Pragna Gaur
Historical and Cross-cultural lead chemical investigation of plants used for mental resilience and well-being
Senior Forensic Scientist-Illicit Drug Analysis Unit | NSW Forensic & Analytical Science Service and Researcher with Western Sydney University.
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Pragna has more than ten years of experience as a Senior Forensic Scientist with the illicit drug analysis lab-Forensic analytical science services. She is an expert in the analytical work of illicit drugs. She has in-depth knowledge of quality assurance, method development and training in Illicit drug identification field.
She has MScTech from University of New South Wales (UNSW) and have complimented her qualifications by working within the industrial, analytical and research branches of the chemical testing organization conducting research and development, validation of analytical methods, and process optimization. Since the Year 2016, She has been doing dual senior role (Senior Botanist and Senior Chemist) with IDAU-FASS. She is a chairperson of CANNTAG ‑Drug SAG Australia. She has been part of the group which provides training for cannabis identification program to the Forensic Practitioners and Law enforcement officers nationally and internationally for regulatory purpose.
Pragna also works on research project with the WSU-NICM which covers chemical investigation of plant material utilized for mental resilience.
Supervisors:
Co-supervisors:
Professor Chun Guang Li, Professor Jerome Sarris, Dr Daniel Perkins
