:Brandi Cossairt

Brandi Cossairt was born and raised in Miami, Florida.{{Cite web|title=The Chemistry of Nanoscale Phosphides: Building Complex Inorganic "Molecules" with Atom-Level Precision|url=https://www.chem.colostate.edu/seminars/tba-brandi-cossairt/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Department of Chemistry {{!}} CSU|language=en-US}} She began working in the laboratory of Anthony J. Hynes at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science while still in high school. She is a first-generation college graduate, having obtained her B.S. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 2006. During her undergraduate degree, Cossairt worked with Jonas C. Peters on electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution with a cobaloxime complex.{{Cite journal|last1=Hu|first1=Xile|last2=Cossairt|first2=Brandi M.|last3=Brunschwig|first3=Bruce S.|last4=Lewis|first4=Nathan S.|last5=Peters|first5=Jonas C.|date=2005-09-20|title=Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by cobalt difluoroboryl-diglyoximate complexes|url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2005/cc/b509188h|journal=Chemical Communications|language=en|issue=37|pages=4723–4725|doi=10.1039/B509188H|pmid=16175305 |issn=1364-548X}} Cossairt then pursued a graduate degree in inorganic chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where, under the mentorship of Christopher C. Cummins, she received her PhD in 2010.{{Cite thesis|title=Niobium-mediated synthesis of phosphorus-rich molecules|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/57702|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|date=2010|degree=|first=Brandi M. (Brandi Michelle)|last=Cossairt|hdl=1721.1/57702 }} Her doctoral work focused on the niobium-mediated synthesis of phosphorus-rich molecules, such as AsP₃.{{Cite journal|last1=Cossairt|first1=Brandi M.|last2=Diawara|first2=Mariam-Céline|last3=Cummins|first3=Christopher C.|date=2009-01-30|title=Facile Synthesis of AsP3|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1168260|journal=Science|language=en|volume=323|issue=5914|pages=602|doi=10.1126/science.1168260|issn=0036-8075|pmid=19179522|bibcode=2009Sci...323..602C |s2cid=26715884 }}{{Cite journal|last1=Cossairt|first1=Brandi M.|last2=Cummins|first2=Christopher C.|date=2009-10-28|title=Properties and Reactivity Patterns of AsP3: An Experimental and Computational Study of Group 15 Elemental Molecules|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja906294m|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=131|issue=42|pages=15501–15511|doi=10.1021/ja906294m|pmid=19799430 |issn=0002-7863|hdl=1721.1/65119|s2cid=26563154 |hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Cossairt|first1=Brandi M.|last2=Cummins|first2=Christopher C.|date=2010|title=Shuttling P3 from Niobium to Rhodium: The Synthesis and Use of Ph3SnP3(C6H8) as a P3− Synthon|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.200906633|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=49|issue=9|pages=1595–1598|doi=10.1002/anie.200906633|pmid=20112318 |issn=1521-3773|hdl=1721.1/65132|hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Cossairt|first1=Brandi M.|last2=Cummins|first2=Christopher C.|last3=Head|first3=Ashley R.|last4=Lichtenberger|first4=Dennis L.|last5=Berger|first5=Raphael J. F.|last6=Hayes|first6=Stuart A.|last7=Mitzel|first7=Norbert W.|last8=Wu|first8=Gang|date=2010-06-23|title=On the Molecular and Electronic Structures of AsP3 and P4|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja102580d|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=132|issue=24|pages=8459–8465|doi=10.1021/ja102580d|pmid=20515032 |issn=0002-7863}} Her academic career next took her to New York, where she joined Columbia University as a National Institutes of Health NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow with Jonathan S. Owen between 2010 and 2012.{{Cite web|title=Protocols and Video Articles Authored by Brandi M. Cossairt|url=https://www.jove.com/author/Brandi+M._Cossairt|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.jove.com}}

Cossairt moved to Seattle in 2012 to begin her independent research career as an assistant professor in the department of chemistry at the University of Washington.{{Cite web|title=Brandi M. Cossairt|url=http://depts.washington.edu/chem/people/faculty/cossairt.html|website=University of Washington}} Cossairt leads a synthetic inorganic chemistry research group working primarily in colloidal nanoscience. Cossairt's team works to prepare new molecular precursors, develop new synthetic methodologies, and explore the details of complex reaction mechanisms.{{Cite news|url=https://www.packard.org/what-we-fund/science/packard-fellowships-for-science-and-engineering/fellowship-directory/cossairt-brandi/|title=Cossairt, Brandi - The David and Lucile Packard Foundation|work=The David and Lucile Packard Foundation|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en-US}} In particular, her team has pioneered new synthetic strategies to access indium phosphide quantum dots. InP quantum dots have emerged as a class of phosphors for wide color gamut displays and energy-efficient solid-state lighting applications.{{Cite web |url=https://pid.samsungdisplay.com/en/learning-center/white-papers/quantum-dot-technology |title=Quantum Dot Technology | Samsung Display PID |access-date=2019-06-08 |archive-date=2018-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920111753/https://pid.samsungdisplay.com/en/learning-center/white-papers/quantum-dot-technology |url-status=dead }}{{Cite journal|last=Cossairt|first=Brandi M.|date=2016-10-05|title=Shining Light on Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots: Understanding the Interplay among Precursor Conversion, Nucleation, and Growth|journal=Chemistry of Materials|language=EN|volume=28|issue=20|pages=7181–7189|doi=10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03408|issn=0897-4756}}

• 2018 National Fresenius Award (American Chemical Society, sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon){{Cite web|title=2018 National Fresenius Award to Prof. Brandi Cossairt {{!}} Phi Lambda Upsilon|url=https://philambdaupsilon.org/2018-national-fresenius-award-to-prof-brandi-cossairt/|access-date=2021-05-17|language=en-US}}
• 2017 Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award (Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation){{Cite web|title=Brandi Cossairt named a 2017 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar {{!}} Department of Chemistry {{!}} University of Washington|url=https://chem.washington.edu/news/2017/05/26/brandi-cossairt-named-2017-camille-dreyfus-teacher-scholar|access-date=2021-05-17|website=chem.washington.edu}}
• 2016 NSF CAREER Award{{Cite web|title=NSF Award Search: Award # 1552164 - CAREER: New Models for Controlling InP Nucleation, Growth, and Luminescence using Magic-Sized Clusters and Targeted Surface Chemistry|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1552164&HistoricalAwards=false|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.nsf.gov|language=en}}
• 2015 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (David and Lucile Packard Foundation){{Cite web|title=Cossairt, Brandi|url=https://www.packard.org/what-we-fund/science/packard-fellowships-for-science-and-engineering/fellowship-directory/cossairt-brandi/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The David and Lucile Packard Foundation|language=en-US}}
• 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation){{Cite web|title=Five UW early career researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships|url=https://www.washington.edu/news/blog/five-uw-early-career-researchers-win-sloan-research-fellowships/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=UW News|language=en}}
• 2015 Seattle AWIS Award for Early Career Achievement

• Associate editor at the ACS journal Inorganic Chemistry.{{Cite web|title=Inorganic Chemistry|url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/inocaj/editors.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=pubs.acs.org|language=en}}
• Co-founder (along with Jillian Dempsey, UNC Chapel Hill) of the Chemistry Women Mentorship Network, a national network of women in chemistry to provide support, encouragement, and mentorship for young women considering continuing their education or pursuing careers in academia.{{Cite news|url=http://brandicossairt.wixsite.com/chemwmn|title=chemwmn|access-date=2018-11-27|language=en}}

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