Dr. Kenneth Brown

John H. and Jeanne M. Jacobson Professor of Chemistry
616.395.7173brownk@hope.edu
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Dr. Kenneth Brown has been at Hope since 1999. He has held the various positions of an assistant professor of chemistry (term), assistant professor of chemistry and associate professor of chemistry.

See Dr. Brown's current research 

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Electrochemical preparation and characterization of chemically modified electrodes
  • Chemical aspects of ethnobotany and plant physiology

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., chemistry, Oklahoma State University, 1999
  • B.S., chemistry, Oral Roberts University, 1993

Additional Experience

  • A. Paul Schaap Fellow, 91自拍论坛, 2014
  • Global Shalom Fellow, 91自拍论坛, 2014
  • Teaching assistant, Department of Chemistry at Oklahoma State University, 1995鈥1999
  • NASA Graduate Fellowship, Oklahoma State University, 1995
  • Research assistant, Dowell Schlumberger, 1994鈥1995
  • Analytical chemist, Lab One Analytical, 1993鈥1994

HONORS, GRANTS, and AWARDS

  • National Science Foundation 鈥 Research Experience for Undergraduates, $275,000 (2013鈥2016)
  • National Science Foundation-Research Experience for Undergraduates, $344,333 (2009鈥2012)
  • 91自拍论坛-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Development Grants for Research, $8,000 (2013鈥2014)
  • 91自拍论坛-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Development Grants for Research, $15,000 (2013鈥2014)
  • National Science Foundation-Collaborative Research at Undergraduate Institutions, $355,544 (2011鈥2015)
  • Jacob E. Nyenhuis Faculty Development Grant, $8,100 (2010鈥2011)
  • Dean of Natural Science and Applied Sciences Division Mentoring, Advising, and Teaching Award (2010)
  • National Science Foundation-Research Site for Educators in Chemistry, $11,500 (2006鈥2007)
  • National Science Foundation-Collaborative Research at Undergraduate Institutions, $816,773 (2004鈥2008)
  • National Science Foundation-Major Research Instrumentation, $719,035 (2003鈥2005)
  • NASA Michigan Space Grant, $10,000 (2001鈥2002)

Selected Publications

  • 鈥淧hylogentics and Biogeography of Apios (Fabaceae) inferred From Sequences of Nuclear and Plastid Genes,鈥 with J. Li, J. Jiang, H. Vander Stel, A. Homkes, J. Corajod  and Z. Chen, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 175(7), 2014
  • 鈥淒etermination of Genistein and Protein Content in Apios Carnea and Apios Fortunei from China, and Apios Americana,鈥 with J. Li, K. Wirth, E. Wilkins, J. Tufts and F. Bahema, Modern Applied Science, 9(1), 2014
  • 鈥淎 Study of Dissolve Gas Dynamics in Mixed Stream Electrolyzed Water,鈥 with K. Klunder, F. Heckman, K.L. Brown and G.F. Peaslee, The Journal of Electrochemistry, 80(8), 2012
  • 鈥淐haracterization of Tris (5-amino-1,10- phenanthroline) Ruthenium(II/III) Polymer Films Using Cyclic Voltammetry and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry,鈥 with X. Hou, O. Banks, K.A. Krueger, J. Hinson, G.F. Peaslee, P.A. DeYoung, S.M. Alger, J. Benzer and T. Neils, International Journal of Chemistry, 3(4), 2011
  • 鈥淐yclic Voltammetric Studies of Electropolymerized Films Based on Ruthenium(II/III)Bis(1,10 phenanthroline)( 4-methyl-4鈥檝inyl-2,2鈥-bibyridine),鈥 with S.B. Gray, International Journal of Chemistry, 2.2, 2010
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Dr. Kenneth Brown

Phone Number616.395.7173

A. Paul Schaap Science Center 2116A 35 East 12th Street Holland, MI 49423-3605
A. Paul Schaap Science Center 2116A 35 East 12th Street Holland MI 49423-3605