Dr. Michael Robertson is a qualified Chemist, Pharmacologist and Forensic Toxicologist with over 30 years of professional experience. Dr Robertson is a nationally recognised expert in testing for drugs and alcohol. He has held laboratory management and senior scientific and management roles in forensic toxicology. He has spent a number of years performing scientific tests on bodily fluids and tissue samples and interpreting the results of testing and the effects of drugs on people for Court. His involvement or exposure to his work field has skilled him as one of the substantial members of our team.
He is an Independent expert and consultant: Dr Robertson is able to offer independent expertise and consultation in testing and interpretation of alcohol and drug test results (urine, saliva, blood and hair), both verbally or in the form of expert reports. He frequently provides testimony as an expert witness to courts of law throughout Australia. Dr Robertson provides Expert Reports and testimony throughout Australia with respect to the effects of drugs, including alcohol, on people in matters such as: criminal matters (driving, sexual assault, homicide), family law matters (hair testing, LFT, CTD, EtG), insurance and public liability matters (driving, falls, accidents) and compliance with acceptable workplace testing procedures.
A senior scientist in Forensic toxicology: He has held positions both nationally and internationally in laboratory management and in senior scientific and management roles in forensic toxicology. Dr Robertson trained at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Melbourne.
He has been Awarded & extensively published in peer-reviewed journals: Dr. Robertson has been awarded a number of scholarships and is extensively published in peer-reviewed journals. He is regularly invited to provide presentations to interested parties, including scientific conferences and law society conferences. He is a consulting trainer and advisor in workplace drug and alcohol testing and his findings have laid the foundation for the current Victorian Government’s drugs in driving legislation and ultimately to the current use of random roadside drug testing.
Dr. Robertson’s Education
B.Sc. (Hon) Pharmacology/Toxicology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Ph.D., Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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