Dr Julio De Carvalho Ponce

Biography

Dr Julio Ponce is a Lecturer in Forensic Science, teaching on the BSc (Hons) Forensic Investigation and the BSc (Hons) Forensic Science. He has a BSc in Molecular Sciences, a BSc in Pharmacy-Biochemistry and an MSc in Experimental Physiopathology, all from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He also has a PhD in Epidemiology from the same university, with a 6-month internship at the Oslo University Hospital in Norway.

He worked for 13 years as a Crime Scene Specialist in his home country, attending crime scenes, and working in Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Genetics and Seized Drugs Analysis Laboratories, the latter of which he directed for 3 years. He joined the University of Winchester in 2022.

His teaching responsibilities are mainly in Forensic Toxicology, Analytical Chemistry and Advanced Forensic Chemical Analysis.

To find out more, visit Julio's personal website.

Areas of expertise

Forensic Toxicology
NPS (New Psychoactive Substances)
Epidemiology of Drug Consumption

Publications

de Carvalho Ponce, J., Junior, L. F. N. N., da Silva, A. C. S., Liberatori, L. C. and de Medeiros, P. V. (2022) 'Detection of cocaine crystals dispersed on non-Erythroxylum herbs', Forensic Science International, 332, pp. 111209.

Rodrigues, T. B., Souza, M. P., de Melo Barbosa, L., de Carvalho Ponce, J., Júnior, L. F. N., Yonamine, M. and Costa, J. L. (2022) 'Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists profile in infused papers seized in Brazilian prisons', Forensic Toxicology, 40(1), pp. 119-124.

Jørgenrud, B., Skadberg, E., de Carvalho Ponce, J., Furuhaugen, H. and Berg, T. (2021) 'Determination of the alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol 16: 0/18: 1 and 33 compounds from eight different drug classes in whole blood by LC-MS/MS', Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods, 107, pp. 106939.

Gonçalves, R. E. M., de Carvalho Ponce, J. and Leyton, V. (2020) 'Alcohol consumption and violent deaths in the city of São Paulo in 2015', Substance Use & Misuse, 55(11), pp. 1875-1880.

Andreuccetti, G., Leyton, V., Carvalho, H. B., Sinagawa, D. M., Bombana, H. S., Ponce, J. C., Allen, K. A., Vecino-Ortiz, A. I. and Hyder, A. A. (2019) 'Drink driving and speeding in Sao Paulo, Brazil: empirical cross-sectional study (2015–2018)', BMJ open, 9(8), pp. e030294.

Ponce, J. d. C., Andreuccetti, G., Gonçalves, R. E. M., Gjerde, H., Bogstrand, S. T., Valen, A., Leyton, V. and de Carvalho, H. B. (2019) 'Comparison of traffic data and blood alcohol concentration among fatally injured drivers in Norway and Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2005–2015', Traffic injury prevention, 20(7), pp. 673-678.

de Carvalho Ponce, J., de Carvalho Ponce Kawauti, M., Andreuccetti, G. and Barbosa de Carvalho, H. (2018) 'Loaded dice: a game theory analysis of drunk driving laws in Brazil', Traffic injury prevention, 19(8), pp. 794-798.

Gonçalves, R. E. M., de Carvalho Ponce, J. and Leyton, V. (2018) 'Alcohol use by suicide victims in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2011–2015', Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 53, pp. 68-72.

Oliveira, L. G. d., Yonamine, M., Andreucceti, G., Ponce, J. d. C. and Leyton, V. (2012) 'Alcohol and other drug use by Brazilian truck drivers: a cause for concern?', Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 34, pp. 116-117.

Zerbini, T., de Carvalho Ponce, J., Sinagawa, D. M., Cintra, R. B., Muñoz, D. R. and Leyton, V. (2012) 'Blood alcohol levels in suicide by hanging cases in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil', Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 19(5), pp. 294-296.

Andreuccetti, G., Carvalho, H. B., Cherpitel, C. J., Ye, Y., Ponce, J. C., Kahn, T. and Leyton, V. (2011) 'Reducing the legal blood alcohol concentration limit for driving in developing countries: a time for change? Results and implications derived from a time–series analysis (2001–10) conducted in Brazil', Addiction, 106(12), pp. 2124-2131.

de Carvalho Ponce, J., Muñoz, D. R., Andreuccetti, G., de Carvalho, D. G. and Leyton, V. (2011) 'Alcohol-related traffic accidents with fatal outcomes in the city of Sao Paulo', Accident Analysis & Prevention, 43(3), pp. 782-787.

Andreuccetti, G., De Carvalho, H. B., de Carvalho Ponce, J., De Carvalho, D. G., Kahn, T., Muñoz, D. R. and Leyton, V. (2009) 'Alcohol consumption in homicide victims in the city of São Paulo', Addiction, 104(12), pp. 1998-2006.

De Oliveira, L. G., Barroso, L. P., Silveira, C. M., Sanchez, Z. V. D. M., De Carvalho Ponce, J., Vaz, L. J. and Nappo, S. A. (2009) 'Neuropsychological assessment of current and past crack cocaine users', Substance use & misuse, 44(13), pp. 1941-1957.

Luchini, P. D., Leyton, J. F., Strombech, M. d. L. C., Ponce, J. C., Jesus, M. d. G. S. and Leyton, V. (2009) 'Validation of a spectrophotometric method for quantification of carboxyhemoglobin', Journal of analytical toxicology, 33(8), pp. 540-544.

Oliveira, L. G. d., Barroso, L. P., Wagner, G. A., Ponce, J. d. C., Malbergier, A., Stempliuk, V. d. A. and Andrade, A. G. d. (2009) 'Drug consumption among medical students in São Paulo, Brazil: influences of gender and academic year', Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 31, pp. 227-239.

Ponce, J. d. C., Andreuccetti, G., Jesus, M. d. G. d. S., Leyton, V. and Muñoz, D. R. (2008) 'Alcohol in suicide victims in Sao Paulo', Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo), 35, pp. 13-16.