The Department of Anthropology John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Faculty Profiles


Linda C. Rourke
Lecturer
646.557.4501
4401N
2004 MS
2003 MPhil
1989 BA
John Jay College of Criminal Justice (forensic science)
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
University of Pennsylvania (biochemistry)

Areas of Expertise: Criminalistics, forensic molecular biology
 

Research interests include: 1) whole genome amplification (WGA) of DNA from aged bloodstains using multiple displacement amplification (MDA); 2) admixture analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for the estimation of biogeographical ancestry (BGA) of sample donors, specifically for Hispanic populations of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Lawrence Kobilinsky, Chairperson
445 West 59th Street, Room 3263 North Hall, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212.237.8884, Email: lkobilinsky@jjay.cuny.edu