Mette Kristensen

Mette Kristensen serves as a Forensic Chemist at the Section of Forensic Chemistry within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, conducting research on drug analysis in legal contexts.

Her research specializes in forensic toxicology with emphases on:

• Nitrous oxide stability in blood samples
• Preanalytical phase challenges in toxicology
• HS-GC-MS method validation for driving-under-influence cases
• Epidemiology of recreational nitrous oxide abuse

Publications from 2023-2024 demonstrate concentrated regional analysis of Copenhagen/Eastern Denmark traffic cases, revealing methodological vulnerabilities in nitrous oxide detection and establishing baseline data for forensic practice standardization in Scandinavia.