Curtiss Hanson
Curtiss Hanson
B.S. Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1983
Ph.D. Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 1989
Dr. Hanson’s areas of research include analytical applications of forensic chemistry for trace analysis and identification of unknown materials. Research projects in this area focus on the development of new analytical methods and techniques for crime scene analysis. In addition to detection and identification of unknown compounds, additional research projects include synthesis and detection of chemical markers used in explosive detection. Recently a collaborative project between the University of Northern Iowa and Hawkeye Community College was initiated to identify organic gun shot residue (OGSR) in a variety of powders and primers in order to develop a comprehensive database. In addition to the creation of a forensic database, students will gain experience in scientific research and forensic processes, understand the value of scientific collaboration, and present results to the greater scientific community on a local, state, and potentially national level.
Michaela L. Rich, Ira Simet, Shoshanna Coon, and Curtiss Hanson, Use of a Kinetic Energy Orifice as a Probe of Metastable Dissociation in Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry J. Amer. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2000, 11(12),1118-1124
Curtiss D. Hanson, Ion Isolation in a Continuous Zero Angle Reflecting Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer, Analytical Chemistry, 2000 ,72, 448-453.
C.D. Hanson; C.L. Just Selective Background Suppression in MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry,Analytical Chemistry, 1994, 66, 3676-3680.
C.L. Just, C.D. Hanson, Selective Elimination of Low-molecular- weight Ions in MALDI-TIF Mass Spectrometry Using a Bipolar Pulsed Electrostatic Particle Guide, Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom. 1993,7, 502- 506.
Patents
Curtiss D. Hanson and Paul Trent A Variable Potential Ion Guide for Mass Spectrometry U.S. Patent pending 2002
Curtiss D. Hanson, A Multi-pass Reflecting Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer, U.S. Patent # 6,013,913, 2000.
Curtiss D. Hanson, T. Burrell, James Haworth, and James Olson, A Pyrolysis Method for Increasing Limonene Production and Novel Oven to Facilitate Such Method, U.S. Patent # 5,977,421, 1999
Book Chapters
C.D. Hanson, E. L. Kerley, D. H. Russell; Recent Developments in Experimental FT-ICR, Treatise on Analytical Chemistry, Second Edition, Part 1, Volume 11, Chapter 2, 1989, Ed. M. Bursey. J. Wiley Publ.
C.D. Hanson, M. E. Castro, D. H. Russell, D. F. Hunt, J. Shabanowitz; Fourier-Transform Mass Spectrometry of Large (m/z > 5,000) Biomolecules, Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry: Evolution, Innovation, and Applications, ACS Symposium Series 359, Chapter 6, 1988, Ed. M. V. Buchanan.