Assistant Professor, Department of Arts and Sciences

(o) 518.694.7362
brownewf@acp.edu

Education:

PhD, University of Vermont

Courses Taught at ACP:

Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Analytical Techniques, Seminar I, Bioorganic Chemistry

Research Interests:

Synthetically modified biopolymers and subsequent influence on bioprocesses

Recent Publications:

“DNA Bending at A Tracts Containing a Nonpolar Thymine Mimic”, A. Maki, F.E. Brownewell, D. Liu, E.T. Kool, Nucleic Acids Research, 2002, 31(3), 1059.

 “The Phe-X-Glu DNA Binding Motif of MutS:  The Role of Hydrogen Bonding in Mismatch Recognition”, M.J. Schofield, F.E. Brownewell, S. Nayak, C. Du, E.T. Kool, P. Hsieh, J. Biol. Chem. 2001, 276(49), 45505.

 “Stereoselective Alkylations of a Bicyclic Lactam Derived from Pyroglutamic Acid”, R. Zhang, F.E. Brownewell, and J.S. Madalengoitia, Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40(14), 2707.

 “Pseudo-A(1, 3) Strain as a Key Conformational Control Element in the Design of Poly-L-proline Type II Peptide Mimics”, R. Zhang, F.E. Brownewell, and J.S. Madalengoitia, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120(16), 3894.