Arian van Asten is professor in Forensic Analytical Chemistry and On-Scene Chemical Analysis at the van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) since 2018. Together with professor Maurice Aalders he leads the CLHC, the Netherlands Center for Forensic Science and Medicine. He has (co-)authored over 80 scientific publications on (forensic) analytical chemistry and wrote the academic course book Chemical Analysis for Forensic Evidence that was published in 2022.