{"id":3100,"date":"2022-05-10T05:42:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T05:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawkins.salttest.co\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=3100"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:58:24","slug":"jake-irwin","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/www.hawkins.biz\/our-experts\/jake-irwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Irwin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3100\" class=\"elementor elementor-3100\" data-elementor-post-type=\"leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28a32ddd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"62211\" data-id=\"28a32ddd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62067b7d\" data-eae-slider=\"58506\" data-id=\"62067b7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f2c95a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f2c95a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After completing a PhD at the University of Sydney, Jake joined the National Measurement Institute of Australia producing certified analytical reference materials. He then took a Post Doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Warwick, performing chemical synthesis and analysis for a wide variety of projects.<\/p><p>In 2006 Jake joined the Forensic Science Service as a Researcher and then R&amp;D Science Manager in the physical sciences. He led progress in the analytical sciences (in particular the toxicology &amp; illicit drug testing fields) and drove the development and implementation of quality assurance standards at a European level. Jake also worked on many collaborative projects with universities and other research organisations. Since joining Hawkins in 2012 as a fire investigator, Jake has investigated many fire scenes from small domestic losses to large commercial losses. 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He led progress in the analytical sciences (in particular the toxicology &amp; illicit drug testing fields) and drove the development and implementation of quality assurance standards at a European level. Jake also worked on many collaborative projects with universities and other research organisations. Since joining Hawkins in 2012 as a fire investigator, Jake has investigated many fire scenes from small domestic losses to large commercial losses. More recently Jake has also investigated chemical, post-fire and post-flood contamination events. 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