Robert Frederick Hansen

Robert Frederick Hansen is an active Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Quinnipiac University, teaching General Chemistry I and Physical Chemistry I from his office in Buckman Center 135C (Mail Drop: BC-SCI).

Education:

• BS, Baldwin Wallace University
• PhD, Indiana University Bloomington

His research focuses on environmental and atmospheric chemistry, specializing in nitrogen oxide flux measurements from soil using custom atmospheric instrumentation developed through field campaigns including CABINEX (2009) and CalNex (2010). This work bridges analytical chemistry techniques with environmental impact studies.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent expertise in atmospheric measurement techniques, with 2023 research on organic aerosol chemistry and 2021 CalNex-LA campaign data analysis revealing trends in aerosol formation and urban air pollution processes.

Scientific Awards:

• Biosphere-Atmosphere Research and Training Fellowship (NSF-funded)
• Chateaubriand Science Fellowship

His research is supported by competitive fellowships enabling international instrumentation collaboration, notably at Institut Mines-Télécom Lille Douai. While no advisees are listed, his work involves multi-institutional field teams.

Instrumentation development remains central to his methodology, leveraging postdoctoral experience at University of Leeds and Indiana University to advance soil-atmosphere interaction studies.