TIAFT Executive Committee 1995 - 2001

TIAFT President

Prof. Dr. Robert Wennig

Chemistry studies in Luxembourg and Strasbourg, France. PhD in organic Chemistry (1970) at L. Pasteur University, Strasbourg. Forensic Toxicologists GTFCh (1986) in Heidelberg, Germany. Head of Clinical and Forensic Toxicology Department at the Laboratoire National de Sante, Luxembourg. Professor of Bio-Organic Chemistry at the Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg. Member of many toxicological Societies (President of TIAFT, President of BLT, Vice-President of GTFCh). Consultant in Toxicology to Commission of European Union and United Nations (UNDCP and WHO).

Prof. Dr. Robert Wennig
Laboratoire National de Sante, Divisione de Toxicologie, Centre Universitaire
162A, Avenue de la Faiencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg
e-mail: robert.wennig@uni.lu

TIAFT Secretary

Mark B. Lewis, B.S.,DABFT

A member of TIAFT since 1976, is a Diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology. He is Chief Toxicologist for the New York State Police Crime Laboratory where they have employed him since 1973. A Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), he is the Past President of two separate scientific organizations - the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT) and the Northeastern Association of Forensic Sciences (NEAFS). He is also a member of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science (CSFS) and the International Association of Chemical Testers (IACT). He is currently serving on the Technical Advisory Panel of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (TAP/IACP) and the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) Toxicology Proficiency Review Committee. He has professional interest in and is involved with the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DEC/DRE) and the National Safety Councils' Committee on Alcohol and Other Drugs (NSC/COAD).

Mark B. Lewis, B.S.,DABFT
New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center
Bldg. # 30 - State Campus, 1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12226, USA
e-mail: Markblewis@aol.com

TIAFT Treasurer

Olaf H. Drummer PhD, BAppSc

TIAFT member since 1989. He is a toxicologist and forensic pharmacologist, and is head of the scientific and research laboratories at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. These laboratories include forensic toxicology laboratory for the State of Victoria. He graduated in Applied Chemistry (RMIT) in 1973 and completed his PhD (Medicine)(1980) on the structure activity relationships of adrenergic drugs. He is a member of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), the Australasian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmnacology (ASCEPT) and Toxicology, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), and other professional organizations. He is an approved acreditor under ASCLD-LAB and the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) - Australia in Medical Testing and Toxicology. His research interests include postmortem artefacts, postmortem metabolism, the toxicology of opiates and the effects of drugs in driving. He has published over 200 scientific articles in forensic toxicology and biochemical pharmacology. He serves on a number of committees related to establishement of toxicology databases in Australia and assessing the involvement of alcohol and drugs on road trauma.

Olaf H. Drummer PhD, BAppSc
Head (Scientific Services), Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
57-83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, 3006, AUSTRALIA
e-mail: olaf@vifm.org