Methodology. San Diego:
Elsevier Academic Press. p. 704. ISBN 978-0123745132.
11. Butler, J.M. (2015). Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Interpretation. San Diego:
Elsevier Academic Press. p. 608. ISBN 978-0124052130.
12. Writing the books on forensic DNA: Dr. John Butler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6y
DJuV1TIs) on YouTube
13. ISFG Scientific Prize (http://www.isfg.org/About/Scientific+Prize)
14. "Committees" (https://www.swgdam.org/committees).
15. https://1ecb9588-ea6f-4feb-971a-
73265dbf079c.filesusr.com/ugd/4344b0_9a5b02ceb7b94880ae7450cb07afefad.pdf Current
list of SWGDAM Committee members, last access 27 March 2021
16. https://www.fsigenetics.com/content/edboard last access 27 March 2021
17. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15564029/homepage/editorialboard.html last
access 27 March 2021
18. https://www.isfg.org/About/Alumni last access 27 March 2021

External links
John Butler NIST staff page (https://www.nist.gov/people/john-butler)
John M. Butler (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V5jgBoEAAAAJ) publications
indexed by Google Scholar

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