Penelope Brothers
{{Short description|New Zealand chemistry academic}}
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| fields = Organometallic complexes, porphyrins
| workplaces = Australian National University
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| alma_mater = University of Auckland (B.Sc., 1978; M.Sc., 1979);
Stanford University (Ph.D., 1985)
| thesis1_title = The organometallic chemistry of ruthenium and osmium porphyrin complexes
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| thesis1_year = 1985
| doctoral_advisor = James P. Collman
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Penelope Jane Brothers is a New Zealand chemistry academic. She is currently Director of the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University, specializing in inorganic chemistry.{{cite web|url=http://www.chemistry.auckland.ac.nz/people/p-brothers|title=Professor Penelope Brothers – The University of Auckland|website=www.chemistry.auckland.ac.nz}}
Academic career
Brothers completed a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science at the University of Auckland, in 1978 and then 1979. Later that year, she traveled to Stanford University after receiving a Fulbright Program fellowship.{{cite journal |last1=Brothers |first1=Penelope J. |title=Boron complexes of porphyrins and related polypyrrole ligands: unexpected chemistry for both boron and the porphyrin |journal=Chem. Commun. |date=5 Feb 2008 |volume=2008 |issue=18 |pages=2090–2102 |doi=10.1039/B714894A |pmid=18438481 |url=https://doi.org/10.1039/B714894A|url-access=subscription }} There, she studied under James P. Collman and completed a 1985 PhD titled
In 2007, Brothers was named as a Fulbright Senior Scholar.{{cite web|url=http://www.fulbright.org.nz/grantees-alumni/alumni/nzscholar/|title=New Zealand Research Scholar and Lecturer Alumni|website=www.fulbright.org.nz}} She is also on the editorial board of the journal Chemical Communications as associate editor.
Professor Brothers left the University of Auckland to join Australian National University in 2019, where she is currently Director of the Research School of Chemistry.{{cite web|url=https://chemistry.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/appointment-new-director-research-school-chemistry|website=The Australian National University|title=Appointment of the new Director of the Research School of Chemistry}}
Selected works
- {{Cite journal |last=Chang |first=John Yu-Chih |last2=Lu |first2=Guo-Liang |last3=Stevenson |first3=Ralph J. |last4=Brothers |first4=Penelope J. |last5=Clark |first5=George R. |last6=Botting |first6=K. Jane |last7=Ferry |first7=Dianne M. |last8=Tercel |first8=Moana |last9=Wilson |first9=William R. |last10=Denny |first10=William A. |last11=Ware |first11=David C. |date=2013-07-01 |title=Cross-Bridged Cyclen or Cyclam Co(III) Complexes Containing Cytotoxic Ligands as Hypoxia-Activated Prodrugs |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ic4006967 |journal=Inorganic Chemistry |language=en |volume=52 |issue=13 |pages=7688–7698 |doi=10.1021/ic4006967 |issn=0020-1669|url-access=subscription }}
- Tonei, Deborah M., Lisa-Jane Baker, Penelope J. Brothers, George R. Clark, and David C. Ware. "Decarboxylation of an α-amino acid coordinated to cobalt (III): kinetic stabilisation and molecular structure of a Co–C–N three-membered ring incorporated into a cobalt (III) macrocyclic ligand complex." Chemical Communications 23 (1998): 2593–2594.
- Brothers, Penelope J., George R. Clark, Helen R. Palmer, and David C. Ware. "Condensation reactions of cobalt amino acid complexes with formaldehyde: Preparation and crystal structures of cobalt complexes containing new hexadentate, pendant-arm macrocyclic and acyclic ligands." Inorganic Chemistry 36, no. 24 (1997): 5470–5477.
- Brothers, Penelope J., and Warren R. Roper. "Transition-metal dihalocarbene complexes." Chemical Reviews 88, no. 7 (1988): 1293–1326.
- Brothers, Penelope J., and Mathias O. Senge. "Fundamentals of Porphyrin Chemistry: A 21st Century Approach." Wiley (2022). {{ISBN|978-1-119-12931-8}}.
References
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External links
- {{ResearchGate | id= Penelope_Brothers }}
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