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. He holds a doctorate in natural sciences awarded by the Ruprechts-Karl University Heidelberg (Germany) in 1989. The subject of PhD thesis was the structure/activity relationship of stereo-isomers of the Periodic Leaf Movement Factor 1 that triggers the nastic leaf movement of Mimosa pudica L. As Feodor-Lynen-Fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation and PD Fellow of the South African Research Foundation he spent 1.5 years as post-doctoral fellow with Prof. B.V. Burger at the University of Stellenbosch. Here he synthesised and studied cyclodextrine derivatives used as chiral selectors for enantioselective gas chromatography. From there, his career took him to the University Children’s Hospital Heidelberg, the University of California San Diego, the University of Dundee, the Queen’s University Belfast and back to Scotland, first to the James Hutton Institute (Dundee) and finally the Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen). 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] Dr 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] Most recently, Dr Meier-Augenstein was involved with the case dubbed "The Lady of the Hills" or the "Thai Bride". His interpretation of stable isotope signatures obtained from remains of the murder victim corroborated one line of investigation that the victim might have grown up in Thailand [6]. A subsequently launched public appeal received a response from a Thai family who believed the victim could be their daughter [7]. DNA tests finally confirmed the identity of the victim as Lamduan Armitage, nee Seekanya, originally from Thailand who had moved to the UK in 1991 [8]. Dr Meier-Augenstein is the author of the book "Stable Isotope Forensics", the first textbook dedicated to principles and forensic applications of stable isotope analytical techniques.[9].

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. PMID 16220465.
  • 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 (7): 1109–1116. Bibcode:2006RCMS...20.1109F. 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 (3): 153–159. doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2007.10.010. PMID 18953804.
  • Lock, Claire M.; Meier-Augenstein, Wolfram (2008). "Investigation of isotopic linkage between precursor and product in the synthesis of a high explosive". Forensic Science International. 179 (2–3): 157–162. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.05.015. PMID 18632231.
  • 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.2009.02.003.
  • 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 (13): 1812–1816. doi:10.1002/rcm.5046. PMID 21638356.
  • 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 (20): 8691–8696. doi:10.1021/ac3019069.
  • Meier-Augenstein, Wolfram; Kemp, Helen F. (2012). "Stabel Isotope Analysis: Bone and Teeth". Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science. doi:10.1002/9780470061589.fsa1042. ISBN 9780470061589.
  • Meier-Augenstein, Wolfram; Kemp, Helen F. (2012). "Stable Isotope Analysis: Hair and Nails". Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science. doi:10.1002/9780470061589.fsa1043. 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. PMID 23534421.
  • NicDaéid, N.; Jayamana, S.; Kerr, W.J.; Meier-Augenstein, W.; Kemp, H.F. (2013). "Influence of precursor solvent extraction on stable isotope signatures of methamphetamine prepared from pseudo-ephedrine extracted from over-the-counter medicines using the Moscow and Hypophosphorous routes". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 405 (9): 2931–2941. doi:10.1007/s00216-012-6600-8. PMID 23241818.
  • W. Meier-Augenstein: "Forensic Isotope Analysis" in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2014, pp 120–124, (2014); ISBN 978-0071831062.
  • Meier-Augenstein, W.; Kemp, H.F.; Schenk, E.R.; Almirall, J.R. (2014). "Discrimination of unprocessed cotton on the basis of geographic origin using multi-element stable isotope signatures". Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 28 (5): 545–552. Bibcode:2014RCMS...28..545M. doi:10.1002/rcm.6811. PMID 24497293.
  • Meier-Augenstein, W. (2019). "Forensic stable isotope signatures: comparing, geo-locating, detecting linkage". WIREs Forensic Sci. e133928 (5): e1339. doi:10.1002/wfs2.1339.
  • Meier-Augenstein, W. (2019). "From stable isotope ecology to forensic isotope ecology - isotopes' tales". Forensic Sci. Int. 300: 89–98. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.04.023. PMID 31085431.

Books
  • Stable Isotope Forensics: An Introduction to the Forensic Application of Stable Isotope Analysis. Wiley, 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-51705-5[10]
  • Stable Isotope Forensics: Methods and Forensic Applications of Stable Isotope Analysis, 2nd Edition. Wiley, 2018. ISBN 978-1-119-08020-6[11]
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References
  1. "FIRMS". Forensic-isotopes.org. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. "Wolfram Meier-Augenstein | Robert Gordon University - Academia.edu". Rgu.academia.edu. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. Murder, mutilation and dismemberment: Ireland transfixed by 'Scissor Sisters' case. David McKittrick, The Independent, 1 November 2006. Retrieved 9 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. Moss, Alex (9 December 2018). "Who was the 'Thai bride' dumped in the hills?". BBC News.
  7. Moss, Alex (25 January 2019). "New twist in 'Thai bride' murder mystery". BBC News.
  8. "'Thai bride' cold case woman identified". BBC News. 19 March 2019.
  9. Meier-Augenstein, Wolfram (2017). Stable Isotope Forensics. doi:10.1002/9781119080190. ISBN 9781119080190.
  10. "Wiley: Stable Isotope Forensics: An Introduction to the Forensic Application of Stable Isotope Analysis - Wolfram Meier-Augenstein". www.wiley.com/en-gb/. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  11. "Wiley: Stable Isotope Forensics: Methods and Forensic Applications of Stable Isotope Analysis, 2nd Edition - Wolfram Meier-Augenstein". www.wiley.com/en-gb/. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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