Current Position

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Education

Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Washington
B.S., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., Humanities and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Prof. Brown's research is in the area of homogeneous catalysis, with particular emphasis on the development and elucidation of novel reaction mechanisms. In particular, Prof. Brown is interested in mechanisms that efficiently break or form strong C-H, O-H, or O-O bonds. Applications that involve electrochemistry or photochemistry in such reactions, as would be required in solar fuel production, are a particular target of reaction development.

Key Words

Catalysis, Reaction Mechanism, Solar Fuels, Solar to Fuels/Chemicals

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Gianino, Jacqueline, and Seth N. Brown. "Highly covalent metal–ligand π bonding in chelated bis-and tris (iminoxolene) complexes of osmium and ruthenium." Dalton Transactions 49, no. 21 (2020): 7015-7027.
2. Gianino, Jacqueline, Alexander N. Erickson, Sean J. Markovitz, and Seth N. Brown. "High-valent osmium iminoxolene complexes." Dalton Transactions 49, no. 25 (2020): 8504-8515.
3. Do, Thomas H., and Seth N. Brown. "Synthesis, dynamics and redox properties of eight-coordinate zirconium catecholate complexes." Dalton Transactions 49, no. 33 (2020): 11648-11656.
4. Do, Thomas H., and Seth N. Brown. "Mono-and bimetallic pentacoordinate silicon complexes of a chelating bis (catecholimine) ligand." Dalton Transactions 48, no. 30 (2019): 11565-11574.
5. Erickson, Alexander N., and Seth N. Brown. "Molybdenum (VI) tris (amidophenoxide) complexes." Dalton Transactions 47, no. 43 (2018): 15583-15595.