You can reach out to us:

The TrACE-Team Münster
Institute of Legal Medicine
Röntgenstr. 23
48149 Münster
Germany
Tel: +49-251-8355171
e-mail: trace@ukmuenster.de
 

TrACE is organised by a commission of experts:

Dr. Hannah Bauer
Institute of Legal Medicine
University of Münster

Hannah Bauer is a member of the TrACE team in Münster and acts as a coordinator of Module 1 (Basic Trace Analysis). She also supports the administrative side of TrACE. 

Prof. Dr. Marielle Vennemann
Institute of Legal Medicine
University of Münster

Marielle Vennemann is the deputy chair of the German Stain Commission and acts as a coordinator of Module 2 (Advanced Trace Analysis) and Module 3 (Paperchallenge). 

Prof. Dr. Walther Parson
Gerichtsmedizinisches Instititut Innsbruck

Walther Parson is a member of the German Stain Commission. He acts as coordinator of Modules 4a and b (basic and advanced mtDNA Analysis) and is in charge of planning and evaluation of these modules.

Dr. Stefanie Grethe
State Criminal Police Office Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz

Stefanie Grethe is a member of the German Stain Commission. She acts as coordinator of Module 5 (Basic Statistical Analysis) and is in charge of planning and evaluation of this module.

Dr. Martin Eckert
Federal Criminal Police Office Wiesbaden

Martin Eckert is a member of the German Stain Commission. He acts as coordinator of Module 6 (Advanced Statistical Analysis) and is in charge of planning and evaluation of this module.

Prof. Dr. Katja Anslinger
Institute of Legal Medicine
LMU München

Katja Anslinger is chair of the German Stain Commission. She acts as coordinator of Module 7 (Extended Trace Analysis) and is in charge of planning and evaluation of this module.

Dr. Petra Preikschat-Sachse
State Criminal Police Office Berlin

Petra Preokschat-Sachse is a member of the German Stain Commission. She acts as coordinator of Module 8 (DNA Extraction Efficiency) and is in charge of planning and evaluation of this module.

Dr. Rolf Fimmers
Institut für Forensische Statistik und Qualitätssicherung (IFSQ) GbR
Bonn
E-Mail: finners(at)ifsq.de

Rolf Fimmer is a constant guest of the German Stain Commission and shareholder of IFSQ. He provides the platform for registration and evaluation of TrACE. 

The German Stain Commission - Die Spurenkommission
E-Mail: spurenkommission@dgrm.de

The German Stain Commission is a working group of the German Society for Legal Medicine. Its members are elected frompolice laboratories and forensic academia in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The Stain Commission named TrACE as their official proficiency test. All members of the Stain Commission are involved in organisation and planning of the proficiency test and support evaluation of results under the guidance of the respective module coordinators.