Dr. Michael Baird, DNA expert and Director of DNA Diagnostics Center

Dr. Michael Baird has decades of experience in the field of DNA testing.

In 1982, he was at the forefront of DNA testing as part of a team that pioneered DNA identity testing, eventually offering it on a commercial scale.

In 1987, he was the first DNA expert to testify in a U.S. court case and has since testified in hundreds of court cases involving DNA and forensics—his most high-profile case was as DNA expert in the paternity case involving Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, Dannielynn.

NBC News hired him as their on-air DNA expert during the OJ Simpson trial. He has also been interviewed on Larry King Live, Nancy Grace, Court TV, and others.