Craig O’Connor, PhD. is the Director of the Department of Forensic Biology at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, the largest public forensic DNA laboratory in the United States. He oversees the daily operations and staff of about 200 analysts, technicians, and support personnel. Dr. O’Connor has been with the OCME for 17 years and has provided expert testimony 95 times throughout jurisdictions inside and outside of New York City at the local and federal level; as well as several admissibility hearings.
Dr. O’Connor earned both his M.S. and PhD. in Genetics and Genomics from the University of Connecticut with an emphasis on forensic DNA identification and population genetics. He has been an adjunct faculty member at New York University School of Medicine, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the College of Mount Saint Vincent instructing classes in forensic science and forensic biology.
