Catherine Grgicak (Gerg-i-chuck) is an Associate Professor and Henry Rutgers Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Rutgers University in Camden NJ, and serves as Program Director for the Forensic Science programs at the same institution. She received her M.S.F.S. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Ottawa. Her Laboratory for Forensic Technology and Integration (LFTDI) develops systems that improve forensically relevant data generating and interpretive systems.
She is co-author of Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Forensic DNA Interpretation Forensic DNA Interpretation and Human Factors: Improving Practice Through a Systems Approach (https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8503), A Roadmap to Improve Research and Technology Transition in Forensic Science. Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (https://forensiccoe.org/report-2023-flntwg-roadmap-transition/), and over 40 research publications.
She is a founding member of NTVIC’s single-cell sub-committee, and a member of the editorial board of Electrophoresis, American Society of Forensic Sciences, International Society of Forensic Genetics and OSAC’s Human Biology Sub-Committee. With colleagues she created the PROVEDIt database, which has been used in more than 70 studies, worldwide. She is co-developer of NOCIt, EESCIt, CEESIt, and ReSOLVIt ‒ a collection of modules that simulate or evaluate forensic evidence.
