Publications
This page lists peer-reviewed papers, reviews/methods, and selected outreach articles based on Dr Gautam’s CV. Click an item to view links/details.
Peer-reviewed articles
Grela, A., Gair, S., Gautam, L. (2025) - Understanding, experiences, and reporting of drink spiking and needling incidents in the UK
Scientific Reports . Manuscript under review.
Davies, C., Gautam, L., Grela, A., & Morrissey, J. (2020) - Variability associated with interpreting drugs within forensic hair analysis
Journal of Applied Toxicology , 40(7), 868–888. DOI
Aina, O., Gautam, L., Simkhada, P., & Hall, S. (2020) - Herbal medicine use & non-utilisation of conventional health facilities in Ekiti State, Nigeria
BMJ Open , 10:e040769. DOI
Peng, Y., Gautam, L., & Hall, S. (2019) - Detection of drugs of abuse & pharmaceuticals in drinking water using SPE & LC-MS
Chemosphere , 223, 438–447. DOI
Grela, A., Gautam, L., & Cole, M.D. (2018) - Multifactorial critical appraisal of substances found in DFSA cases
Forensic Science International . DOI
Turner, A., Gautam, L., Moore, C., & Cole, M. (2014) - Investigating the terminology used to describe ecstasy
Drugs and Alcohol Today , 14, 235–244. Link
Richards, N., Hall, S., Harrison, N., Gautam, L., Scott, K., Dowling, G., Zorilla, I., & Fajardo, I. (2014) - Eco-pharmacovigilance
Journal of Forensic Research , 5:3. Link
Gautam, L., Sharratt, S.D., & Cole, M.D. (2014) - DFSA: detection & stability of benzodiazepines in spiked drinks
Reviews & analytical/method papers
Peng, Y., Hall, S., & Gautam, L. (2016) - Drugs of abuse in drinking water: detection, occurrence, elimination & health risks
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry , 85(C), 232–240. Link
Kuleya, C., Cole, M., Hall, S., & Gautam, L. (2014) - GC-MS method for chemical characterisation of benzylpiperazine/1-arylpiperazines
Analytical Methods , 6, 156–163. DOI
Mwenesongole, E., Gautam, L., Hall, H., Waterhouse, J., & Cole, M.D. (2013) - Simultaneous detection of controlled substances in wastewater
Analytical Methods , 5, 3248–3254. DOI
Gautam, L., Shanmuganathan, A., & Cole, M.D. (2013) - Forensic analysis of cathinones
Forensic Science Review , 25(1/2), 47–64.
Reports, commentary & outreach
Gautam, L., & Grela, A. (2024) - Drink spiking research findings
Gautam, L. (2021) - Drink spiking: why so little is still known about this horrifying trend
Gautam, L. (2022) - Drink spiking: What do we need to know and what can we do?
Gautam, L., & Satyal, J. (2020) - How to reduce DFSA cases? (Nepali)
Gautam, L., & Satyal, J. (2020) - Sexual assault due to drugs/medicines (Nepali)
Gautam, L., Satyal, J., & Bohara, A.R. (2020) - Cannabis legalisation & decriminalisation
myRepublica (newspaper article).
Cole, M.D., Grela, A., & Gautam, L. (2018) - Xanax: how does it work & what are the side effects?
For conference papers, posters and invited talks, see the Research page.
