Analytical chemistry

  • Determination of cotinine (nicotine marker) and ethylsulfate (alcohol marker ) in wastewater
  • Determination of α-chloralose in deceased birds after intoxication
  • Drug consumption at festivals (collaboration with 4motion)
  • Market surveillance study on nootropics

Forensic toxicology

  • Development of quantification method for direct alcohol biomarker (Phosphatidylethanol) in whole blood
  • Development of quantification method for cannabis, its metabolites and semi-synthetic cannabinoid Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in blood
  • In collaboration with SCAN: Determination of α-chloralose in deceased birds after intoxication

Forensic Genetics

  • Morphological Observation and Study of Sperm Stain Transfer and Persistence on Washed Textiles (SPERTEX project)
  • Collaboration with the University of Lille in use of a diagnostic tool SpiderMASS for body fluid of origin of stain identification

Medical Forensic

  • Hieb-Project (project on tool marks in collaboration with the German Federal Criminal Police Office)

Ongoing projects

  • “REcovery ACTivity” project (REACT) I and II

    Organized by the ENFSI, under the European Commission Grant “Forensic Fundamentals, Technology, Multidisciplinarity, Research, Evaluation (FOR-FUTURE)” ISF-2023-TF2-AG-ENFSI-IBA-2

  • Drugs in wastewater project (SCORE)

    Organized by European Union Drug Agency (EUDA)

  • H.A.I.R. – Hair drug Analysis In Recreational settings in Luxembourg

    Participation in the research project “H.A.I.R. – Hair Drug Analysis In Recreational Settings in Luxembourg – Pilot Project”, jointly conducted by the Forensic Toxicology Department, the Luxembourg Focal Point of the European Union Drugs Agency (PFLAD), and 4motion asbl. The project explores the potential of hair analysis as a complementary tool for national drug monitoring in recreational settings.

  • Projects organized by the European Directory for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM)

    Development and validation of a method for the quantification of new psychoactive substances (NPS), particularly synthetic opioids, in blood using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).