Experience:

Douglas Hansen has over 15 years experience in the field of corrosion electrochemistry, primarily in the development of environmentally friendly coatings and corrosion inhibitors, in both academic and national laboratory environments. He also has more than seven years industrial experience in electrochemical instrumentation design and development. His areas of expertise include analytical techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), electrokinetic (zeta) potential measurements, Scanning Vibrating Probe (SVP) and Scanning Kelvin Probe (SKP) techniques, Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (LEIS), Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS), and electrochemical measurement (AC/DC) and polarographic techniques.
 
Doug is the author of more than 35 publications and has given more than 30 presentations and invited lectures on topics including naturally-occurring polymers and compounds as corrosion inhibitors and coatings; scanning probe measurements of coatings and biomolecules; electrochemical surface characterization and imaging techniques; and characterization of genomic molecules (DNA) using electrochemical techniques.

Doug serves as an adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and as an adjunct Professor of Materials Engineering at the University of Dayton. Doug is a reviewer for the Corrosion Journal, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Langmuir, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions and the National Science Foundation. His professional society involvement includes the American Chemical Society, NACE International, and The Electrochemical Society, where he currently serves as a member-at-large on the Corrosion Division Executive Committee.

Education:

Ph.D., Marine Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 1993
M.S., Marine Biochemistry, University of Delaware, 1989
B.S., Marine Biology, Richard Stockton College, 1982