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Agatha Grela is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Chemistry at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), located in Cambridge. She belongs to the Faculty of Science and Engineering's Life Sciences department. Her expertise spans Analytical Chemistry, Forensic Toxicology, and Drug Chemistry. Agatha holds a PhD in Chemical Sciences from Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland), focusing on lipidomics for depression biomarkers, and an MSc in Analytical Chemistry from the same institution.
Her research focuses on drug detection in biological/non-biological matrices, drink spiking investigation, and microfluidics applications in forensic chemistry. Notable work includes studying drug stability in varied matrices and developing chemometric methods for drug metabolite analysis. Agatha has supervised PhD research on diclazepam metabolites and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed studies.
She actively participates in international forensic conferences (e.g., TIAFT, IABPA) and has presented on topics like DFSA evidence analysis and forensic toxicology advancements. Agatha is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and affiliated with professional bodies including the Royal Society of Chemistry and International Association of Forensic Toxicologists.
Recent grants include £89k from Drinkaware for DFSA research and £500 from the Biochemical Society for diversity initiatives. She teaches forensic science programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, blending academic rigor with practical forensic methodologies.
Agatha contributed to documentaries like 'Murder Detective with Graham Hill' and presented at the Cambridge Science Festival. She leads research on forensic toxicology capacity-building in Nepal and explores intersectional issues in forensic science through international collaborations.
