Expert Witness
Dr Diane Turner
Area of work
Nationwide and International
Skills & Expertise
Techniques
- Gas Chromatography, Liquid Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Spectroscopy, Data analysis and many others which can be found below and on the Anthias website.
Criminal
- Road Traffic Offences – driving while under the influence of alcohol / drugs, re-testing of blood / urine samples, driving whilst impaired through ingestion of drugs (illicit and prescribed), post incident drinking.
- Drugs Offences – Possession -v- supply, testing of compounds said to be classified under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, 'Legal Highs'
- Sexual Offences – Drug ingestion and testing for drugs
- Environmental Offences – Water, soil and air pollution testing
Civil
- Family Court – Child residence / contact disputes, hair/ blood analysis, drug testing
- Air Pollution and Indoor Air Quality – testing of air quality both indoors and outside including occupational health
- Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biochemical – testing of components, packaging and systems
- Anti-doping – testing of biological samples for illegal substances or performance enhancing drugs
- Food and Fragrances – testing of foods, drinks and personal care products for quality, adulteration and safety
Membership
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Fellow of the RSC since 2016
- Elected member then President of the Analytical Science Community (previously Analytical Division) of the RSC 2016-2023
- Member of the RSC Prize Committee, Members Community Board, Science and Innovation Leadership Forum 2020-2023
- Chair of the Analytical Sciences Prize committee 2020-23
- Co-chair of the RSC-CRUK workshops on Early Detection & Diagnosis and the RSC Indoor Air Quality workshop and report,
- Editorial board for the RSC book series Practical and Technical Guides for Laboratory-based Chemists
- Consultant for the RSC programme that trained 400 analysts across Africa between 2016- 2020 with the Pan-African Chemistry Network (PACN) and author of the book Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry: How Do I Get the Best Results? written to accompany the courses
- Scientific committee member for numerous conferences including the Analytical Research Forum 2017-2023; International Symposium on Chromatography 2024; Solutions in Science conference 2022 onwards.
Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund
- Trustee then Chair of the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund (ACTF) 2016-2023;
Community for Analytical Measurement Science
- Founding member of the BEAM and Industry Advisory Boards of the Community for Analytical Measurement Science (CAMS);
Government Chemist Programme Expert Group
- Member of the Government Chemist Programme Expert Group (GC-PEG) from 2020 onwards;
Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities
- Trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO) from 2016 onwards.
Other details to note
Dr Turner founded and is Director and Senior Consultant of Anthias Consulting. She is an analytical chemist, recognised, internationally, as an expert with extensive knowledge of Gas Chromatography (GC, GC+GC, GCxGC), Liquid Chromatography (HPLC, IC), Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS, LC-MS, Deconvolution), Sample Preparation techniques, Elemental analysis (ICP-OES, ICP-MS), Data Analysis (Chemometrics), Molecular Spectroscopy (FTIR, UV-VIS), Molecular imaging (MSI, MALDI-TOF), Structural & particle size analysis, Water content analysis, Thermal analysis and Methods.
A Warwick University Graduate, Diane completed her Masters in analytical chemistry working on LC-MS and GC-MS. Diane started her career in environmental chemistry then in agrochemicals, later on gaining significant experience as an Applications Chemist. Diane completed her PhD at The Open University in disease diagnosis through analysing biological samples and using chemometrics.
Diane is widely published, she has developed methods for, given support and high quality training for companies in most industries around the world for more than 25 years. She is also a Visiting Fellow and Consultant at The Open University.
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