William Lacourse
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
UMBC
United States of America
Biography
Post-Doctoral Iowa State University 1988; Ph.D. Northeastern University 1987; B.S. Charter Oak College 1982
Research Interest
Dr. LaCourse’s research interests include basic and applied research on hydrodynamic electroanalytical techniques in liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis, adsorption phenomena at noble metal electrodes, and advanced sample preparation techniques (e.g., microdialysis and pressurized-fluid extraction). A major thrust of his efforts is to further understand and expand the limits of pulsed electrochemical detection (PED) techniques for the determination of polar aliphatic compounds. Dr. LaCourse applies PED to (bio)analytical problems of critical significance in the areas of pharmaceutical, toxicological, forensic, environmental, pharmaceutical, and life science arenas.
Publications
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Determination of ethyl glucuronide in urine using reversed-phase HPLC and pulsed electrochemical detection (Part II), Kaushik, R.; LaCourse, W. R.; Levine, B. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2006, 556(2), 267-274.
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An improved method to detect ethyl glucuronide in urine using reversed-phase liquid chromatography and pulsed electrochemical detection, R. Kaushik, and W.R. LaCourse, Anal. Chim. Acta, 2007, 576(2), 239-245.
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S. Ge, H. Lam, S.J. Modi, W.R. LaCourse, G. Rao, and L. Tolosa, Comparing the Performance of the Optical Glucose Assay Based on Glucose Binding Protein with HPAEC-PED: Efforts to Design a Low-Cost-Point-of-Care Glucose Sensor. J. of Diabetes Science and Tech., 2007, 1(6), 864-872.
