Dr Schmiederer earned his PhD in microbiology and immunology from the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Prior to that, he graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor of science degree in medical technology. He is certified by the American College for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics and holds memberships with the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics and the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies.

Dr O’Neill graduated with a PhD from Utah State University, and he specializes in population genetics and relationship testing. He has more than two decades of experience with population genetics, statistics, and optimal approaches to problem solving. As associate technical director for DNA identification testing at Labcorp, some of his current challenges include utilizing different types of genetic data for complex relationship testing and efficiently identifying most likely pedigrees.