Penelope Brothers
New Zealand chemistry academic
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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.[2]
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Penelope Jane Brothers | |
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Brothers in 2024 | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland (B.Sc., 1978; M.Sc., 1979); Stanford University (Ph.D., 1985) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organometallic complexes, porphyrins |
| Institutions | Australian National University |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral advisor | James P. Collman |
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.[1] There, she studied under James P. Collman and completed a 1985 PhD titled 'The organometallic chemistry of ruthenium and osmium porphyrin complexes.'[3] The next year, Brothers returned to the University of Auckland as a postdoctoral researcher, rising to full professor in 2009.[2][3] During her early career, she played a large role in establishing her field of porphyrin chemistry; as of 2018, she is the only researcher who has studied the role of boron in porphyrins or corroles.[3]
In 2007, Brothers was named as a Fulbright Senior Scholar.[4] She is also on the editorial board of the journal Chemical Communications as associate editor.[3]
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.[5]
Selected works
- Chang, John Yu-Chih; Lu, Guo-Liang; Stevenson, Ralph J.; Brothers, Penelope J.; Clark, George R.; Botting, K. Jane; Ferry, Dianne M.; Tercel, Moana; Wilson, William R.; Denny, William A.; Ware, David C. (1 July 2013). "Cross-Bridged Cyclen or Cyclam Co(III) Complexes Containing Cytotoxic Ligands as Hypoxia-Activated Prodrugs". Inorganic Chemistry. 52 (13): 7688–7698. doi:10.1021/ic4006967. ISSN 0020-1669.
- 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.