The Furton Research Group

  The Furton research group focuses on advanced sampling, storage and identification of illicit substances and persons in the lab and in the field in 5 main areas: 1. Developing human scent for biometrics (ID), classification (sex, race, age) and health detection (stress, diseases, infections) using dogs and sensors; 2. ID of volatile organic compounds from targets (drugs, chemical threats, corrosion, invasive species, mass storage devices); 3. Developing surrogate universal calibrants and continuation aids for dogs and sensors; 4. Detection of organic traces through advanced materials such as fabric phase sorptive extraction and molecularly imprinted polymers utilizing GC/MS and LC/MS in the lab; 5. Development of hand-held bioinspired nanopore sensors for use in the field.