Olaf Drummer PhD

Professor Olaf H. Drummer, Dr.h.c.(Antwerp), PhD (Melb), BAppSc(RMIT), FFSC, FRCPA, FACBS, CChem, is a forensic pharmacologist and toxicologist. He is a Professor of Medical Forensic Science in the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University. Recently he retired as Deputy Director (Academic Programs) at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, and head of the Department of Forensic Medicine, at Monash University.

He worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the Clinical Pharmacology Unit at the University of Melbourne’s Austin Hospital precinct becoming a NH&MRC fellow in 1986. In 1989 he took up a position as an Assistant Director at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine to form Victoria’s new forensic toxicology laboratories as well as manage other laboratory and research activities within the Institute.

He has received a number of awards besides the TIAFT Alan Curry Award in 2016; the Jean Servais Stas award from the German Society of Toxicology and Forensic Chemistry (GTFCh) (2013); Excellence in Higher Degree Supervision, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University (2013); Irving Sunshine award from the International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology (IATDMCT) for Excellence in Clinical Toxicology (2005) and the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) award for Excellence in Alcohol and Drug Research (2000). He has also received an honorary doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the University of Antwerp (2016).