Cobus Gerber

Prof Cobus Gerber

Associate Professor of Chemistry

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

I joined the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences in 2004 and am involved in the teaching of chemistry courses across various programs. My research activities are focussed on analytical techniques, with particular emphasis on extraction, chromatographic methods and sample analysis using mass detectors.

My research interest is wastewater-based epidemiology to better understand population-scale drug use and associated harms.  Through this application, trends in population substance (ab)use over time can be measured.  The comparative levels of use of illicit substances is a good indicator of the scale of drug problems in a population, which are in turn linked to mental health.  The prevalence and changes of use of pharmaceutical compounds can also be measured on a population scale to show how prescribing practices change and the effect of policy changes on drug use.  The stability and factors affecting stability of target compounds are areas which require investigation for wastewater analysis as it continues to become a routine screening method.  So too the pharmacokinetic parameters relating to the metabolism of drugs to distinguish between consumed and disposed drugs in wastewater. 

Year Citation
2026 Nadarajan, D., Laimou Geraniou, M., Chappell, A., Baduel, C., Gerber, C., Keller, E. L., & Bade, R. (2026). Wastewater analysis as a global toxicovigilance tool for the monitoring of new psychoactive substances. Water Research, 289(124847), 1-11.
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2026 Keller, E. L., Peake, B., Simpson, B. S., Longo, M., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2026). Traces of Use: Uncovering Drug Use Insights From Paraphernalia Analysis.. Drug and alcohol review, 45(1), e70105.
DOI Europe PMC1
2026 Makanye, L., Keller, E. L., Simpson, B. S., & Gerber, C. (2026). A LC-MS/MS method for the determination of Kava (Piper methysticum) compounds in wastewater. Heliyon, 12(4), e44707-1-e44707-12.
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2026 Keller, E., Tscharke, B., Peake, B., Verhagen, R., Bade, R., O’Brien, J., . . . Gerber, C. (2026). Weekend highs: Rising ketamine levels in Australian wastewater. Environmental Advances, 23, 100687.
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2025 Verhagen, R., Gerber, C., Thai, P., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Keller, E. L., . . . Tscharke, B. J. (2025). Cannabis consumption in Australia 2018–2025: Socio-economic and regional trends from wastewater and survey data. Addiction, 121(4), 861-869.
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2025 Keller, E. L., Peake, B., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2025). National Wastewater-Based Surveillance of Nitazenes and Xylazine in Australia: Emerging Trends. ACS ES&T WATER, 6(1), 6 pages.
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2025 Tscharke, B., Livingston, M., Clifford, S., Zheng, Q., Thai, P. K., Verhagen, R., . . . Mueller, J. F. (2025). Changes in wastewater measures of alcohol consumption in Alice Springs, Australia, 1 year after the introduction of restrictions on alcohol sales. Addiction, 121(4), 851-860.
DOI WoS1 Europe PMC1
2025 Keller, E. L., Peake, B., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2025). Comprehensive method to detect nitazene analogues and xylazine in wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, online(57), 1-8.
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2025 Keller, E. L., Peake, B., Simpson, B. S., Longo, M., Trobbiani, S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2025). Searching for a needle in a haystack: chemical analysis reveals nitazenes found in drug paraphernalia residues. Drug and Alcohol Review, 45(1), 1-6.
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2025 Simpson, J., Simpson, B. S., & Gerber, C. (2025). Investigation of fentanyl transformation in wastewater treatment plant technologies using non-targeted analysis. Journal Of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(6, article no. 119538), 1-9.
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2024 Verhagen, R., Gerber, C., Thai, P. K., Connor, J., Loveday, B., Bade, R., . . . Tscharke, B. J. (2024). Wastewater-based evaluation of the efficacy of oxycodone regulations in Australia. Addiction, 119(12), 2153-2161.
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2024 Price, M., Simpson, B. S., Tscharke, B. J., Ahmed, F., Keller, E. L., Sussex, H., . . . Trowsdale, S. (2024). Reporting population size in wastewater-based epidemiology: a scoping review. Science of the Total Environment, 953(176076), 1-12.
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2024 Simpson, J., Simpson, B. S., & Gerber, C. (2024). Effect of secondary and tertiary wastewater treatment methods on opioids and the subsequent environmental impact of effluent and biosolids. Chemosphere, 364(143307), 1-9.
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2024 Jaunay, E. L., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2024). Amphetamine-type drug-related fatalities in the context of 8 years of methamphetamine use measured by wastewater analysis in South Australia. Drug Testing and Analysis, 16(10), 1137-1143.
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2024 Bade, R., Nadarajan, D., Driver, E. M., Halden, R. U., Gerber, C., Krotulski, A., . . . Mueller, J. M. (2024). Wastewater-based monitoring of the nitazene analogues: First detection of protonitazene in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 920(170781), 1-4.
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2024 Simpson, J., Simpson, B. S., & Gerber, C. (2024). A LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous quantification of 17 opioids in biosolids. Talanta, 272(125775), 1-10.
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2024 Tscharke, B., Livingston, M., O'Brien, J. W., Bade, R., Thomas, K. V., Mueller, J. F., . . . Thai, P. K. (2024). Seven-years of alcohol consumption in Australia by wastewater analysis: exploring patterns by remoteness and socioeconomic factors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 259(111317), 1-5.
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2024 Jaunay, E. L., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2024). Corrigendum to “Using wastewater-based epidemiology to evaluate the scale of use of opioids” [Sci. Total Environ. 897 (2023), 165148] (Science of the Total Environment (2023) 897, (S0048969723037713), (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165148)). Science of the Total Environment, 906, 167807.
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2024 Bijlsma, L., Simpson, B., Gerber, C., van Nuijs, A. L. N., & Burgard, D. (2024). Making waves: wastewater-based surveillance of cannabis use. Water Research, 255(121522), 1-5.
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2024 Jaunay, E. L., Bade, R., Paxton, K. R., Nadarajan, D., Barry, D. C., Zhai, Y., . . . Gerber, C. (2024). Monitoring the use of novel psychoactive substances in Australia by wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment, 919(170473), 7 pages.
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2023 Tscharke, B. J., O'Brien, J. W., Ahmed, F., Nguyen, L., Ghetia, M., Chan, G., . . . Hall, W. (2023). A wastewater-based evaluation of the effectiveness of codeine control measures in Australia. Addiction, 118(3), 480-488.
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2023 Sapula, S. A., Amsalu, A., Whittall, J. J., Hart, B. J., Siderius, N. L., Nguyen, L., . . . Venter, H. (2023). The scope of antimicrobial resistance in residential aged care facilities determined through analysis of Escherichia coli and the total wastewater resistome.. Microbiol Spectr, 11(6), e0073123.
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2023 Bade, R., Rousis, N., Adhikari, S., Baduel, C., Gerber, C., Jaunay, E., . . . Mueller, J. F. (2023). Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries. Water Research X, 19(100179), 1-10.
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2023 Thai, P. K., Tscharke, B. J., O'Brien, J., Gartner, C., Bade, R., Gerber, C., . . . Mueller, J. F. (2023). Increased nicotine consumption in Australia during the first months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25(6), 1194-11197.
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2023 Zheng, Q., Gerber, C., Steadman, K. J., Lin, C. Y., Tscharke, B. J., O'Brien, J. W., . . . Thai, P. K. (2023). Improving wastewater-based tobacco use estimates using anabasine. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(21), 7958-7965.
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2023 Jaunay, E. L., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2023). Using wastewater-based epidemiology to evaluate the relative scale of use of opioids. Science of the Total Environment, 897(165148), 1-7.
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2022 Pandopulos, A. J., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., Bade, R., & Gerber, C. (2022). Partitioning of phytocannabinoids between faeces and water - implications for wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment, 805(150269), 1-9.
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2022 Othman, A. A., Simpson, B. S., Jaunay, E. L., White, J. M., Bade, R., & Gerber, C. (2022). A method for improved detection of 8-isoprostaglandin F2α/β and benzodiazepines in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 851(158061), 1-10.
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2022 Brett, J., Siefried, K. J., Healey, A., Harrod, M. E., Franklin, E., Barratt, M. J., . . . Gerber, C. (2022). Wastewater analysis for psychoactive substances at music festivals across New South Wales, Australia in 2019-2020. Clinical Toxicology, 60(4), 440-445.
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2022 Yan, J., Gundsambuu, B., Krasowska, M., Platts, K., Facal Marina, P., Gerber, C., . . . Blencowe, A. (2022). Injectable Diels-Alder cycloaddition hydrogels with tuneable gelation, stiffness and degradation for the sustained release of T-lymphocytes.. Journal of materials chemistry. B, 10(17), 3329-3343.
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2022 Simpson, B. S., Jaunay, E. L., Ghetia, M., Nguyen, L., Bade, R., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2022). Methcathinone in wastewater: drug of choice, or artefact?. Science of the Total Environment, 836, 1-5.
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2022 Bade, R., White, J. M., Ghetia, M., Adiraju, S., Adhikari, S., Bijlsma, L., . . . Gerber, C. (2022). A Taste for New Psychoactive Substances: Wastewater Analysis Study of 10 Countries. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 9(1), 57-63.
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2022 Peake, B., Ghetia, M., Gerber, C., Costabile, M., & Deo, P. (2022). Role of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids on dicarbonyl–albumin derived advanced glycation end products in vitro. Amino Acids, 54(5), 721-732.
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2022 O'Brien, J. W., Tscharke, B. J., Bade, R., Chan, G., Gerber, C., Mueller, J. F., . . . Hall, W. D. (2022). A wastewater-based assessment of the impact of a minimum unit price (MUP) on population alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory, Australia. Addiction, 117(1), 243-249.
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2021 Pandopulos, A. J., Bade, R., Tscharke, B. J., O'Brien, J. W., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2021). Application of catecholamine metabolites as endogenous population biomarkers for wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment, 763(142992), 1-8.
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2021 Bade, R., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2021). How the recreational stimulant market has changed: case study in Adelaide, Australia 2016-2019. Science of the Total Environment, 757(143728), 1-8.
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2021 Bade, R., White, J. M., Chen, J., Baz Lomba, J. A., Been, F., Bijlsma, L., . . . Gerber, C. (2021). International snapshot of new psychoactive substance use: case study of eight countries over the 2019/2020 new year period. Water Research, 193(116891), 1-12.
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2021 Pandopulos, A. J., Simpson, B. S., Bade, R., O'Brien, J. W., Yadav, M. K., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2021). A method and its application to determine the amount of cannabinoids in sewage sludge and biosolids. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(42), 59652-59664.
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2021 Verhagen, R., Tscharke, B. J., Clokey, J., Gerber, C., Ghetia, M., Kaserzon, S. L., . . . Mueller, J. F. (2021). Multisite Calibration of a Microporous Polyethylene Tube Passive Sampler for Quantifying Drugs in Wastewater. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(19), 12922-12929.
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2021 Bade, R., Ghetia, M., Chappell, A., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2021). Pholedrine is a marker of direct disposal of methamphetamine. Science of the Total Environment, 782, 1-5.
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2021 Sapula, S. A., Whittall, J. J., Pandopulos, A. J., Gerber, C., & Venter, H. (2021). An optimized and robust PEG precipitation method for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 785, 9 pages.
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2021 Camilleri, A., Alfred, S., Gerber, C., Lymb, S., Painter, B., Rathjen, A., & Stockham, P. (2021). Delivering harm reduction to the community and frontline medical practitioners through the South Australian Drug Early Warning System (SADEWS). Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 17(3), 388-394.
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2021 Bade, R., Tscharke, B. J., O’Brien, J. W., Magsarjav, S., Humphries, M., Ghetia, M., . . . Gerber, C. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 Controls on the Use of Illicit Drugs and Alcohol in Australia. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8(9), 799-804.
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2021 Bade, R., Simpson, B. S., Ghetia, M., Nguyen, L., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2021). Changes in alcohol consumption associated with social distancing and self‐isolation policies triggered by COVID‐19 in South Australia: a wastewater analysis study. Addiction, 116(6), 1600-1605.
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2020 Bade, R., White, J. M., Nguyen, L., Pandopulos, A. J., & Gerber, C. (2020). What is the drug of choice of young festivalgoers?. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 216(108315), 1-5.
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2020 Bade, R., Abdelaziz, A., Nguyen, L., Pandopulos, A. J., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2020). Determination of 21 synthetic cathinones, phenethylamines, amphetamines and opioids in influent wastewater using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. Talanta, 208(120479), 1-8.
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2020 Leggett, C., Lwin, E. M. P., Ritchie, U., Song, Y., Gerber, J. P., Turner, S., . . . Garg, S. (2020). Perindopril in Breast Milk and Determination of Breastfed Infant Exposure: A Prospective Observational Study. Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 14, 961-967.
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2020 Bade, R., White, J. M., Nguyen, L., Tscharke, B. J., Mueller, J. F., O'Brien, J. W., . . . Gerber, C. (2020). Determining changes in new psychoactive substance use in Australia by wastewater analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 731(article no. 139209), 1-9.
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2020 Bade, R., Abbate, V., Abdelaziz, A., Nguyen, L., Trobbiani, S., Stockham, P., . . . Gerber, C. (2020). The complexities associated with new psychoactive substances in influent wastewater: the case of 4‐ethylmethcathinone. Drug Testing and Analysis, 12(10), 1494-1500.
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2020 Bade, R., Ghetia, M., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2020). Determination of prescribed and designer benzodiazepines and metabolites in influent wastewater. Analytical Methods, 12(28), 3637-3644.
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2020 Gerber, C., Bade, R., & White, J. (2020). Amphetamine dependence in Australia. The Lancet, 396(10256), 957.
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2020 Pandopulos, A. J., Gerber, C., Tscharke, B. J., O'Brien, J., White, J. M., & Bade, R. (2020). A sensitive analytical method for the measurement of neurotransmitter metabolites as potential population biomarkers in wastewater. Journal of Chromatography A, 1612(460623), 1-9.
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2020 Pandopulos, A. J., Bade, R., O'Brien, J. W., Tscharke, B. J., Mueller, J. F., Thomas, K., . . . Gerber, C. (2020). Towards an efficient method for the extraction and analysis of cannabinoids in wastewater. Talanta, 217(121034), 1-10.
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2020 Bade, R., White, J. M., Tscharke, B. J., Ghetia, M., Abdelaziz, A., & Gerber, C. (2020). Anabasine‐based measurement of cigarette consumption using wastewater analysis. Drug Testing and Analysis, 12(9), 1393-1398.
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2020 Zheng, Q., Eaglesham, G., Tscharke, B. J., O'Brien, J. W., Li, J., Thompson, J., . . . Thai, P. K. (2020). Determination of anabasine, anatabine, and nicotine biomarkers in wastewater by enhanced direct injection LC-MS/MS and evaluation of their in-sewer stability. Science of the Total Environment, 743(140551), 1-8.
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2019 Tscharke, B. J., O'Brien, J. W., Ort, C., Grant, S., Gerber, C., Bade, R., . . . Mueller, J. F. (2019). Harnessing the power of the census: characterizing wastewater treatment plant catchment populations for wastewater-based epidemiology. Environmental science & technology, 53(17), 10303-10311.
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2019 González Mariño, I., Baz Lomba, J. A., Alygizakis, N. A., Andrés Costa, M. J., Bade, R., Gerber, C., & Ort, C. (2019). Spatio-temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring. Addiction, 115(1), 109-120.
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2019 Bade, R., Stockham, P., Painter, B., Celma, A., Bijlsma, L., Hernandez, F., . . . Gerber, C. (2019). Investigating the appearance of new psychoactive substances in South Australia using wastewater and forensic data. Drug testing and analytics, 11(2), 250-256.
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2019 Abdelaziz, A. M., Diab, S., Islam, S., KC Basnet, S., Noll, B., Li, P., . . . Wang, S. (2019). Discovery of n-phenyl-4-(1h-pyrrol-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-amine derivatives as potent mnk2 inhibitors: design, synthesis, sar analysis, and evaluation of in vitro anti-leukaemic activity. Medicinal chemistry, 15(6), 600-621.
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2019 Bade, R., Ghetia, M., Nguyen, L., Tscharke, B. J., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2019). Simultaneous determination of 24 opioids, stimulants and new psychoactive substances in wastewater. MethodsX, 6, 953-960.
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2019 Abdelaziz, A. M., Basnet, S. K. C., Islam, S., Li, M., Tadesse, S., Albrecht, H., . . . Wang, S. (2019). Synthesis and evaluation of 2'H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,3'-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine]-1',5'-dione derivatives as Mnk inhibitors. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 29(18), 2650-2654.
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2019 Yadav, M. K., Short, M. D., Gerber, C., van den Akker, B., Aryal, R., & Saint, C. P. (2019). Occurrence, removal and environmental risk of markers of five drugs of abuse in urban wastewater systems in South Australia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(33), 33816-33826.
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2019 Yadav, M. K., Gerber, C., Saint, C. P., Van den Akker, B., & Short, M. D. (2019). Understanding the Removal and Fate of Selected Drugs of Abuse in Sludge and Biosolids from Australian Wastewater Treatment Operations. Engineering, 5(5), 872-879.
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2019 Yadav, M. K., Short, M. D., Gerber, C., Awad, J., van den Akker, B., & Saint, C. P. (2019). Removal of emerging drugs of addiction by wastewater treatment and water recycling processes and impacts on effluent-associated environmental risk. Science of the Total Environment, 680, 13-22.
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2019 Zheng, Q., Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Gerber, C., Mackie, R., Gao, J., & Thai, P. (2019). Uncertainties in estimating alcohol and tobacco consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology. Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 9, 13-18.
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2019 Bade, R., Tscharke, B. J., White, J. M., Grant, S., Mueller, J. F., O'Brien, J., . . . Gerber, C. (2019). LC-HRMS suspect screening to show spatial patterns of new psychoactive substances use in Australia. Science of the total environment, 650(Pt 2), 2181-2187.
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2018 Lwin, E., Gerber, C., Leggett, C., Song, Y., Ritchie, U., Turner, S., . . . Garg, S. (2018). Estimation of Atenolol Transfer Into Milk and Infant Exposure During Its Use in Lactating Women. Journal of Human Lactation, 34(3), 592-599.
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2018 Lwin, E. M. P., Leggett, C., Ritchie, U., Gerber, C., Song, Y., Hague, W., . . . Garg, S. (2018). Transfer of rosuvastatin into breast milk: Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry methodology and clinical recommendations. Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 12, 3645-3651.
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2018 Lai, F. Y., Gartner, C., Hall, W., Carter, S., O'Brien, J., Tscharke, B. J., . . . Mueller, J. F. (2018). Measuring spatial and temporal trends of nicotine and alcohol consumption in Australia using wastewater-based epidemiology. Addiction, 113(6), 1127-1136.
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2018 Bade, R., White, J., & Gerber, C. (2018). Qualitative and quantitative temporal analysis of licit and illicit drugs in wastewater in Australia using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 410(2), 529-542.
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2018 Bade, R., Tscharke, B. J., Longo, M., Cooke, R., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2018). Investigating the correlation between wastewater analysis and roadside drug testing in South Australia. Drug and alcohol dependence, 187, 123-126.
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2018 van Nuijs, A. L. N., Lai, F. Y., Been, F., Andres Costa, M. J., Gerber, C., & Ort, C. (2018). Multi-year inter-laboratory exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater: Development of a quality control system. TrAC - Trends in analytical chemistry, 103, 34-43.
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2017 Costabile, M., Bassal, N. K., Gerber, J. P., & Hughes, B. P. (2017). Inhibition of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity by fatty acids and prostaglandins: A structure function analysis. Prostaglandins leukotrienes and essential fatty acids, 122, 7-15.
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2017 Crowley, P., White, J. M., Tscharke, B. J., & Gerber, C. (2017). Wastewater analysis shows a large decrease in oxycodone use in Adelaide. Medical journal of Australia, 207(2), 88-89.
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2017 Lwin, E. M. P., Gerber, C., Song, Y., Leggett, C., Ritchie, U., Turner, S., & Garg, S. (2017). A new LC-MS/MS bioanalytical method for atenolol in human plasma and milk. Bioanalysis, 9(7), 517-530.
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2017 Yadav, M. K., Short, M. D., Aryal, R., Gerber, C., van den Akker, B., & Saint, C. P. (2017). Occurrence of illicit drugs in water and wastewater and their removal during wastewater treatment. Water research, 124, 713-727.
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2017 Lwin, E. M. P., Gerber, C., Song, Y., Leggett, C., Ritchie, U., Turner, S., & Garg, S. (2017). A new LC-MS/MS bioanalytical method for perindopril and perindoprilat in human plasma and milk. Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 409(26), 6141-6148.
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2017 Turkanovic, J., Ward, M. B., Gerber, J. P., & Milne, R. W. (2017). Effect of garlic, gingko, and St. John's wort extracts on the pharmacokinetics of fexofenadine: a mechanistic study. Drug metabolism and disposition, 45(5), 569-575.
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2016 Tscharke, B. J., Chen, C., Gerber, J. P., & White, J. (2016). Temporal trends in drug use in Adelaide, South Australia by wastewater analysis. Science of the total environment, 565, 384-391.
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2016 Tscharke, B. J., White, J. M., & Gerber, J. P. (2016). Estimates of tobacco use by wastewater analysis of anabasine and anatabine. Drug testing and analysis, 8(7), 702-707.
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2015 Schroeder, R. L., Pendleton, P., & Gerber, J. P. (2015). Physical factors affecting chloroquine binding to melanin. Colloids and surfaces B : biointerfaces, 134, 8-16.
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2015 Schroeder, R. L., Double, K. L., & Gerber, J. P. (2015). Using Sepia melanin as a PD model to describe the binding characteristics of neuromelanin: a critical review. Journal of chemical neuroanatomy, 64-65, 20-32.
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2015 Tscharke, B. J., Chen, C., Gerber, J. P., & White, J. M. (2015). Trends in stimulant use in Australia: a comparison of wastewater analysis and population surveys. Science of the total environment, 536, 331-337.
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2014 Schroeder, R. L., & Gerber, J. P. (2014). Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine binding to melanin : some possible consequences for pathologies. Toxicology reports, 1, 963-968.
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2014 Chen, C., Kostakis, C., Gerber, J., Tscharke, B., Irvine, R., & White, J. (2014). Towards finding a population biomarker for wastewater epidemiology studies. Science of the Total Environment, 487(1), 621-628.
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2014 Schroeder, R. L., & Gerber, J. P. (2014). A reappraisal of Fe(III) adsorption by melanin. Journal of neural transmission, 121(12), 1483-1491.
DOI Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC5
2013 Wang, L., Christophersen, C. T., Sorich, M. J., Gerber, J. P., Angley, M. T., & Conlon, M. A. (2013). Increased abundance of Sutterella spp. and Ruminococcus torques in feces of children with autism spectrum disorder. Molecular autism, 4(1, article no. 42), 1-4.
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2012 Wang, L., Christophersen, C. T., Sorich, M. J., Gerber, J. P., Angley, M. T., & Conlon, M. A. (2012). Elevated fecal short chain fatty acid and ammonia concentrations in children with autism spectrum disorder. Digestive diseases and sciences, 57(8), 2096-2102.
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2011 Wang, L., Christophersen, C. T., Sorich, M. J., Gerber, J. P., Angley, M. T., & Conlon, M. A. (2011). Low relative abundances of the mucolytic bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila and Bifidobacterium spp. in feces of children with autism. Applied and environmental microbiology, 77(18), 6718-6727.
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2011 Simpson, B., Claudie, D., Gerber, J., Pyke, S., Wang, J., McKinnon, R., & Semple, S. (2011). In vivo activity of benzoyl ester clerodane diterpenoid derivatives from Dodonaea polyandra. Journal of Natural Products, 74(4), 650-657.
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2011 Wang, L., Angley, M. T., Gerber, J. P., & Sorich, M. J. (2011). A review of candidate urinary biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder. Biomarkers, 16(7), 537-552.
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2011 Tan, S., Gerber, J., Cosgrove, L., Lockett, T., Clarke, J., Williams, D., & Head, R. (2011). Is the tissue persistence of O<sup>6</sup>-methyl-2′-deoxyguanosine an indicator of tumour formation in the gastrointestinal tract?. Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 721(2), 119-126.
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2011 Simpson, B. S., Claudie, D. J., Smith, N. M., Gerber, J. P., McKinnon, R. A., & Semple, S. J. (2011). Flavonoids from the leaves and stems of Dodonaea polyandra: a Northern Kaanju medicinal plant. Phytochemistry, 72(14-15), 1883-1888.
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2010 Wang, L., Angley, M. T., Sorich, M. J., Young, R., McKinnon, R. A., & Gerber, J. P. (2010). Is there a role for routinely screening children with autism spectrum disorder for creatine deficiency syndrome?. Autism research, 3(5), 268-272.
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2010 Madaras, F., Gerber, J. P., Peddie, F., & Kokkinn, M. J. (2010). The effect of sampling methods on the apparent constituents of ink from the squid Sepioteuthis australis. Journal of chemical ecology, 36(11), 1171-1179.
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2010 Jin, H. P., Wang, J., Gerber, J. P., & Davey, A. K. (2010). Disposition of isosteviol in the rat isolated perfused liver. Clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology, 37(5-6), 593-597.
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2010 Jaisue, S., Gerber, J. P., & Davey, A. K. (2010). Pharmacokinetics of fexofenadine following LPS administration to rats. Xenobiotica, 40(11), 743-750.
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2009 Wang, L., Angley, M. T., Gerber, J. P., Young, R. L., Abarno, D. V., McKinnon, R. A., & Sorich, M. J. (2009). Is urinary indolyl-3-acryloylglycine a biomarker for autism with gastrointestinal symptoms?. Biomarkers, 14(8), 596-603.
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2008 Jin, H. P., Gerber, J. P., Wang, J., Ji, M., & Davey, A. K. (2008). Oral and i.v. pharmacokinetics of isosteviol in rats as assessed by new sensitive LC-MS/MS method. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 48(3), 986-990.
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2008 Ma, Z., Wang, J., Gerber, J. P., & Milne, R. W. (2008). Determination of colistin in human plasma, urine and other biological samples using LC-MS/MS. Journal of chromatography B: analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 862(1/2), 205-212.
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2007 Bazargan, M., Gerber, J. P., Wang, J., Chitsaz, M., Milne, R. W., & Evans, A. M. (2007). Determination of isosteviol by LC-MS/MS and its application for evaluation of pharmacokinetics of isosteviol in rat. DARU, 15(3), 146-150.
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2005 May, B., Gerber, J., Clements, P., Buntine, M., Brittain, D., Lincoln, S., & Easton, C. (2005). Cyclodextrin and modified cyclodextrin complexes of E-4-tert-butylphenyl-4'-oxyazobenzene: UV-visible, ¹H NMR and ab initio studies. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 3(8), 1481-1488.
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Year Citation
2019 Gerber, C., Nguyen, L., Bade, R., White, J., Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., . . . Thomas, K. (2019). Measuring the scale of opioid consumption in Australia by wastewater analysis. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 258 (pp. 1 page). CA, San Diego: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
2019 Longo, M. C., Cooke, R. D., Bade, R., Gerber, C., & White, J. M. (2019). OPIOID CONSUMPTION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA: AN ANALYSIS OF WASTEWATER AND PRESCRIPTION DATA, 2011-2018. In DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW Vol. 38 (pp. S67-S68). WILEY.
2019 Gerber, C., Boddy, A. V., & Hotham, E. D. (2019). PILL TESTING: DOES THE SCIENCE SUPPORT THE HYPE?. In DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW Vol. 38 (pp. S47). WILEY.
2013 Hall, W., White, J., Lai, F., Gerber, C., Chen, C., Tscharke, B., & White, J. (2013). WASTE WATER ANALYSIS OF ILLICIT DRUG USE IN THE POPULATION. In DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW Vol. 32 (pp. 9). WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2010 Simpson, B., Claudie, D., Wang, J., Gerber, J., Smith, N., McKinnon, R., & Semple, S. (2010). Anti-inflammatory diterpenoids and other secondary metabolites from <i>Dodonaea polyandra</i>; a traditional medicine used by Kaanju people in North Eastern Australia. In PLANTA MEDICA Vol. 76 (pp. 1226). GERMANY, Berlin: GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG.
2008 Jaisue, S., Gerber, J. P., McKinnon, R., & Davey, A. K. (2008). EFFECT OF E. COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE ON FEXOFENADINE PHARMACOKINETICS. In DRUG METABOLISM REVIEWS Vol. 40 (pp. 79). PEOPLES R CHINA, Univ Shanghai, Sch Pharmacy Fudan, Shanghai: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC.

Year Citation
2024 Tscharke, B., Verhagen, R., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Prasad, P., Barry, D., . . . Gerber, C. (2024). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program - report 23. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2024 Tscharke, B., Verhagen, R., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Prasad, P., Barry, D., . . . Gerber, C. (2024). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 22. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2024 Tscharke, B., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2024). National wastewater drug monitoring program report 21. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2023 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2023). National wastewater drug monitoring program Report 20. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2023 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2023). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 19. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2023 Tscharke, B., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2023). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 18. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2022 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2022). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 17. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2022 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Reeks, T., Prasad, P., Elisei, G., . . . White, J. (2022). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 15. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2022 Tscharke, B., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Reeks, T., Prasad, P., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2022). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 16. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2021 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Reeks, T., Prasad, P., Elisei, G., . . . White, J. (2021). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 14. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2019 Tscharke, B., Mackie, R., O'Brien, J., Grant, S., Mueller, J., Ghetia, M., . . . White, J. (2019). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 8. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2019 Tscharke, B., Mackie, R., O'Brien, J., Grant, S., Mueller, J., Ghetia, M., . . . White, J. (2019). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 7. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2018 Tscharke, B., Mackie, R., O'Brien, J., Grant, S., Mueller, J., Ghetia, M., . . . White, J. (2018). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 6. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2018 Tscharke, B., Mackie, R., O'Brien, J., Grant, S., Mueller, J., Ghetia, M., . . . White, J. (2018). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 5. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2017 Tscharke, B., Mackie, R., O'Brien, J., Grant, S., Mueller, J., Ghetia, M., . . . White, J. (2017). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 4. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2017 Tscharke, B., Mackie, R., O'Brien, J., Grant, S., Mueller, J., Bade, R., . . . White, J. (2017). National wastewater drug monitoring program: report 2. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2017 Tscharke, B., Mackie, R., O'Brien, J., Grant, S., Mueller, J., Ghetia, M., . . . White, J. (2017). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 3. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2017 O'Brien, J., Grant, S., Mueller, J., Tscharke, B., Gerber, C., & White, J. (2017). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 1. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
  • National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, 01/08/2019 - 31/10/2026
  • Prison Wastewater Sampling and Analysis, SA Dept for Correctional Services, 11/08/2020 - 07/02/2021
  • Tracking use of novel psychoactive substances in Australia, Thyne Reid Foundation Grant, 20/06/2017 - 31/01/2020
  • National Wastewater Analysis Pilot, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, 01/01/2017 - 31/07/2019
  • National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, 01/08/2019 - 31/10/2026
  • Wastewater analysis to test methamphetamine usage levels, Western Australia Police, 01/08/2015 - 02/08/2018
  • Wastewater analysis to test metabolites of a variety of drugs, Southern Adelaide Health Service and Preventative Health SA, 01/10/2015 - 30/06/2026

Courses I teach

  • CHEM 2013 Advanced Structure Determination and Analysis
  • CHEM 1005 Chemistry 100

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Principal Supervisor Triangulating population scale drug consumption using wastewater analysis with pharmaceutical prescription Master of Research Master Full Time Mr Alexander Robins Claxton East
2026 Principal Supervisor Measurement of psychoactive drug markers using hyphenated mass spectrometry Master of Research Master Full Time Miss Tess Louise Gerhardy
2026 Co-Supervisor Using Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Assess Diet, Health and Agricultural Chemical Exposure in Ecovillage and Urban Communities Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Nasrin Azra Jamion
2023 Principal Supervisor Detecting chemical biomarkers of human activity using wastewater-based epidemiology Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Lorato Makanye

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2025 Principal Supervisor The fate of opioids in wastewater treatment plants in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Jamie Simpson
2021 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Surveillance and genomic characterisation of antimicrobial-resistant klebsiella spp. from healthcare environments in Adelaide, Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jack Blaikie
2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Development of injectable hydrogels for the delivery of therapeutic agents Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Jie Yan
2020 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Spatiotemporal study of stress biomarkers and benzodiazepines in Australian wastewater Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ahmed Adel Ibrahim Mohamed Othman
2018 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Addressing the challenges for measuring population biomarkers and cannabinoids by wastewater-based epidemiology Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Aaron Pandopulos
2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Development of a pH-responsive implant for the targeted control of feral cats and the protection of native mammals Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Kyle Brewer
2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor The role of fatty acids on dicarbonyl- induced protein glycation, receptor expression and inflammatory biomarkers Master of Research (Pharmaceutical Science) Master Part Time Mr Brock Peake
2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Understanding the fate of drugs of addiction through wastewater treatment processes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Meena Yadav
2016 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Discovery of novel inhibitors of MAPK-interacting kinases as anti-tumour agents Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Ahmed Abdelaziz
2014 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Evaluation of drug transfer in human breast milk Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ei Lwin
2013 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Population-scale drug use in Adelaide, South Australia, by wastewater analysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Benjamin Tscharke
2012 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Examining the role of melanin in disease states through its adsorption characteristics and their mechanisms Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Rhiannon Schroeder

Date Role Membership Country
2025 - ongoing Member Forensic and Clinical Toxicology Association Australia

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