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Frank Vanhaecke

Frank Vanhaecke

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
25234
World Ranking
3221
National Ranking
42

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Frank Vanhaecke is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with notable contributions to several subfields including Ecology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Archeology, and Analytical Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Vanhaecke's recent papers include:

  • Photothermal nanofibres enable safe engineering of therapeutic cells (2021, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure (2021, Science Advances)
  • Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (2023, Nature Reviews Methods Primers)
  • Sub-micrometer Nanosecond LA-ICP-MS Imaging at Pixel Acquisition Rates above 250 Hz via a Low-Dispersion Setup (2020, Analytical Chemistry)
  • Living in a transient world: ICP-MS reinvented via time-resolved analysis for monitoring single events (2022, Chemical Science)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Steven Goderis
  • Eduardo Bolea-Fernandez
  • Thibaut Van Acker
  • Marta Costas-Rodríguez
  • Philippe Claeys

Vanhaecke publishes extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

In addition to journal articles, Vanhaecke has contributed to book publications, notably to the Geologica Belgica conference proceedings, including the volume titled 7th International Geologica Belgica Meeting: 15-17 September 2021 - AfricaMuseum Tervuren (Belgium) published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Size-dependent optical properties of colloidal PbS quantum dots.

    Iwan Moreels;Karel Lambert;Dries Smeets;David De Muynck

  • Composition and size-dependent extinction coefficient of colloidal PbSe quantum dots

    Iwan Moreels;Karel Lambert;David De Muynck;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Selenium speciation from food source to metabolites: a critical review.

    Emmie Dumont;Frank Vanhaecke;Rita Cornelis

  • Inductively coupled plasma – Tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS): A powerful and universal tool for the interference-free determination of (ultra)trace elements – A tutorial review

    Lieve Balcaen;Eduardo Bolea-Fernandez;Martín Resano;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Light Absorption Coefficient of CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals.

    Jorick Maes;Lieve Balcaen;Emile Drijvers;Qiang Zhao

  • Recent advances in quantitative LA-ICP-MS analysis: challenges and solutions in the life sciences and environmental chemistry

    Andreas Limbeck;Patrick Galler;Maximilian Bonta;Gerald Bauer

  • Cytotoxic Effects of Gold Nanoparticles: A Multiparametric Study

    Stefaan J. Soenen;Bella Manshian;José Maria Montenegro;Faheem Amin

  • The use of internal standards in ICP-MS.

    Frank Vanhaecke;Hans Vanhoe;Richard Dams;Carlo Vandecasteele

  • Photothermal nanofibres enable safe engineering of therapeutic cells.

    Ranhua Xiong;Ranhua Xiong;Dawei Hua;Dawei Hua;Jelter Van Hoeck;Dominika Berdecka;Dominika Berdecka

  • Multi-element analysis of South African wines by ICP-MS and their classification according to geographical origin.

    Paul P. Coetzee;Francois E. Steffens;Riette J. Eiselen;Ockert P. Augustyn

  • Sector field mass spectrometers in ICP-MS

    Norbert Jakubowski;Luc Moens;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Variation in the isotopic composition of zinc in the natural environment and the use of zinc isotopes in biogeosciences: a review

    Christophe Cloquet;Christophe Cloquet;Jean Carignan;Moritz F. Lehmann;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Tectonic history of the Kyrgyz South Tien Shan (Atbashi-Inylchek) suture zone: The role of inherited structures during deformation-propagation

    S. Glorie;J. De Grave;M. M. Buslov;F. I. Zhimulev

  • Optical Properties of Zincblende Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots

    Richard Karel Čapek;Iwan Moreels;Karel Lambert;David De Muynck

  • A systematic study on the influence of carbon on the behavior of hard-to-ionize elements in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

    Guillermo Grindlay;Guillermo Grindlay;Juan Mora;Margaretha T.C. de Loos-Vollebregt;Margaretha T.C. de Loos-Vollebregt;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Electrothermal vaporization for sample introduction in atomic absorption, atomic emission and plasma mass spectrometry—a critical review with focus on solid sampling and slurry analysis

    M. Resano;F. Vanhaecke;M. T. C. de Loos-Vollebregt

  • Use of single-collector and multi-collector ICP-mass spectrometry for isotopic analysis

    Frank Vanhaecke;Lieve Balcaen;Dmitry Malinovsky

  • Stir bar sorptive extraction for the determination of ppq-level traces of organotin compounds in environmental samples with thermal desorption-capillary gas chromatography--ICP mass spectrometry.

    Jordy Vercauteren;Christophe Pérès;Christophe Devos;Patrick Sandra

  • Overcoming spectral overlap via inductively coupled plasma-tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS). A tutorial review

    Eduardo Bolea-Fernandez;Lieve Balcaen;Martín Resano;Frank Vanhaecke

  • Direct solid sampling with electrothermal vaporization/atomization: what for and how?

    M.A. Belarra;M. Resano;F. Vanhaecke;L. Moens

  • Late Palaeozoic and Meso-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Kyrgyz Tien Shan: Constraints from multi-method thermochronology in the Trans-Alai, Turkestan-Alai segment and the southeastern Ferghana Basin

    J. De Grave;S. Glorie;A. Ryabinin;F. Zhimulev

Frequent Co-Authors

Martín Resano
Martín Resano University of Zaragoza
Luc Moens
Luc Moens University of Antwerp
Philippe Claeys
Philippe Claeys Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Richard Dams
Richard Dams Ghent University
Marlina Elburg
Marlina Elburg University of Johannesburg
Vinciane Debaille
Vinciane Debaille Université Libre de Bruxelles
Colin R. Janssen
Colin R. Janssen Ghent University
Karel De Schamphelaere
Karel De Schamphelaere Ghent University
Peter Dubruel
Peter Dubruel Ghent University

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