Dr. Dirk W. Lachenmeier is a state-certified food chemist, toxicologist, Director of the Department of Plant-Based Foods, and Co-Head of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Laboratory at Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Agency, Karlsruhe, Germany. He studied food chemistry (first state examination) at the University of Bonn (1994–1998), followed by a position as a first-year resident at various food control institutions in the State of North Rhine-Westfalia, concluding the studies with the second state examination and title of state-certified food chemist (Münster, 2000). He carried out his Ph.D. in Forensic Toxicology at the Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Bonn (2000–2003). Since 2003, he has been employed at the Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Agency Karlsruhe (CVUAKA), Germany, where he first headed the alcohol laboratory (2003–2012), and later he was promoted to Director of the Department of Plant-Based Food, where he is personally heading the Central State Coffee Control Laboratory and the Central State Cannabis Control Laboratory, and his group includes a team of scientists and technicians investigating various matrices, such as tea, spice, bakery, pasta products, food supplements, and products for special nutritional demands (diets). His department is responsible for the fields of “novel food products” and “Internet trade”.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Analytical Chemistry
Food Chemistry
Food Supplements
NMR
Cannabis sativa
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NMR
Food Supplements
Cannabis sativa
Food Chemistry
Short Biography
Dr. Dirk W. Lachenmeier is a state-certified food chemist, toxicologist, Director of the Department of Plant-Based Foods, and Co-Head of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Laboratory at Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Agency, Karlsruhe, Germany. He studied food chemistry (first state examination) at the University of Bonn (1994–1998), followed by a position as a first-year resident at various food control institutions in the State of North Rhine-Westfalia, concluding the studies with the second state examination and title of state-certified food chemist (Münster, 2000). He carried out his Ph.D. in Forensic Toxicology at the Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Bonn (2000–2003). Since 2003, he has been employed at the Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Agency Karlsruhe (CVUAKA), Germany, where he first headed the alcohol laboratory (2003–2012), and later he was promoted to Director of the Department of Plant-Based Food, where he is personally heading the Central State Coffee Control Laboratory and the Central State Cannabis Control Laboratory, and his group includes a team of scientists and technicians investigating various matrices, such as tea, spice, bakery, pasta products, food supplements, and products for special nutritional demands (diets). His department is responsible for the fields of “novel food products” and “Internet trade”.
Honors and Awards
Bruno-Rossmann-Preis
Der Bruno-Roßmann-Preis wird im Rahmen des Lebensmittelchemikertages durch die Lebensmittelchemische Gesellschaft - Fachgruppe in der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker verliehen.
