Forensic Medicine Toxicologist, Researcher, Caseworker, Expert Witness

Expertise

• Forensic medicine (toxicology) lecturer, researcher, caseworker, presenter and expert witness.
• Detection, analysis and profiling of illicit drugs.
• Detection, analysis of heroin, amphetamines, catecholamines in the human body.

Experience

University Professor, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Medicine (Toxicology)

Department of Forensic Medicine and Science, 1992 %u2013 Present

Supervising research:

• Detecting drugs in nail and bile from clinical and post postmortem cases;
• Modeling drug distribution in nail and bile;
• Statistical evaluation of analytical methods for seized drugs;
• Profiling of illicit drugs, with emphasis on ring-substituted amphetamines;
• Analysis of pesticides in human biological specimens;
• Pediatric toxicology; pre- and post-partum toxicology of fetus and newborn in heroin-using mothers.

Collaborating research:

• Chiral separations and their application toxicology;
• Estimation of time of death using microwave thermography and computer modeling
• Analysis of catecholamines in saliva during stress;
• Cannabis use in the community and health effects of cannabis.

Other University Activity

• Lecturer in Forensic Medicine (Toxicology);
• Supported by a Research Contract from the Building Research Establishment Fire Research Station, investigating the role of smoke and fire gases in fire fatalities.

Honors & Publications

Selected from over 60 publications:

• Forensic Toxicology, R. Anderson, in J. White (Ed.) Crime Street to Court: The Rudiments of Forensic Science, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998.

Selected publications from United Nations reports:

• UN Manual on Validation of Analytical Methods;
• Syllabus for the U.N. Advanced Training Course on Methods of Analysis of Drugs in Biological Specimens;
• Multimedia Program on Methods of Analysis of Drugs in Biological Specimens.

Selected collaborations with U.N. International Drug Control Program:

• Consultative Meeting on Methods of Analysis of LSD and other Hallucinogens and Methaqualone in Biological Specimens and Guidelines for the Testing of Drugs; under International Control in Alternative Specimens;
• Consultative Meeting on Validation of Analytical Methods and Methods of Analysis of Heroin and other Opioids;
• Consultative Meeting on Methods of Analysis of Barbiturates and Benzodiazepines in Biological Specimens.

Selected Courses Taught:

• Forensic Medicine; Forensic Medicine; Medical Jurisprudence; Sports Science; Quality Control.

Selected Affiliations:

• Forensic Science Society;
• The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT);
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry;
• Authorized Analyst for the purposes of the Road Traffic Act and the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Education

• PhD Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
• Postdoctoral Experience: French Exchange Studentship, University of Grenoble 1975-76 Gastarbeiter, Dept. of Chemistry, Karolinska Ins. Stockholm
• B.S. Chemistry, with Honors, University of Glasgow, 1970