Mário Barroso
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs
Mário leads AlphaBiolabs’ technical team on developing and improving testing methods.
Prior to joining AlphaBiolabs, Mário spent 20 years as a Forensic Toxicologist at the Portuguese National Institute of Forensic Medicine, where he developed and implemented hair testing services.
He also sits on the Administration Board of the Society of Hair Testing.
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs
Mário leads AlphaBiolabs’ technical team on developing and improving testing methods.
Prior to joining AlphaBiolabs, Mário spent 20 years as a Forensic Toxicologist at the Portuguese National Institute of Forensic Medicine, where he developed and implemented hair testing services.
He also sits on the Administration Board of the Society of Hair Testing.
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of expert interpretation in providing fair, accurate hair drug and alcohol test results for family proceedings
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, discusses what family law professionals need to know about hallucinogens, from the main hallucinogenic drugs encountered in family proceedings, to their effects and the testing options available
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the forensic science underpinning hair drug testing and why it remains the gold standard for evidencing patterns of drug use in family proceedings
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