Dr. Doug Hanson, a Ph.D. Biochemist from Nashua, New Hampshire, has been involved in the toxicology and environmental testing, and in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries for many years.  He has done work for the US Army under various programs.  He is a freelance writer for several trade publications and has written technical manuals for a major computer company, pharmaceutical and Biotechnology companies.  He writes on biological and chemical warfare agents, terrorism and forensic analysis methods, as well as many other areas of Science and Technology.  In addition, he writes on early American History, the French and Indian War, the King Phillip War, and has written a series of short stories about "growing up" as a small boy in a small New England town.  He has also written white papers for companies, advertising brochures and material, and material to be presented to Boards of Directors and Senior Management of Companies.  He has written testimony documents  to be presented before the U.S. Congress. His first full length fiction novel, "The Eider Files; the search for a new breed of bioterrorism weapons" is summarized on this website.  The book is available at  http://www.barnesandnoble.com  search "eider files".

Doug has published 12 articles in trade journals for the Law Enforcement, First Responder, and EMS communities on topics ranging from, chemical/biological agent attacks, car bombings to forensic crime scene analysis.  Articles can be referenced in the  section "Articles" on this site.

Dr. Hanson was one of  four experts who participated, by invitation, in the recent "Counterterrorism Roundtable" held by National Fire & Rescue magazine.  Each expert gave his opinion on a series of question dealing with terrorism and national security.  The Roundtable report is available at www.nfrmag.com/current/news.asp