Expertise

Professor Hieftje’s research interests include the investigation of basic mechanisms in atomic emission, absorption, fluorescence and mass spectrometric analysis, and the development of instrumentation and techniques for atomic methods of analysis. He is interested also in the on-line computer control of chemical instrumentation and experiments, the use of time-resolved luminescence processes for analysis, the application of information theory to analytical chemistry, analytical mass spectrometry, near-infrared reflectance analysis, and the use of stochastic processes to extract basic and kinetic chemical information.


Research: Chemical analysis; Elemental analysis; Emission & mass spectrometry; Environmental analysis; Forensic analysis 

Research Area:

  • Environmental Science
Communities
Chemistry, Chemistry
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois, Analytical Chemistry, 1969
AB, Hope College, 1964
Keywords
automated clinical analysis medical instrumentation chemical sciences analytical chemistry physical chemistry mass spectrometry chemistry ultrafast chemistry artificial intelligence or cybernetics information theory pattern recognition computer interface