Diversification of cannabis trends – Analysis of terpenes and cannabinoids and detection of semi-synthetic cannabinoids in material and blood samples
FB09: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Legal Medicine, Prof. Dr. Irene Krämer
| Scientific career | |
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| Since 02/2022 | Doctoral student at the Institute of Legal Medicine, Department of Forensic Toxicology, Mainz University Medical Center Mainz |
| 10/2019 – 12/2021 | M.Sc. Toxicocology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Master’s thesis: “Stereoselective analysis of the cocaine adulterant tetramisole and its metabolites with a focus on assessing the time of cocaine consumption” |
| 09/2018 – 06/2019 | B.Sc. (Hons) Forensic and Analytical Sciences, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Award for ‘Best Performance at Honours Level’) |
| 09/2016 – 07/2019 | B.Sc. Forensic Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences |
| Professional experience | |
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| Since 02/2022 | Employment as a research assistant (50 %) at the Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz |
| Awards and grants | |
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| 09/2024 | Young Scientist Award of the German Society of Traffic Medicine (DGVM) for the sub-project ‘Distinguishing between the intake of medicinal cannabis flowers and a recreational use’ of the dissertation |
| Since 04/2024 | Junior member of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, Johannes Gutenberg University |
| winter semester 2017/18 – summer semester 2021 | Funding through the ‘Deutschlandstipendium’ (German public-private scholarship) |
| Conference contributions | |
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| 09/24 | HHC and derivatives – Method development for analysis of semi-synthetic cannabinoids and their metabolites and its application to routine samples – Flash-Poster presentation at the TIAFT (The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists) Annual Meeting in St. Gallen (Switzerland) |
| 06/24 | Case resport: Accidental intoxications after ingestion of hexahydrocannabinol-containing gummy bears by two children and one adult – Presentation at the 31. Spring conference of the German Society of Legal Medicine (DGRM) in Dudelange (Luxemburg) |
| 04/24 | Potential Phytocannabinoid and Terpene Markers for Distinguishing Between the Use of Cannabis-based Medicines and Recreational Use of Cannabis – Presentation at the symposium of the Society of Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry (GTFCh) at the Analytica Conference in Munich |
| 10/23 | From Amnesia Haze to Zour Apple – the diversity of (medicinal)cannabis – Presentation at the workshop of the Society of Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry (GTFCh) in Mainz |
| 03/2023 | Analysis of Tetramisole Metabolites – Is ‘Aminorex’ found in Forensic Samples of Cocaine Users actually 4-Phenyl-2-imidazolidinone? – Presentation at the XXIII Mosbach Symposium of the GTFCh (Award for the best oral presentation at the GTFCh Symposium) |
| 02/2022 | Chiral pharmacokinetics of tetramisole enantiomers – Enantioselective quantification of levamisole and dexamisole in cocaine seizures and serum samples from cocaine users – Presentation at the spring conference of the German Society of Forensic Medicine (DGRM) |
| Publications |
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| Hundertmark M, Hess C, Röhrich J, Wunder C, Losacker M. Analysis of tetramisole metabolites – Is “Aminorex” found in forensic samples of cocaine users actually 4-phenyl-2- imidazolidinone? Drug Test Anal. 2023;15(8):865-878. doi:10.1002/dta.3482. |
| Losacker M, Hundertmark M, Zörntlein S, Röhrich J, Hess C. Chiral pharmacokinetics of tetramisole stereoisomers – Enantioselective quantification of levamisole and dexamisole in serum samples from users of adulterated cocaine. Drug Test Anal. 2022;14(6):1053-1064. |
