- Profile
- Personal Information
- Publications
Experts in Chemistry
Abdul Rahman Khan P. M. S. Chauhan Sanjay Batra Dr. Atul Goel Rania Dghaim Reema Gabrani Pradeep Kumar Prajapati Prof. Neha A Patni Haji Akber·AISA Dr. Ankur Harshadbhai Dwivedi PRYAKHIN Oleg Romanovich Ambikesh Mahapatra DOCHINETS Dmitri Ivanovich Kajal Krishna Rajak Kalyan Kumar Das Mahammad Ali Wumanjiang·EILY Soumen Ghosh Subratanath Koner Sujoy Baitalik View MoreKaren Brewer
B.S., Ohio Northern University; Ph.D., Massachuset
Chemistry
Hamilton University
United States of America
Karen Brewer's main research project has been in collaboration with Hamilton Physics Professor Ann Silversmith and Professor Dan Boye of Davidson College. In Brewer's chemistry lab, students create glass that contains rare earth ions that have interesting spectroscopic properties. The glass is then probed in the laser spectroscopy labs in physics. Her research has been funded by the Research Corporation and the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society. She came to Hamilton College in 1989 and teaches undergraduate courses in advanced and intermediate inorganic chemistry and general chemistry. Brewer earned a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Advanced and Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry Introductory Chemistry Research Methods Inorganic Chemistry; Sol-gel routes to rare earth-containing silica-based gels and glasses Fluorescence spectroscopy of rare earth-doped sol-gel glasses Luminescence of rare earth chelates in silica-based sol-gels Incorporation of rare earth-doped nanoparticles into sol-gel glasses