Professional Preparation

Postdoctoral Research, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thesis Title: “S-Band Electron Spin Echo and Multifrequency EPR Investigations of Disordered Solids”

B.A. in Chemistry, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Minors: Mathematics and Engineering Science

Awards

Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education, American Chemical Society Committee on Environmental Improvement, 2012.

Stanley C. Israel Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences, American Chemical Society Western Region, 2007.

Publications

“Strengthening Relationships between Chemistry Faculties at Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions,” H.A. Ungar and D.R. Brown, Journal of Chemical Education 87, 885 (2010). [Invited Editorial]

“ChemEd Bridges: Building Bridges between Two-Year College Chemistry Faculty and the National Chemical Education Community,” H.A. Ungar and D.R. Brown, Journal of Chemical Education 87, 572 (2010).

“Infrared Spectroscopy as a Preview of Coming Attractions: Teaching Chemistry with Instrumental Methods at Two-Year Colleges,” D.R. Brown, Journal of Chemical Education 87, 570 (2010).

“Leading the Way: Creating an Institutional Undergraduate Research Culture,” D.R. Brown and K.L. Tyner, in Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research: Fostering Excellence and Enhancing the Impact; M.K. Boyd and J.L. Wesemann, Eds.; Council on Undergraduate Research: Washington, DC, 2009, 230-233.

“Engaging Undergraduates in Chemical Research at Southwestern College,” D.R. Brown, in Undergraduate Research at Community Colleges; B.D. Cejda, B. and N. Hensel, Eds.; Council on Undergraduate Research: Washington, DC, 2009, 41-51.

“The Increasing Presence of Undergraduate Research in Two-Year Colleges,” D.R. Brown, T.B. Higgins, and P. Coggins, CUR Quarterly Winter 2007, 24.

“Undertaking Chemical Research at a Community College,” D.R. Brown, Journal of Chemical Education 83, 970 (2006). [PDF]

“Synthesis and Characterization of Luminescent Yttrium Oxide Doped with Tm and Yb,” O.A. Graeve, S. Varma, G. Rojas-George, D.R. Brown, and E. Lopez, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 89 [3], 926 (2006). [PDF]

“Desiccation Tolerance in Human Cells,” I. Puhlev, N. Guo, D.R. Brown, and F. Levine, Cryobiology 42, 207 (2001). [PDF]

“Trehalose Expression Confers Desiccation Tolerance on Human Cells,” N. Guo, I. Puhlev, D.R. Brown, J. Mansbridge, and F. Levine, Nature Biotechnology 18, 168 (2000). [PDF]

“Formation of Multiple Complexes between Actinomycin D and a DNA Hairpin: Structural Characterization by Multinuclear NMR,” D.R. Brown, M.K. Kurz, D.R. Kearns, and V.L. Hsu, Biochemistry 33, 651 (1994). [PDF]

“Electron Magnetic Resonance of Standard Coal Samples at Multiple Microwave Frequencies,” R.B. Clarkson, Wei Wang, D.R. Brown, H.C. Crookham, and R.L. Belford, Adv. Chem. Ser. 229, 507 (1993).

“S-Band Electron Spin Echo Spectroscopy,” R.B. Clarkson, D.R. Brown, J.B. Cornelius, H.C. Crookham, W. Shi, and R.L. Belford, Pure and Applied Chem. 64, 893 (1992). [PDF]

“Multi-frequency EPR Studies of Argonne and Illinois Sample Bank Coals,” R.B. Clarkson, W. Wang, D.R. Brown, H.C. Crookham, and R.L. Belford, Fuel 69, 1405 (1990).

“Enhancement of Nuclear Modulation in Electron Spin Echoes at Low Magnetic Fields: S-Band ESE Spectrometer,” R.B. Clarkson, M.D. Timken, D.R. Brown, H.C. Crookham, and R.L. Belford, Chemical Physics Letters 163, 277 (1989).

“EPR Evidence for Magnetic Exchange through a Four-Carbon Aliphatic Bridge in a Binuclear Copper(II) Complex,” K.A. Foster, M.D. Timken, D.R. Brown, D.G. van Derveer, R.L. Belford, and E.K. Barefield, J. Coordination Chemistry 19, 127 (1988), invited paper, Darryl Busch Commemorative issue.

Conference Proceedings - Oral Presentations

“Project iLASER: Celebrating the International Year of Chemistry 2011 along the U.S.-Mexico International Border,” D.R. Brown, 46th Mexican Congress of Chemistry and 30th National Congress of Chemical Education, Querétaro, Mexico, September 2011.

“Increasing Participation of U.S. Science and Engineering Students in Undergraduate Research,” D.R. Brown, 46th Mexican Congress of Chemistry and 30th National Congress of Chemical Education, Querétaro, Mexico, September 2011.

“Mapping Undergraduate Research Activities with Subject Content in Lower-Division Science and Mathematics Courses,” D.R. Brown, 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2011.

“A Mini-Workshop on Materials Science and Nanotechnology,” D.R. Brown and J. Um, 191st Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, Walnut, CA, March 2011.

“Bridging Small Business Innovation and Community College Research Teams,” D.R. Brown, 21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton TX, August 2010.

“Economic Changes in the Chemistry-Based Industry in San Diego and their Impact on Technician Education at Southwestern College,” D.R. Brown and W. Wang, 21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Denton TX, August 2010.

“Research Partnerships between Two-year Colleges and Industry: National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR Phase IICC program,” D.R. Brown, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2010.

“Two Years of ChemEd Bridges: A Retrospective and a Look to the Future,” D.R. Brown and T.B. Higgins, 186th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, Raymond, MS, November 2009.

“Establishing a Community of Chemistry Scholars,” D.R. Brown, Workshop on Increasing Participation of Hispanic Undergraduate Students in Chemistry, ACS Headquarters, Washington, DC, November 2008.

“When Challenge Collides with Opportunity,” D.R. Brown, Keynote Address, 182nd Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, Las Vegas, NV, September 2008.

“The Impact of CWCS Workshops on the Transformation of a Chemistry Curriculum,” D.R. Brown, 20th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bloomington, IN, July 2008.

“Research Partnerships between Two-Year Colleges and Small Business Enterprises,” D.R Brown, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.

“Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research,” D.R. Brown and M.K. Boyd, 180th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, Baton Rouge, LA, April 2008.

“Engaging Community College Students in Authentic Undergraduate Research,” K. McConnaughay, T. Dowd, D.R. Brown, and J. Wesemann, 94th Annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, January 2008.

“Undergraduate Research – Discovering the Role of Community Colleges,” N. Hensel, J. Wesemann, D.R. Brown and M. Alingog, NSF ATE PI Conference, Washington, DC, Oct. 2007.

“Engaging Community College Students in Authentic Undergraduate Research,” T.B. Higgins, D.R. Brown, and K.D. McConnaughay, Association of American Colleges and Universities: Network for Academic Renewal, Long Beach, CA, April 2007.

Council on Undergraduate Research Regional Conversation on Research in Two-Year Colleges, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA, February 2007.

“Creating a Research Environment for Students at a Community College,” D.R. Brown, 176th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, San Antonio, TX, November 2006.

“Undertaking Chemical Research at a Community College,” D.R. Brown, Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, National Science Foundation Headquarters, Arlington, VA, February 2006.

“Involving Students in Research Activities at Southwestern College,” D.R. Brown, 172nd Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, Palatine, IL, November 2005.

“National Science Foundation Opportunities for Technician Education: The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program,” D.R. Brown, Annual Conference of the National Association for Workforce Improvement, San Diego, CA, April 2005.

“Analysis of Infrared Spectra of Ethanol and Diethyl Ether Trapped in Yttria Powders Doped with Rare Earth Ions,” E. Lopez, J. Corral, R. Vazquez, O. Rebolledo, O.A. Graeve, and D.R. Brown, 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2005.

“Chemical Research Undertaken at a Community College,” D.R. Brown and T.J. Sucheck, 170th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, San Marcos, CA, March 2005.

“Establishing a Program in Chemical Technology at Southwestern College,” D.R. Brown and T.J. Sucheck, 166th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, Irvine, CA, March 2004.

“Undergraduate Research at a Community College,” D.R. Brown and T.J. Sucheck, 157th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, Las Vegas, NV, November 2001.

“Current Instrumentation in the Chemistry Laboratory,” D.R. Brown, 155th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, San Diego, CA, April 2001.

“Electron Magnetic Resonance Studies of Argonne Sample Bank Coals,” D.R. Brown, H.C. Crookham, R.L. Belford, and R.B. Clarkson, invited paper, International Chemical Congress of the Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI, December 1989.

Conference Proceedings - Poster Presentations

“Project iLASER: Inspiring the Next Generation of Problem-solvers to Confront Challenges in Sustainable Energy,” D.R. Brown, 43rd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2011.

“Capacity Building in American Higher Education: Training and Mentoring of Two-Year College STEM Educators,” D.R. Brown and J.D. Dwyer, 43rd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2011.

“Workshops and Mentoring Projects for Two-Year College STEM Educators to Prepare CCLI/TUES Proposals,” D.R. Brown and J.D. Dwyer, Broadening Impact: NSF-Funded Projects at Two-Year Colleges Conference, Washington, DC, June 2011.

“Characterization of a Hydrophilic Polyurethane Film and the Electrochemical Production of an Antimony Electrode for a Miniature pH Sensor,” A. Miramontes, S. Lugo, J. Schipper, and D.R. Brown, 241st ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2011.

“Training and Mentoring of Two-Year College STEM Educators to Prepare CCLI/TUES Proposals,” J.D. Dwyer and D.R. Brown, NSF TUES Principal Investigators Conference, Washington, DC, January 2011.

“Electrochemical Production of an Antimony Electrode for a Miniature pH Sensor,” S. Lugo, M. Gianino, J. Stokes, D.R. Brown, and J. Schipper, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2010.

“Characterization of a Hydrophilic Polyurethane Film,” M. Gianino, D.R. Brown and J. Schipper, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2010.

“Electrochemical Production of an Antimony Electrode for a pH Sensor,” M. Gianino, J. Stokes, A.P. Lopez, D.R. Brown, and J. Schipper,186th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, Raymond, MS, November 2009.

“Mid-Infrared Characterization of Volume Holographic Gratings and Nanofabrication of Optical Structures,” M. Alingog, H. Mendoza Solano, D.R. Brown, G.J. Steckman, and C. Moser, Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on the Hill, Washington, DC, April 2008.

“Curve-fitting and Deconvolution Methods Applied to Spectroscopic Measurements in Simple Two-state Chemical Systems: Acid-Base Indicators,” C. dela Cruz, H. Mendoza Solano, and D.R. Brown, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.

“Mid-Infrared Characterization of Volume Holographic Gratings and Nanofabrication of Optical Structures,” M. Alingog, H. Mendoza Solano, D.R. Brown, G.J. Steckman, and C. Moser, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.

“Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce: An ACS-Sponsored Initiative at Southwestern College,” D.R. Brown, ACS Western Regional Meeting, San Diego, CA, Oct. 2007.

“Bridging Community College Chemistry Faculty into the National Educational Community,” M.K. Boyd, D.R. Brown, T. Higgins, and H. Ungar, ACS Western Regional Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2007.

“Curve Fitting and Deconvolution Methods: Applications to Spectroscopic Measurements in Acid-Base Indicator Systems,” C. dela Cruz, H. Mendoza Solano, and D.R. Brown, ACS Western Regional Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2007.

“Characterization of Glass Volume Holographic Gratings in the Mid-Infrared Range with Attenuated Total Reflectance Measurements,” M. Alingog, H. Mendoza Solano, D.R. Brown, G.J. Steckman, and C. Moser, ACS Western Regional Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2007.

“Establishing a Program in Chemical Technology at Southwestern College,” T.J. Sucheck and D.R. Brown, 170th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium, San Marcos, CA, March 2005.

“Creating a New Program in Chemical Technology at Southwestern College,” D.R. Brown and T.J. Sucheck, 56th American Chemical Society Southeast Regional Meeting, Raleigh, NC, November 2004.

“Establishing a Program in Chemical Technology at Southwestern College,” D.R. Brown and T.J. Sucheck, 39th American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, Sacramento, CA, October 2004.

“Establishing a Program in Chemical Technology at Southwestern College: A Progress Report,” D.R. Brown and T.J. Sucheck, National Science Foundation ATE Program Principal Investigators Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2003.

“Establishing a Program in Chemical Technology at Southwestern College,” D.R. Brown and T.J. Sucheck, National Science Foundation ATE Program Principal Investigators Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2002.

“NMR Investigation of a DNA Hairpin-Actinomycin D Complex,” D.R. Brown, M. Kurz, V.L. Hsu, and D.R. Kearns, 33rd Experimental NMR Spectroscopy Conference, Asilomar CA, 1992.

“Structural Information from Multifrequency ESEEM,” H.C. Crookham, D.R. Brown, R.B. Clarkson, and R.L. Belford, 12th International EPR Symposium, Denver, CO, August 1989.

“Magnetic and Molecular Structure in Coal,” R.B. Clarkson, R.L. Belford, D.R. Brown, K.J. Mattson, M.J. Nilges, W. Wang, and D.J. Youn, NMR Symposium, 31st Rocky Mountain Conference on Applied Spectroscopy, Denver, CO, August 1989.

“A Novel S-Band Electron Spin Echo Spectrometer,” D.R. Brown, H.C. Crookham, M.D. Timken, R.B. Clarkson, and R.L. Belford, 11th International EPR Symposium, Denver, CO, August 1988.

“Enhancement of the Nuclear Modulation in the Electron Spin Echo Envelope at Low Magnetic Fields,” H.C. Crookham, D.R. Brown, M.D. Timken, R.B. Clarkson, and R.L. Belford, 11th International EPR Symposium, Denver, CO, August 1988.

Grants

PI on “Project iLASER - Celebrating the International Year of Chemistry 2011,” NSF Chemistry and Informal Science Education programs, $150,000, 2011 (CHE 1118663).

Co-PI on “Project TUESTYC: A Workshop and Mentoring Program for Two-Year College Faculty,” NSF TUES program, $200,000, 2011 (DUE 1129271).

“Chemistry Coalitions, Workshops and Communities of Scholars,” NSF TUES program, 2010. The PI is Jerry Smith at Georgia State University, and I am the PI of the subaward to fund the workshops at SWC. (DUE 1022895).

Co-PI on “Broadening Participation in CCLI: a Workshop and Mentoring Program for Two-Year College Faculty,” NSF TUES program, $199,041, 2010 (DUE 1029031).

PI on “A CCLI Proposal Preparation Workshop for Two-Year College Chemistry Faculty,” NSF CCLI program, $49,999, 2009 (DUE 0924269).

Director of subcontract to SWC “Formulation and Infrared Characterization of Polymeric Coating on a pH Sensor,” NSF SBIR Phase IICC grant to Sierra Medical Technology, $30,000, 2009 (IIP 0900988).

Director of subcontract to SWC “Synthesis of High-Quality Antimony Electrodes,” NSF SBIR Phase IICC grant to Sierra Medical Technology, $30,000, 2009 (IIP 0900987).

Co-PI on “Bridging Community College Chemistry Faculty into the National Educational Community,” NSF CCLI program, $200,000, 2007 (DUE 0737166).

Director of subcontract to SWC “Nanofabrication of Optical Structures,” NSF SBIR Phase IICC grant to Ondax, Inc., $30,000, 2007 (IIP 0710697).

Director of subcontract to SWC “Characterization of Glass Holographic Gratings in the Mid to Far Infrared Range,” NSF SBIR Phase IICC grant to Ondax, Inc., $30,000, 2007 (IIP 0710696).

Director of subcontract to SWC “A Novel Synthesis and Sintering Process for Nanostructured Oxide and Carbide Ceramic Composites,” NSF Collaborative Research, Ceramics grant to University of Nevada, Reno, $19,424, 2005 (DMR 0503017).

PI on grant entitled, “Establishing a Program in Chemical Technology at Southwestern College” from NSF ATE program, $211,615, 2001 (DUE 0101729).

PI on grant entitled, “Instrumentation to Enhance the Chemistry Curriculum at Southwestern College” from NSF ILI program, $73,426, 1998 (DUE 9850951).

Awarded $15,192.00 from Southwestern College CLC Block Grant to add a Temperature Controller to Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrometer, 2002.

Awarded $8,999.87 from Southwestern College CLC Block Grant to upgrade computer system for NMR Spectrometer 2001.

Awarded $18,889.32 from Southwestern College CLC Block Grant for purchase of an Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, 2000.

Awarded $73,427.00 from Southwestern College CLC Block Grant, used as matching funds for National Science Foundation grant, 1997.

Awarded $29,011.69 from Southwestern College CLC Block Grant, used to purchase 15 new analytical balances, 1997.

Other Professional Activities

Have served on 14 panels to review proposals submitted to NSF.

Directed workshop “Nanotechnology and Materials Science,” for the National Science Foundation-funded Chemistry Collaborations, Workshops and Communities of Scholars project, Chula Vista, CA, July 2011.

Participated in workshop “Nanotechnology and Materials Science,” at the National Science Foundation-funded Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences, Beloit, WI, July 2004.

Participated in workshop “Environmental Chemistry,” at the National Science Foundation-funded Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences, Atlanta, GA, June 2003.

Participated in workshop “Molecular Genetics and Protein Engineering,” National Science Foundation-funded Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences, Atlanta, GA, August 2002.

Participated in workshop “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy,” at the National Science Foundation-funded Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences, Pullman, WA, July 2001.

Served as Committee Co-Chair for Standard 2, Institutional Integrity, of the 2003 SWC Self-Study for accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Served on eight various SWC search committees, chairing three of them.

Advisor to the SWC Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Chemical Society.

Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society, including membership in the San Diego Section and the Division of Chemical Education

Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Sigma Xi

Council on Undergraduate Research

San Diego Citizen Watershed Monitoring Steering Committee