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Matt McCurdy, Ph.D.

Bioengineering - Rice University

Undergraduate Institution: Texas A&M University

Year: Advanced Medical Student

Mentor: Frank Tittel, Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Trace Nitric Oxide Analysis Using a Novel Laser Spectroscopic Technique

Publications: M. McCurdy , Y. Bakhirkin, G. Wysocki and F. Tittel. Recent advances of laser spectroscopy based techniques for applications in breath analysis. In press to appear in the premier issue of Journal of Breath Research.

F. Tittel, Y. Bakhirkin, R. Curl, A. Kosterev, M. McCurdy , S. So and G. Wysocki. Laser based chemical sensor technology: recent advances and applications. In press to appear in Advanced Environmental Monitoring in 2007.

M. McCurdy , Y. Bakhirkin, G. Wysocki and F. Tittel. Performance of an exhaled nitric oxide and carbon dioxide sensor using quantum cascade laser based integrated cavity output spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics 12(3), 034034(7) (2007).

M. McCurdy , Y. Bakhirkin, and F. Tittel. Quantum cascade laser-based integrated cavity output spectroscopy of exhaled nitric oxide. Applied Physics B 85, 445-452 (2006).

G. Wysocki, M. McCurdy , S. So, C. Roller, and F. Tittel. Exhaled human breath analysis with quantum cascade laser-based gas sensors. In: Breath Analysis for Clinical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring. Amman A, Smith D, ed. World Scientific Publishing Co, 75-84 (2005).

G. Wysocki, M. McCurdy , S. So, D. Weidmann, C. Roller, R. Curl, and F. Tittel. Pulsed quantum cascade laser based sensor for trace-gas detection of carbonyl sulfide. Applied Optics, 43, 6040-6046 (2004).