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, Hope College, 2014
  • Global Shalom Fellow, Hope College, 2014
  • Teaching assistant, Department of Chemistry at Oklahoma State University, 1995ɫɓ1999
  • NASA Graduate Fellowship, Oklahoma State University, 1995
  • Research assistant, Dowell Schlumberger, 1994ɫɓ1995
  • Analytical chemist, Lab One Analytical, 1993ɫɓ1994

HONORS, GRANTS, and AWARDS

  • National Science Foundation ɫɓ Research Experience for Undergraduates, $275,000 (2013ɫɓ2016)
  • National Science Foundation-Research Experience for Undergraduates, $344,333 (2009ɫɓ2012)
  • Hope College-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Development Grants for Research, $8,000 (2013ɫɓ2014)
  • Hope College-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Development Grants for Research, $15,000 (2013ɫɓ2014)
  • National Science Foundation-Collaborative Research at Undergraduate Institutions, $355,544 (2011ɫɓ2015)
  • Jacob E. Nyenhuis Faculty Development Grant, $8,100 (2010ɫɓ2011)
  • 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 (2006ɫɓ2007)
  • National Science Foundation-Collaborative Research at Undergraduate Institutions, $816,773 (2004ɫɓ2008)
  • National Science Foundation-Major Research Instrumentation, $719,035 (2003ɫɓ2005)
  • NASA Michigan Space Grant, $10,000 (2001ɫɓ2002)

Selected Publications

  • ɫɜPhylogentics and Biogeography of Apios (Fabaceae) inferred From Sequences of Nuclear and Plastid Genes,ɫɝ with J. Li, J. Jiang, H. Vander Stel, A. Homkes, J. Corajod  and Z. Chen, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 175(7), 2014
  • ɫɜDetermination of Genistein and Protein Content in Apios Carnea and Apios Fortunei from China, and Apios Americana,ɫɝ with J. Li, K. Wirth, E. Wilkins, J. Tufts and F. Bahema, Modern Applied Science, 9(1), 2014
  • ɫɜA Study of Dissolve Gas Dynamics in Mixed Stream Electrolyzed Water,ɫɝ with K. Klunder, F. Heckman, K.L. Brown and G.F. Peaslee, The Journal of Electrochemistry, 80(8), 2012
  • ɫɜCharacterization of Tris (5-amino-1,10- phenanthroline) Ruthenium(II/III) Polymer Films Using Cyclic Voltammetry and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry,ɫɝ 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
  • ɫɜCyclic Voltammetric Studies of Electropolymerized Films Based on Ruthenium(II/III)Bis(1,10 phenanthroline)( 4-methyl-4ɫəvinyl-2,2ɫə-bibyridine),ɫɝ 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