TIAFT Young Scientists CV's

The Current Committee consists of:

President: Dimitri Gerostamoulos (Australia)

I am a Toxicologist and Pharmacologist, I hold a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine) in the field of Forensic Toxicology and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree from Monash University, Australia. I have published a number of scientific papers and am an active member of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) and have been since 1993 when I first went to TIAFT in Leipzig.

As they say the rest after that is history and I currently manage the forensic toxicology laboratory at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine in Melbourne Australia. The annual meeting of TIAFT was in Melbourne in 2003.

My other hobbies include playing football, watching football and reading all about football especially Liverpool. Otherwise my little boy keeps me entertained pretty much all the time. To my friends I am more commonly known as Dimitri.

Secretary: Frank T. Peters (Germany)

I was born in Germany's oldest city, Trier, in 1971. After finishing my studies of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and a year of practical training I obtained the licence to practice as a pharmacist in 1998. Then I started working as a research assistant, PhD student, and clinical toxicologist at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology of Saarland University in Homburg, Germany. Since finishing my PhD in 2003, I have been working in the same department as a post-doc fellow and Deputy Head of Department.

My main research interests are (enantioselective) analysis of amphetamines and new designer drugs in blood samples, analysis of sedating drugs in the context of declaration of brain death, evaluation and comparison of screening procedures for systematic toxicological analysis, metabolism of drugs and poisons, and, last but not least, experimental designs and statistical procedures for analytical method validation. I am author or co-author of quite a number of peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. My first TIAFT meeting was in Helsinki in 2000 and I liked it so much I applied for TIAFT membership as soon as I got home. Since then I have attended each of its annual meetings. Besides TIAFT, I am a member of IATDMCT (and chairman of its recently established Young Scientist Committee), GTFCh, and DPhG.

My hobbies are travelling with my wife, eating good food and drinking fine wine/beer, fighting the effects of the previous (food and wine) by running and playing basketball, and also trying to keep at bay the wilderness around the house. I also enjoy reading, and just having a good time with friends.

Committee Member: Sooyeun Lee (Korea)

I have worked as a forensic toxicologist for the National Institute of Scientific Investigation in Korea since 1997. I have dealt with many cases of drug and pesticide poisoning and drug abuse for the last several years. I have been also interested in chronic toxicity of pesticides and abused drugs, especially as endocrine disruptors. Currently I am involved in drug testing in hair. I have just finished my doctorate (Pharmacy) in the field of Toxicology at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea.

My first TIAFT meeting was in Melbourne in 2003. I was one of the members who prepared for the 43rd TIAFT meeting in Seoul, Korea in 2005, which was a great experience to me.

I enjoy cycling with my family (now my boy rides his bicycle better than me...), visiting art galleries, and reading travel books. Recently, I have started to learn how to play tennis.