A Cinderella story that most impoverished childeren can relate to.

Dennis Hansen

From Mora, MN, was the first-born of an impoverished family. Although Dennis grew up in a lower class family, he strived to become more than his 9th grade drop-out father. Dennis earned his Eagle Scout and Vigil Honors in high school and went on to earn an AA Degree, BS Degree, and is currently a graduate student at the University of MN, Duluth.

According to the statistics, Dennis was bound for welfare, jail, or an early death from violence, but his drive for a better life has made him a role model for people from impecunious backgrounds.

Dennis Hansen
Born: Central, MN.
Raised: Ogilvie and Mora MN.
AA Degree: Cambridge Community College.
BS Degree: Aquatic Biology, Saint Cloud State University, MN.
MS Degree: Biology, University of MN Duluth, MN.
Heath, R.T. and D. H. Hansen. 2004. Dissolved organic phosphorus compounds as a source of phosphorus and carbon to freshwater plankton communities in East Twin Lake, Portage County. Ohio J. Sci. 104:35.

Hansen, D. H, and R. T. Heath. 2004. The Duality of DOP, the uptake of carbon and phosphoryl moieties of ATP in freshwater plankton communities in East Twin Lake Ohio. 2004 ASLO/TOS Meeting, February 2004, Honolulu HI. (poster presentation)

Heath, R. T., an D. H. Hansen. 2005. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as a source of phosphorus and carbon to hypolimnetic and epilimnetic freshwater plankton communities in a stratified, hardwater lake. International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 48th Annual Conference, May 2005, Ann Arbor, MI. (talk)

Hansen, D., S. Ishii, M. J. Sadowsky, and R. E. Hicks. 2006. Identifying the seasonal sources of Escherichia coli at three public beaches in the Duluth-Superior harbor. National Beaches Conference, October 11-13, 2006, Niagra Falls, NY. (poster presentation)

Hansen, D. H., S. Ishii, M. J. Sadowsky, and R. E. Hicks. 2006. Identifying the sources of Escherichia coli at three public beaches in the Duluth-Superior harbor. Minnesota Water 2006 Conference, October 24-25, 2006, Brooklyn Center, MN. (poster presentation).

Hansen, D. H., S. Ishii, M. J. Sadowsky, and R. E. Hicks. Identifying seasonal sources of Escherichia coli at beaches in the Duluth-Superior harbor. ASLO 2007 Aquatic Science Meeting, February 4-9, 2007, Santa Fe, NM. (talk)

Ishii, S., D. H. Hansen, R. E. Hicks, and M. J. Sadowsky. 2007. Beach sand and sediments are temporal sources and sinks of Eshcerichia coli in Lake Superior. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:2203-2209.

Websites

http://www.d.umn.edu/~rhicks/lab/DHHansen.html
http://dept.kent.edu/wrri/REU/2003students.htm
http://dept.kent.edu/wrri/REU/2004students.htm