Richard Brown

Richard Brown’s PhD research focuses is on biologically relevant semiconductor nanomaterials. Richard completed his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from UMBC, while engaging in research involving organic synthesis of a novel proton transferring polymer in the lab of Dr. Paul Smith. He presented the preliminary results in a panel discussion at the midatlantic regional meeting of American Chemical Society, of which he is a member.

In the summer of 2014, Richard attended the Gordon Conference for Colloidal Semiconductor and Nanocrystals where he presented a poster on his research with silicon-based photoluminescent nanoparticles.

In addition to his scientific research, Richard enjoys mentoring young adults both in and outside of an academic setting. Recently, this involved the Youth-Works program that places Baltimore high school students for summer internships. He also spends time with young at-risk adults in his local community of Bel Air, MD. When not in the lab, Richard has a passion for outdoor activities like mountaineering, ice-climbing, cycling, running and competing in triathlons and other endurance races.

 

Publications

  1. Brown, R. P.; Gallagher, M. J.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Rosenzweig, Z. Synthesis and Degradation of Cadmium-Free InP and InPZn/ZnS Quantum Dots in Solution. Langmuir, 2018, 34 (46), 13924-13934. Read Here
  2. Williams, D. N.; Pramanik, S.; Brown, R.P.; Zhi, B.; McIntire, E.; Hudson-Smith, N.V.; Haynes, C.; Rosenzweig, Z. Adverse Interaction of Luminescent Semiconductor Quantum Dots with Liposomes and Shewanella oneidensis. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2018, 1 (9), 4788–4800. Read Here
  3. Zhi, B.; Cui, Y.; Wang, S.; Frank, B.; Williams, D. N.; Brown, R. P.; Melby, E.; Hamers, R.; Rosenzweig, Z.; Fairbrother, D. H.; Orr, G.; Haynes, C. Malic acid carbon dots: from super-resolution living cell imaging to highly efficient separation. ACS Nano. 2018, 12, 5741-5752. Read Here
  4. Hudson-Smith, N. V., Clement, P. L., Brown, R. P., Krause, M. O., Pedersen, J. A., & Haynes, C. L. Research highlights: speciation and transformations of silver released from Ag NPs in three species. Environmental Science: Nano. 2016, 3(6), 1236-1240. Read Here

 

Group News

  1. 10/24/2018 Read our paper on InP and InPZn/ZnS Quantum Dot degradation published in ACS Langmuir. Congrats to Richard on your 1st-author publication!