Alan Wayne Jones (born 7 October 1945) is a researcher and scholarly writer on the subject of forensic toxicology and human physiology relating to

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. Jones was born in

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, UK, but worked for most of his career in

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Career

Jones received his PhD in chemistry from the

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(Cardiff) in 1974, and has been active in biological alcohol research as well as in forensic

toxicology Toxicology is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating ex ...

since that time. In 1993, he was awarded a senior doctorate degree (DSc) by the

for his body of published work dealing with forensic aspects of alcohol and other drugs of abuse. Jones recently retired from his position as senior scientist at the Division of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Chemistry at the Swedish National Board of

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, which is located in the town of

Linköping Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

, Sweden. Jones also serves as guest professor in Forensic Toxicology at the University of Health Sciences (Department of Clinical Pharmacology) of the

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. He has published over 353 scientific articles with over 8000 citations and an h-index of 50, according to Scopus.

Recognition

In 2004, the Alcohol, Drugs and Impairment Division of the US

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gave Jones their Robert F. Borkenstein Award for work on the relation between alcohol and drug use and transportation safety. In 2011 the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists gave Jones their Alan Curry Award, the association's "most prestigious award", for distinguished contributions to forensic toxicology. Jones was the 2017 winner of the Dr. Kurt M. Dubowski Award, given by the International Association for Chemical Testing for lifetime achievement in chemical testing for transportation or workplace safety. His work is mentioned on various online websites.

Selected publications

* 293 citations: Interpreting results of ethanol analysis in postmortem specimens: a review of the literature. FC Kugelberg, AW Jones. Forensic science international 165 (1), 10–29. * 254 citations: Laboratory testing for recent alcohol consumption: comparison of ethanol, methanol, and 5-hydroxytryptophol. A Helander, O Beck, AW Jones. Clinical chemistry 42 (4), 618–624. * 251 citations: Role of variability in explaining ethanol pharmacokinetics. Å Norberg, AW Jones, RG Hahn, JL Gabrielsson. Clinical pharmacokinetics 42 (1), 1-31.

Books edited

* Alcohol, drugs, and impaired driving : forensic science and law enforcement issues.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Alan Wayne 1945 births Living people People from Pontypridd British toxicologists Academic staff of Linköping University Alumni of the University of Wales