
Professor Kim Wolff
Director King's Forensics
Research interests
- Forensics
Biography
Kim is currently a panel member of the UK Secretary of State for Transport Medical Advisory Panel on Alcohol, Drugs & Substance Misuse & Driving. She chaired the expert Panel on drug-driving for the Department for Transport (2012), which made a significant contribution to the development of the new drug driving legislation that came into force in England and Wales on March 2nd 2015.
Over the past two years Kim has worked closely with the Department for Transport making recommendations as Chair of an Expert Panel on which drugs should be included in new drug-driving legislation. In a joint project with colleagues from the Doping Control Centre at King's funding has been awarded by the Home Office to charaterise stability of drug testing solutions in preparation for the introduction of drug-driving legislation during 2015. Kim was also awarded funding to chair an Expert Panel to review Alternative Testing Matrices for Drug Driving Contract with a colleague from St Georges University, London: the report titled ‘Drug-driving: Alternative matrices for confirmatory testing’ was published during 2017.
Kim also carries out research into the utility of latent fingerprints for use as a drug screening matrix. She has an industrial partner: Intelligent Fingerprinting Ltd and is currently working with them to develop non-invasive drug screening devices for recreational drugs such as MDMA and pharmacotherapies such as methadone as part of a BBSRC 2014 Industrial CASE studentship.
Research

Drug Control Centre (Anti-Doping)
The Drug Control Centre (DCC) continues to be at the forefront of advances in Anti-Doping science and protecting both the integrity of sport and the health of athletes.

InterSEC:Action
The InterSEC:Action team review to understand the nature and scale of sexual exploitation in the aid industry and conduct a pilot study using genealogy
Project status: Ongoing

Digital Forensics & Cybercrime
The Digital Forensics & Cybercrime group seeks to support policy development and set national standards based on the latest technology.

Anti-doping Science
The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is the only World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in the UK
News
Drug Control Centre prepares for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
The Drug Control Centre (DCC), a part of King’s Forensics at King’s College London, is pleased to provide support to UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for the Birmingham...

A summer of success for King's Forensics
King’s Forensics is an academic group within King’s College London that hosts a range of world-leading laboratories, including the Drug Control Centre: the...

Milestone reached by UKAD in partnership with King's College London
More than 100,000 samples have been collected by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), many of which were processed at the Drug Control Centre (DCC) at King’s Forensics.

UKAD renews partnership with King's to test athlete samples for anti-doping purposes
A new six-year contract has been signed between UKAD (UK Anti-Doping) and DCC (The Drug Control Centre), King’s Forensics at King’s, marking a new stage in a...

Events

Crossovers between natural disasters and human response activities to disaster victim identification: the carbon footprint and challenges associated with climate change
Explore the climate change and the carbon footprint related challenges in forensics, particularly with victim identification in natural disaster responses in...
Please note: this event has passed.

Interdisciplinary workshop on emerging approaches for the discovery of illicit explosive manufacturers and criminal cells through wastewater analysis
Interdisciplinary workshop on emerging approaches for the discovery of illicit explosive manufacturers and criminal cells through wastewater analysis
Please note: this event has passed.
Spotlight
Leading the international effort against doping in sports
The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is King’s flagship anti-doping institute, being the only WADA certified laboratory in the UK and analysing an average of 12,000...

How King's has made roads safer from drink- and drug-drivers in England and Wales
King’s have been collaborating closely with governmental organisations, such as the Department for Transport, to update road safety policies and practice in...

Research

Drug Control Centre (Anti-Doping)
The Drug Control Centre (DCC) continues to be at the forefront of advances in Anti-Doping science and protecting both the integrity of sport and the health of athletes.

InterSEC:Action
The InterSEC:Action team review to understand the nature and scale of sexual exploitation in the aid industry and conduct a pilot study using genealogy
Project status: Ongoing

Digital Forensics & Cybercrime
The Digital Forensics & Cybercrime group seeks to support policy development and set national standards based on the latest technology.

Anti-doping Science
The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is the only World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in the UK
News
Drug Control Centre prepares for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
The Drug Control Centre (DCC), a part of King’s Forensics at King’s College London, is pleased to provide support to UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for the Birmingham...

A summer of success for King's Forensics
King’s Forensics is an academic group within King’s College London that hosts a range of world-leading laboratories, including the Drug Control Centre: the...

Milestone reached by UKAD in partnership with King's College London
More than 100,000 samples have been collected by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), many of which were processed at the Drug Control Centre (DCC) at King’s Forensics.

UKAD renews partnership with King's to test athlete samples for anti-doping purposes
A new six-year contract has been signed between UKAD (UK Anti-Doping) and DCC (The Drug Control Centre), King’s Forensics at King’s, marking a new stage in a...

Events

Crossovers between natural disasters and human response activities to disaster victim identification: the carbon footprint and challenges associated with climate change
Explore the climate change and the carbon footprint related challenges in forensics, particularly with victim identification in natural disaster responses in...
Please note: this event has passed.

Interdisciplinary workshop on emerging approaches for the discovery of illicit explosive manufacturers and criminal cells through wastewater analysis
Interdisciplinary workshop on emerging approaches for the discovery of illicit explosive manufacturers and criminal cells through wastewater analysis
Please note: this event has passed.
Spotlight
Leading the international effort against doping in sports
The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is King’s flagship anti-doping institute, being the only WADA certified laboratory in the UK and analysing an average of 12,000...

How King's has made roads safer from drink- and drug-drivers in England and Wales
King’s have been collaborating closely with governmental organisations, such as the Department for Transport, to update road safety policies and practice in...
