Forensic Medicine Toxicologist, Researcher, Caseworker, Expert Witness (868)
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 – 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