Brandi Cossairt

Brandi Michelle Cossairt
Cossairt in September 2016
Born	(1984-06-29) June 29, 1984 (age 41)[ citation needed ] Miami, Florida [1]
Alma mater	B.S. - California Institute of Technology, 2002 - 2006 Ph.D. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006 - 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow - Columbia University, 2010 - 2012
Awards	2018 National Fresenius Award 2016 NSF CAREER award 2015 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship Seattle AWIS "Early Career Achievement" Award 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
Scientific career
Fields	Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
Institutions	University of Washington
Thesis	Niobium-mediated synthesis of phosphorus-rich molecules  (2010)
Doctoral advisor	Christopher C. Cummins
Other academic advisors	Jonas C. Peters (B.S.) Jonathan S. Owen (Post-Doc)
Website	brandicossairt.wixsite.com/cossairtlab

Brandi Michelle Cossairt (born June 29, 1984)^{[ citation needed ]} is an American chemist specializing in synthetic inorganic and materials chemistry. She is the Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Endowed Professor of Chemistry at University of Washington.

Personal life and education

Brandi Cossairt was born and raised in Miami, Florida. ^[2] 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. ^[3] 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. ^[4] Her doctoral work focused on the niobium-mediated synthesis of phosphorus-rich molecules, such as AsP₃. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} 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. ^[9]

Research

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. ^[10] 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. ^[11] 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. ^{[12] [13]}

Recognition

• 2018 National Fresenius Award (American Chemical Society, sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon) ^[14]
• 2017 Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award (Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation) ^[15]
• 2016 NSF CAREER Award ^[16]
• 2015 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) ^[17]
• 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) ^[18]
• 2015 Seattle AWIS Award for Early Career Achievement

Organizations

• Associate editor at the ACS journal Inorganic Chemistry. ^[19]
• 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. ^[20]

References

1. "The Chemistry of Nanoscale Phosphides: Building Complex Inorganic "Molecules" with Atom-Level Precision". Department of Chemistry | CSU. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
2. "The Chemistry of Nanoscale Phosphides: Building Complex Inorganic "Molecules" with Atom-Level Precision". Department of Chemistry | CSU. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
3. Hu, Xile; Cossairt, Brandi M.; Brunschwig, Bruce S.; Lewis, Nathan S.; Peters, Jonas C. (2005-09-20). "Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by cobalt difluoroboryl-diglyoximate complexes". Chemical Communications (37): 4723–4725. doi:10.1039/B509188H. ISSN   1364-548X. PMID   16175305.
4. Cossairt, Brandi M. (Brandi Michelle) (2010). Niobium-mediated synthesis of phosphorus-rich molecules (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/57702.
5. Cossairt, Brandi M.; Diawara, Mariam-Céline; Cummins, Christopher C. (2009-01-30). "Facile Synthesis of AsP3" . Science. 323 (5914): 602. Bibcode:2009Sci...323..602C. doi:10.1126/science.1168260. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   19179522. S2CID   26715884.
6. Cossairt, Brandi M.; Cummins, Christopher C. (2009-10-28). "Properties and Reactivity Patterns of AsP3: An Experimental and Computational Study of Group 15 Elemental Molecules" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (42): 15501–15511. doi:10.1021/ja906294m. hdl: 1721.1/65119 . ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   19799430. S2CID   26563154.
7. Cossairt, Brandi M.; Cummins, Christopher C. (2010). "Shuttling P3 from Niobium to Rhodium: The Synthesis and Use of Ph3SnP3(C6H8) as a P3− Synthon" . Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49 (9): 1595–1598. doi:10.1002/anie.200906633. hdl: 1721.1/65132 . ISSN   1521-3773. PMID   20112318.
8. Cossairt, Brandi M.; Cummins, Christopher C.; Head, Ashley R.; Lichtenberger, Dennis L.; Berger, Raphael J. F.; Hayes, Stuart A.; Mitzel, Norbert W.; Wu, Gang (2010-06-23). "On the Molecular and Electronic Structures of AsP3 and P4" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 (24): 8459–8465. doi:10.1021/ja102580d. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   20515032.
9. "Protocols and Video Articles Authored by Brandi M. Cossairt". www.jove.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
10. "Brandi M. Cossairt". University of Washington.
11. "Cossairt, Brandi - The David and Lucile Packard Foundation". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
12. "Quantum Dot Technology | Samsung Display PID". Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
13. Cossairt, Brandi M. (2016-10-05). "Shining Light on Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots: Understanding the Interplay among Precursor Conversion, Nucleation, and Growth". Chemistry of Materials. 28 (20): 7181–7189. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03408. ISSN   0897-4756.
14. "2018 National Fresenius Award to Prof. Brandi Cossairt | Phi Lambda Upsilon" . Retrieved 2021-05-17.
15. "Brandi Cossairt named a 2017 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar | Department of Chemistry | University of Washington". chem.washington.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
16. "NSF Award Search: Award # 1552164 - CAREER: New Models for Controlling InP Nucleation, Growth, and Luminescence using Magic-Sized Clusters and Targeted Surface Chemistry". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
17. "Cossairt, Brandi". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
18. "Five UW early career researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships". UW News. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
19. "Inorganic Chemistry". pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
20. "chemwmn" . Retrieved 2018-11-27.