ABOUT US

Daniel D. Willoughby is the founder and president of D&N Scientific. Dan has an extensive background in spectroscopy, starting with his work as a Service Engineer at Perkin Elmer Corporation directly following his honorable discharge from the US Marine Corps. Specializing in AA (atomic absorption), ICP (inductively coupled plasma), UV/VIS, IR and graphite furnace at Perkin Elmer, he was one of the first PE service engineers to be promoted to Service Specialist. With over 30 years of experience in spectroscopy, including microwave digestion technology and now LIBS (laser induced breakdown spectroscopy), fluorescence and NIR, Dan is well equipped to assist you with your spectroscopy needs.

Dan is active in the community, first as a volunteer/mentor for Big Brothers, Big Sisters, followed by over seven years in the US Naval Sea Cadet Corps and he was the Commanding Officer of the Columbus branch for three years. While in the Sea Cadets he has been promoted to Warrant Officer and now has achieved the rank of Lieutenant. D&N Scientific and Rob Richter are planning a Forensics Analysis course, utilizing Ocean Optics, Inc spectroscopy equipment, at the Ohio Sea Cadet summer camp in 2009.

D&N has partnered with Dr. Rob Richter of Chicago State University to assist in demonstrating LIBS technology and in developing this exciting technique to its fullest potential.

Westminster College in Pittsburgh, PA recently allowed us to hold our first LIBS seminar. As a result of this seminar, a Westminster student was able to present a poster at PittCon, 2009. We hope to continue this relationship to give more students opportunities to utilize our demonstration equipment.

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