Description
Arian van Asten obtained his Master’s degree with honors in 1991 and his PhD in 1995 (for which he received the Kolthoff award in 1996) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). After working for more than 10 years in the chemical industry he joined the Netherlands Forensic Institute in 2006. In June 2012 he was appointed professor at the Faculty of Science of UvA on a special chair in Forensic Analytical Chemistry. Since September 2018 he is a full-time professor of Forensic Analytical Chemistry and On-Scene Chemical Analysis at UvA. On the same date Van Asten was also appointed director of the Master’s of Forensic Science program at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies at UvA. Together with professor Maurice Aalders he leads the Co van Ledden Hulsebosch Center, the Amsterdam Center for Forensic Science and Medicine (www.clhc.nl). He has authored or co-authored more than 50 peer reviewed scientific publications on (forensic) analytical chemistry. 1. An introduction to Forensic Analytical Chemistry 2. Analytical Chemistry in the Forensic Laboratory 3. Sampling and Sample Preparation 4. Qualitative Analysis and the Selectivity Dilemma 5. Quantitative Analysis and the Legal Limit Dilemma 6. Chemical Profiling, Databases and Evidential Value 7. Forensic Reconstruction through Chemical Analysis 8. From Data to Forensic Insight using Chemometrics 9. Quality and Chain of Custody 10. Reporting in the Criminal Justice System 11. Innovating Forensic Analytical Chemistry
