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Craig is an expert in Analytical Chemistry and Forensic Chemistry with 30+ years' experience and a track record in toxicology, drug and NPS research (33 publications, H index 18). He was a Forensic Scientist for the Scottish Police Services Authority and has held several Associate Professor/Senior Researcher positions in the UK. Craig has advised the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and UK prison services on NPS and reported early warning data to the EMCDDA. He has developed andmanaged 5+ national and international projects including a multi-agency project monitoring emerging drugs in prisons.

Jenny had a background in clinical and forensic toxicology spanning 20 years. She started her career at St George’s University of London, delivering routine therapeutic drug monitoring services and managing GLP clinical drug trials. Later she progressed to head up the Coroner’s post-mortem toxicology service. In 2010 Jenny joined the UK Forensic Science Service as a Reporting Officer for criminal toxicology. Now Jenny works with Chiron, supporting laboratories around the world in sourcing high quality analytical standards for drug, environmental, petroleum and food safety analysis. Jenny has an advanced GNVQ in health and social care, a first class degree in biomedical science and a post graduate diploma in forensic medical science. She has co-authored several peer reviewed articles, focussing largely on the analysis of new emerging drugs, and has written a book chapter on the Use of Reference Materials in Toxicology.

Jon has a background in in organic chemistry: synthesis, isolation, and structural elucidation. He completed his masters (1972) and PhD (1976) in Carotenoid Chemistry with professor Liaaen-Jensen at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim, before attending the University of California, Berkeley for a two year postdoc with professor Henry Rapoport on indole alkaloid synthesis. After he made a second postdoc at the ETH, Zürich in prebiotic Chemistry with professor Albert Eschenmoser. After three years working on homogeneous catalysis at SINTEF in Trondheim he established his first company, Chiron Laboratories, in 1983. Jon has extensive experience in project planning and development and have led his companies and numerous international projects to successful results. The current company Chiron AS is involved in the production of certified reference materials (CRMs) for petroleum, environmental, food safety, and toxicology analysis, as well as the scale up of key compounds.

Johannes finished his master’s degree within organic chemistry at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2021 and joined Chiron shortly after. Since then he has been a part of the toxicology R&D team and synthesized a wide range of NPS and their metabolites. His main focus has been on the development of cathinones and synthetic cannabinoids.

Dr Liu has 25+ years' experience, has led 5 successful Eurostars projects and been involved in 3 additional EU funded projects. Dr. Huiling Liu has nearly 20 publications, 3 patents and 2 patent applications. As the Research Manager at Chiron, Dr. Liu has been leading many projects including NPS synthesis and 13C-labelling techniques.