Penelope Jane Brothers | |
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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 |
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]
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]