About Dr. Brown
Dr. David Brown
Co-Principal Investigator
For more than 25 years, David R. Brown has focused his professional efforts on building capacity in the STEM endeavors within two-year colleges. David was a Professor of Chemistry at Southwestern College (SWC) in Chula Vista, California before executing an early retirement in June 2019. Furthermore, while on leave from SWC, Brown served for three years as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the NSF.
He has been a Principal Investigator on several NSF grants to support curriculum and program development, faculty professional development, science outreach to the public and undergraduate research. Brown has also served on the advisory boards for NSF grants awarded to others and has served as an external evaluator of NSF grants.
In 2007 he received the Stanley C. Israel Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences from the American Chemical Society Western Region and in 2012 was honored with the Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education from the American Chemical Society Committee on Environmental Improvement. Brown holds a B.A. from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego.
He has been a Principal Investigator on several NSF grants to support curriculum and program development, faculty professional development, science outreach to the public and undergraduate research. Brown has also served on the advisory boards for NSF grants awarded to others and has served as an external evaluator of NSF grants.
In 2007 he received the Stanley C. Israel Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences from the American Chemical Society Western Region and in 2012 was honored with the Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education from the American Chemical Society Committee on Environmental Improvement. Brown holds a B.A. from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego.
Areas of Expertise
- Grant Writing
- Knowledge of NSF programs, policies and procedures
- Working with Industry Advisory Boards
- Curriculum and Program Development
- Undergraduate Research Experiences
- Broadening Participation in STEM
- Chemistry and Laboratory Techniques
