Daniel Katz

Dan Katz has been with the Maryland State Police – Forensic Sciences Division for 17 years; 10 years in his current role as Director, 5 years as Deputy Director, and 2 years as the Forensic Biology Section Manager. Prior to coming to the Maryland State Police, he worked for 7 years at the Delaware Office of the Chief Medical Examiner where he was the DNA Unit Manager and DNA Technical Leader during his entire tenure. Dan started his forensic career at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory where he worked for 3 years, first as a technician and then as an analyst, in both the Mitochondrial DNA and Nuclear DNA sections.

Dan grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and attended the University of Delaware receiving a B.S. in Biotechnology. He then went to graduate school at the George Washington University where he received a M.F.S. in Forensic Science. Dan also earned a Certificate in Forensic Laboratory Management from the University of California at Davis. Dan is certified by the American Board of Criminalistics as a Diplomate in Comprehensive Criminalistics.

Dan has been a member of American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) since 2010 and is currently on the ASCLD Board of Directors. He is founding member of the National Association of Forensic Science Boards (NAFSB) and is currently on the NAFSB Executive Board. Dan is a former president of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists (MAAFS), a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and a past Commissioner on the Forensic Science Education Program Accreditation Commission (FEPAC).