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Scott D. Hanton, PhD

Editorial Director at LabX Media Group

Scott Hanton is the editorial director of Lab Manager. He spent 30 years as a research chemist, lab manager, and business leader at Air Products and Intertek. He earned a BS in chemistry from Michigan State University and a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scott is an active member of ACS, ASMS, and ALMA. Scott married his high school sweetheart, and they have one son. Scott is motivated by excellence, happiness, and kindness. He most enjoys helping people and solving problems. Away from work Scott enjoys working outside in the yard, playing strategy games, and coaching youth sports. He can be reached at shanton@labmanager.com.

Education

The Honors College at Michigan State University

BS in Chemistry

The University of Wisconsin-Madison

PhD in Physical Chemistry

Award

Served as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Articles by Scott D. Hanton, PhD

An illustration of one scientist looking at a curved arrow with a magnifying glass, while another sits cross-legged and works on a laptop.
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A black sheet of paper with "Prioritization of Task" and "Urgent," and "Urgency" written on it in white marker.
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A man in a business suit stands in a white maze in this illustration, showing the concept of making difficult decisions.
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A photo illustration with a mix of small and large white gears on a blue background. Three of the gears are labeled, "software," "outsourcing,," and "feedback" and there is a finger touching the "outsourcing" gear.
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A pair of female hands, one typing on a calculator and one writing on a page with a pen, to illustrate the building of a lab budget.
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A young, Black female lab manager sits at her desk going through her lab's budget on a large computer monitor. She is wearing a yellow sweater and glasses.
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A group of scientists stands around a smartboard in the laboratory while one of the scientists points something out on the board.
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A female researcher in a green-white medical gown sits at a mass spectrometer on a long lab bench full of other mass spectrometers.
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Efficient tool management, strategy and performance, online platform
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An image of hands of a variety of skin colors holding various sizes of gears that are on a wooden surface. All the gears are grey, except one gold one.
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A stressed blonde female worker sits at her desk and rubs her eyes in exhaustion.
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Negotiating Laboratory Service Contracts and Warranties
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Key Aspects of Regulatory Approval for New Drugs
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lithium-ion-periodic-table
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