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Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Lauren J. Tanz
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
2
Matthew K. Laing
University of British Columbia
3
Marie H. Deventer
Ghent University
4
Sara E. Walton
Fredric Rieders Family Foundation
5
Marc Parrilla
University of Antwerp
6
Tracy‐Lynn E. Lockwood
University of Notre Dame
7
Scott A. Borden
University of Victoria
8
Si Huang
Hunan Normal University
9
Ines Erkizia-Santamaría
University of Lisbon
10
Rongrong Xing
Shanxi Medical University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2020–2022
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2024
110 cit.
2
A 3D-printed hollow microneedle-based electrochemical sensing device for in situ plant health monitoring
Biosensors and Bioelectronics|2024
71 cit.
3
Detection of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyls and Carfentanil in Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2021–2024
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2024
56 cit.
4
Wearable platform based on 3D-printed solid microneedle potentiometric pH sensor for plant monitoring
Chemical Engineering Journal|2024
55 cit.
5
Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Stimulants ― United States, January 2018–June 2024
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2025
27 cit.
6
Wearable 3D-printed solid microneedle voltammetric sensors based on nanostructured gold for uric acid monitoring
Biosensors and Bioelectronics|2025
20 cit.
7
Evaluation of behavioural and neurochemical effects of psilocybin in mice subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress
Translational Psychiatry|2025
15 cit.
8
Ultrafast, Selective, and Highly Sensitive Nonchromatographic Analysis of Fourteen Cannabinoids in Cannabis Extracts, Δ8-Tetrahydrocannabinol Synthetic Mixtures, and Edibles by Cyclic Ion Mobility Spectrometry–Mass Spectrometry
Analytical Chemistry|2024
14 cit.
9
Recent progress in epitope-imprinted polymers for disease diagnosis and treatment
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry|2025
9 cit.
10
“Do It Yourself” Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist Precursors as a Ban‐Evading Strategy: Comparison of the Pharmacological Characteristics of Precursors and Their Final Products
Drug Testing and Analysis|2025
8 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Nicole L. Davis
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2
Chelsea L. Shover
University of California, Los Angeles
3
Jessica Bitting
Unknown
4
Alex J. Krotulski
Fredric Rieders Family Foundation
5
Madeleine J. Swortwood
Sam Houston State University
6
Lianping Ti
University of British Columbia
7
Bikram Subedi
Louisiana State University
8
Samuel D. Banister
The University of Sydney
9
Fabio Vaiano
University of Florence
10
Luis Arroyo
West Virginia University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Xylazine spreads across the US: A growing component of the increasingly synthetic and polysubstance overdose crisis
Drug and Alcohol Dependence|2022
364 cit.
2
Charting the fourth wave: Geographic, temporal, race/ethnicity and demographic trends in polysubstance fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States, 2010–2021
Addiction|2023
297 cit.
3
Drug Overdose Deaths Among Persons Aged 10–19 Years — United States, July 2019–December 2021
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2022
166 cit.
4
Medetomidine Infiltrates the US Illicit Opioid Market
JAMA|2024
43 cit.
5
Twenty-Year Trends in Drug Overdose Fatalities Among Older Adults in the US
JAMA Psychiatry|2023
37 cit.
6
A Forensic Diagnostic Algorithm for Drug-Related Deaths: A Case Series
Toxics|2022
36 cit.
7
Discontinuation and tapering of prescribed opioids and risk of overdose among people on long-term opioid therapy for pain with and without opioid use disorder in British Columbia, Canada: A retrospective cohort study
PLoS Medicine|2022
36 cit.
8
US drug overdose mortality rose faster among hispanics than non-hispanics from 2010 to 2021
Drug and Alcohol Dependence|2023
35 cit.
9
Fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine-based counterfeit pills sold at tourist-oriented pharmacies in Mexico: An ethnographic and drug checking study
Drug and Alcohol Dependence|2023
33 cit.
10
Fentanyl Concentration in Drug Checking Samples and Risk of Overdose Death in Vancouver, Canada
American Journal of Preventive Medicine|2023
32 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Marilyn A. Huestis
Smithsonian Institution
2
Daniele Piomelli
University of California, Irvine
3
Benjamin F. Cravatt
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
4
Barry K. Logan
Evaporated Coatings (United States)
5
Volker Auwärter
University of Freiburg
6
Rafael de la Torre
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
7
Matthias E. Liechti
University Hospital of Basel
8
Vincenzo Di Marzo
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
9
Edward J. Cone
Johns Hopkins University
10
Jørg Mørland
Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Molecular characterization of an enzyme that degrades neuromodulatory fatty-acid amides
Nature|1996
2.1k cit.
2
Quantitative reactivity profiling predicts functional cysteines in proteomes
Nature|2010
1.7k cit.
3
Formation and inactivation of endogenous cannabinoid anandamide in central neurons
Nature|1994
1.6k cit.
4
Leptin-regulated endocannabinoids are involved in maintaining food intake
Nature|2001
1.6k cit.
5
A second endogenous cannabinoid that modulates long-term potentiation
Nature|1997
1.5k cit.
6
Brain monoglyceride lipase participating in endocannabinoid inactivation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2002
1.4k cit.
7
Molecular targets for cannabidiol and its synthetic analogues: effect on vanilloid VR1 receptors and on the cellular uptake and enzymatic hydrolysis of anandamide
British Journal of Pharmacology|2001
1.3k cit.
8
Supersensitivity to anandamide and enhanced endogenous cannabinoid signaling in mice lacking fatty acid amide hydrolase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001
1.3k cit.
9
Modulation of anxiety through blockade of anandamide hydrolysis
Nature Medicine|2002
1.3k cit.
10
A Comprehensive Profile of Brain Enzymes that Hydrolyze the Endocannabinoid 2-Arachidonoylglycerol
Chemistry & Biology|2007
1.2k cit.

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