Dean A. Stetler, PhD, has over 30 years of experience in the fields of Microbiology and Molecular Biology. For the past 20 years, he has specialized in Forensic DNA Profiling.
For almost three decades, Dr. Stetler has served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Kansas. He has earned three United States patents including an Anti-RNA Polymerase I Antibody Test for the Diagnosis of Rheumatological Diseases, a second for Methods of Diagnosing and Monitoring Rheumatic Diseases, and a third for Assays for Monitoring the Severity of Autoimmune Diseases.
Litigation Support - Dr. Stetler has consulted with defense attorneys in more than 250 criminal cases over the past 20 years, mainly in the area of DNA Profiling but also for DUI and Drug-relate cases. He has testified in state and federal courts more than 100 times.
Dr. Stetler has testified in DUI and drug-related cases resulting in reduced sentences or the dropping of charges. He has also provided analyses that are not readily available, such as differentiation between venous and menstrual blood and determinations of a client's MAOA genotype.
Dr. Stetler is particularly skilled at educating attorneys, judges, and jury members so that they understand exactly what the results of the DNA testing mean. From there, he can often offer alternative explanations of these results which can, in many cases, result in acquittal.
