Wolfram Meier-Augenstein

Wolfram Meier-Augenstein is a Professor at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, a registered forensic expert advisor with the British National Crime Agency and a member of the Advisory Board of the journal Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. From 2010 to 2014 he served as Director of the Forensic Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Network (FIRMS).^[1] while from 2009 to 2013 he was a Council member of the British Association for Human Identification (BAHID).^[2] Meier-Augenstein was one of the scientists consulted by An Garda Síochána investigating the case of the dismembered torso found in the Dublin Royal Canal.^[3] This case has gained some notoriety under the name Scissor Sisters (convicted killers). He was also one of the scientists consulted by the police investigating the Norfolk headless body case.^[4][5]

Selected publications

Articles

• Meier-Augenstein, W. (2002). "Stable Isotopic Analysis of Fatty Acids by Gas Chromatography - Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry". Anal. Chim. Acta. 465: 63–79. doi:10.1016/s0003-2670(02)00194-0.
• W. Meier-Augenstein and R. H. Liu: "Forensic Applications of Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry", in Advances in Forensic Application of Mass Spectrometry by Jehuda Yinon [ed.], CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (USA), (2003), chapter 4, 149 - 180, ISBN 0-8493-15220.
• Farmer, N.; Meier-Augenstein, W.; Kalin, R.M. (2005). "Stable Isotope Analysis of Safety Matches using IRMS - A Forensic Case Study". Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom.'. 19: 3182–3186. doi:10.1002/rcm.2088.
• W. Meier-Augenstein: "Stable Isotope Fingerprinting", in Forensic Human Identification: An Introduction by S. M. Black & T.J.U. Thomson [eds.], CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (USA), (2006), chapter 2, 29-53, ISBN 0-8493-39545.
• Fraser, I.; Meier-Augenstein, W.; Kalin, R.M. (2006). "The Role of Stable Isotopes in Human Identification: A longitudinal study into the variability of isotope signals in human hair and nails". Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 20: 1109–1116. doi:10.1002/rcm.2424.
• Fraser, I.; Meier-Augenstein, W. (2007). "Stable 2H isotope analysis of human hair and nails can aid forensic human identification". Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 21: 3279–3285. doi:10.1002/rcm.3209.
• Meier-Augenstein, W.; Fraser, I. (2008). "Forensic stable isotope analysis leads to identification of a mutilated murder victim". Science & Justice. 48: 153–159. doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2007.10.010.
• C. M. Lock and W. Meier-Augenstein: "Investigation of isotopic linkage between precursor and product in the synthesis of a high explosive", Forensic Sci. Int. 179, 157-162, (2008); DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.05.015.
• Farmer, N.; Meier-Augenstein, W.; Lucy, D. (2009). "Isotope Analysis of White Paints and Likelihood Ratios". Science & Justice. 49: 114–119. doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2009.02.00.
• NicDaéid, N.; Meier-Augenstein, W.; Kemp, H.F. (2011). "Investigating the provenance of un-dyed spun cotton fibre using multi-isotope profiles and chemometric analysis". Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 25: 1812–1816. doi:10.1002/rcm.5046.
• Meier-Augenstein, W.; Kemp, H.F.; Hardy, S. (2012). "Detection of Counterfeit Scotch Whisky by Bulk 2H and 18O Stable Isotope Analysis". Food Chemistry. 133: 1070–1074. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.01.084.
• NicDaéid, N.; Meier-Augenstein, W.; Kemp, H.F.; Sutcliffe, O.B. (2012). "Using isotopic fractionation to link precursor to product in the synthesis of (±)-mephedrone. A new tool for combating 'legal high' drugs". Anal. Chem. 84: 8691–8696. doi:10.1021/ac3019069.
• W. Meier-Augenstein and H.F. Kemp: “Stable Isotope Analysis: Bone and Teeth” in Wiley’s Encyclopaedia of Forensic Science 2nd Ed., by A. Jamieson and A. Moenssens [eds.]; Wiley-Blackwell, (2012); fsa1042; DOI:10.1002/9780470061589.fsa1042; Online ISBN 9780470061589.
• W. Meier-Augenstein and H.F. Kemp: “Stable Isotope Analysis: Hair and Nails” in Wiley’s Encyclopaedia of Forensic Science 2nd Ed., by A. Jamieson and A. Moenssens [eds.]; Wiley-Blackwell, (2012); fsa1043; DOI:10.1002/9780470061589.fsa1043; Online ISBN 9780470061589.
• Meier-Augenstein, W.; Hobson, K.A.; Wassenaar, L.I. (2013). "Critique: Measuring Hydrogen Stable Isotope Abundance of Proteins to Infer Origins of Wildlife, Food, and People". Bioanalysis. 5 (7): 751–767. doi:10.4155/BIO.13.36.
• W. Meier-Augenstein: “Forensic Isotope Analysis” in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2014, pp 120–124, (2014); ISBN 978-0071831062.

Books

• Stable Isotope Forensics: An Introduction to the Forensic Application of Stable Isotope Analysis. Wiley, 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-51705-5^[6]

References

1. "FIRMS". Forensic-isotopes.org. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
2. "Wolfram Meier-Augenstein | Robert Gordon University - Academia.edu". Rgu.academia.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
3. Murder, mutilation and dismemberment: Ireland transfixed by 'Scissor Sisters' case. David McKittrick, The Independent, 1 November 2006. Retrieved 09 July 2016.
4. DNA could solve historic murder. Norfolk Constabulary, 25 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
5. Headless corpse discovered in Norfolk 40 years ago 'could be sex worker known as "the Duchess"'. Paul Peachey, The Independent, 26 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
6. "Wiley: Stable Isotope Forensics: An Introduction to the Forensic Application of Stable Isotope Analysis - Wolfram Meier-Augenstein". Eu.wiley.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

External links

• Academia.edu
• Researchgate.net
• App.dundee.ac.uk