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Daniel A. Hartzler

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2013Rising activity
Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasmaAnalytical chemistry methods developmentSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsMercury impact and mitigation studies

Publications

37

Citations

784

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
AI-generated

Daniel A. Hartzler develops laser-based sensor technologies, particularly Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), a technique that uses focused laser pulses to vaporize tiny amounts of material and analyze the resulting light to identify chemical elements. His work applies these optical sensing tools to detect trace elements and contaminants (such as rare earth elements, mercury, arsenic, and iron) in environments like groundwater, wastewater, coal, rock, and carbon storage sites.

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)Environmental and subsurface water monitoringRare earth element detectionOptical sensor design for elemental analysisCarbon capture and storage monitoring

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade, peaking in 2019 and again showing modest activity in 2023 and 2025, with an average of about 2 publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 7 publications7192020: 2 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 4 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 4 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters×2
  • Scientific Reports×2
  • Applied Physics B×2
  • Bulletin of the American Physical Society×2
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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