Faculty Member, Stable Isotope Unit
Robert Gordon University, School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Principal Scientist - Stable Isotopes
Environmental & Biochemical Sciences
About
The underlying theme of my research is the elucidation of authenticity, provenance and (bio-)chemical pathways using stable isotope analytical techniques. With over 18 years of experience in the field of stable isotope technology my contributions to the field include the design of the first GC/(MS)-C-IRMS hybrid system (available from Thermo-Fisher) and the design of a patented multiple reference gas module for CF-IRMS (an integral part of SerCon’s 20-20 IRMS) as well as chapters to several textbooks on the subject of stable isotope analysis including its forensic applications.
I have assisted various police forces (in the UK as well as abroad) in murder investigations as well as drug related crime by providing forensic intelligence on drug or human provenance based on Stable Isotope Profiles or ‘Signatures’. Stable isotope signatures can aid, even focus criminal investigations by provision of intelligence or establish a set of exclusion criteria to help e.g. with victim identification.
I am a Visiting Professor at the Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen); a director of the Forensic Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (FIRMS) Network (http://www.forensic-isotopes.org); a registered forensic expert advisor with the UK’s National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) and a Council member of the British Association for Human Identification (BAHID).
I have written a textbook on "Stable Isotope Forensics" that has been published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010 (cf. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470517050.html ).
In its 2011 October Issue, Earth Magazine (published by the American Geosciences Institute) published an article featuring amongst others, work carried out in my laboratory (http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/cold-case-files-forging-forensic-
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