The Speaker
Richard Sleeman has worked in the field of trace detection for over thirty years, specializing in the detection of drugs, explosives, and precursors using mass spectrometry. He is a founder and the Scientific Director of Mass Spec Analytical Limited (MSA), and pioneered the use of tandem mass spectrometry without chromatography for forensic applications, to the point of achieving laboratory accreditation by UKAS to the ISO 17025 international standard. He has published over thirty peer reviewed publications on the subject of trace detection and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Chartered Chemist, a Chartered Scientist, and a professional Member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences. Throughout his career, Dr. Sleeman has specialized in the rapid analysis by mass spectrometry, using a range of ambient ionization techniques. This has involved successful collaborations with a number of University Departments, most recently Liverpool for the development of low-temperature plasma ion sources.
