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Dr Victoria Hilborne, a specialist in analytical chemistry for forensic, biosciences and chemical engineering at London South Bank University, will discuss current issues on the contamination of aquatic environments with drugs and their metabolites. Concerns for ecotoxicology and secondary human exposure from tap water and the ability to track levels of illegal drug consumption in prisons, towns and cities using contamination data are included, along with uncertainties in measurement and transport prediction models.
Dr Hilborne is a lecturer and senior technician in Analytical Chemistry for forensic, biosciences and chemical engineering at London South Bank University. She designs and delivers lectures combined with practical-based teaching and supervises student research on a variety of forensic and environmental chemistry topics. During her time at LSBU she gained her PhD in measurement of contaminant dispersion in ventilated indoor air and predictive model development. She also developed a hand held portable detector of drug contaminants in drinks. Her research activities on contaminant detection and dispersion modelling in water and air range from drugs in surface waters to hazardous gas emissions in nuclear fuel reprocessing. Prior to joining the university she worked as a Food Health and Safety Scientist for Camden BRI (formerly Brewing Research International). She has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Chemistry from Edinburgh University and is an active member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the London Toxicology group where she has presented her work at associated conferences and workshops.
The talk will last about an hour and there is wine and networking at the end.
Dr Victoria Hilborne, a specialist in analytical chemistry for forensic, biosciences and chemical engineering at London South Bank University, will discuss current issues on the contamination of aquatic environments with drugs and their metabolites. Concerns for ecotoxicology and secondary human exposure from tap water and the ability to track levels of illegal drug consumption in prisons, towns and cities using contamination data are included, along with uncertainties in measurement and transport prediction models.
Dr Hilborne is a lecturer and senior technician in Analytical Chemistry for forensic, biosciences and chemical engineering at London South Bank University. She designs and delivers lectures combined with practical-based teaching and supervises student research on a variety of forensic and environmental chemistry topics. During her time at LSBU she gained her PhD in measurement of contaminant dispersion in ventilated indoor air and predictive model development. She also developed a hand held portable detector of drug contaminants in drinks. Her research activities on contaminant detection and dispersion modelling in water and air range from drugs in surface waters to hazardous gas emissions in nuclear fuel reprocessing. Prior to joining the university she worked as a Food Health and Safety Scientist for Camden BRI (formerly Brewing Research International). She has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Chemistry from Edinburgh University and is an active member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the London Toxicology group where she has presented her work at associated conferences and workshops.
The talk will last about an hour and there is wine and networking at the end.
