Todd Mlsna

Todd Eric Mlsna was born in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, on March 7, 1963. He received the B.S. degree in chemistry from Albion College, Albion, MI, USA, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, in 1991. His graduate work focused on synthetic organic fluorine chemistry, as a Post-Doctoral Researcher with Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. From 1994 to 1998, he was with the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA, on the development of absorbent polymer-film-based chemical sensors. In 2003, he co-founded Seacoast Science—a company that focuses on developing, manufacturing and selling miniature analytical equipment. He joined the Chemistry Faculty, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA, in 2009, and is currently an Associate Professor. His current research interests include the development of chemical sensors, environmental monitoring, and in the production of biofuels.