Paul Brown, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

  • PhD, Soil Science - emphasis-plant biochemistry and analytical organic chemistry (University of Idaho; 1995) 
  • MSc, Soil Science - chemistry (University of Idaho; 1991)  
  • BSc, Biology (Southern Nazarene University; 1978) 

Expertise

I have research interests in chemical ecology (the role natural chemistry plays in ecological interactions), natural plant products & biochemistry, soils & soil chemistry, environmental chemistry, bogs, and science-theology-philosophy interactions

Recent Publications

  • Stotz, H.U., Y. Sawada, Y. Shimada, M.Y. Harai, E. Sasaki, M. Krischke, P.D. Brown, K. Saito, and Y. Kamiya. 2011. Role of camalexin, indole glucosinolates, and side chain modification of glucosinolate-derived isothiocyanates in defense of Arabidopsis against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Plant Journal, 67:81-93
  • Brown, P.D. and M.J. Morra. 2009. Inhibition of nitrification in soil by Brassicaceae tissues. J. Agric. Food Chem., 57:7706-7711.
  • Bainard, L., P.D. Brown, and M. Upadhyaya. 2009. Inhibitory effect of tall hedge mustard (Sisymbrium loeselii) allelochemicals on rangeland plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Weed Science, 57:386-393.
  • Haugen, R., L. Steffes, J. Wolf, P. Brown, S. Matzner, and D.H. Siemens. 2008. Evolution of drought tolerance and defense: dependence of tradeoffs on mechanism, environment and defense switching. Oikos, 117:231-244.
  • Boege, K., R. Dirzo, D. Siemens, and P. Brown. 2007. Ontogenetic switches from plant resistance to tolerance: Minimizing costs with age? Ecology Letters, 10:177-187.
  • Jones, T., S. Kulseth, M. Zehfus, P. Brown, and D. H. Siemens. 2006. Simultaneous evolution of competitiveness and defense: induced switching in Arabis drummondii. Plant Ecology, 184 (2): 245-257.
  • Brown, P.D., J.G. Tokuhisa, M. Reichelt, and J. Gershenzon. 2003. Variation of glucosinolate accumulation among different organs and developmental stages of Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry, 62:471-481.
  • Reichelt, M, P.D. Brown, B. Schneider, N.J. Oldham, E. Stauber, J. Tokuhisa, D.J. Kleibenstein, T. Mitchell-Olds, J. Gershenzon. 2002. Benzoic acid glucosinolate esters and other glucosinolates from Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry, 59:663-671 .
  • Graser G., N.J. Oldham, P.D. Brown, U. Temp, and J. Gershenzon. 2001. The Biosynthesis of Benzoic Acid Glucosinolate Esters in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry, 57:23-32.
  • Kliebenstein, D. J., J. Kroymann, P. Brown, A. Figuth, D. Pedersen, J. Gershenzon, and T. Mitchell- Olds. 2001. Genetic control of natural variation in Arabidopsis glucosinolate accumulation. Plant Physiology, 126: 811-825.

  • BIOL 315 Plant Physiology
  • CHEM 221 Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 370 Environmental Chemistry
  • CHEM/BIOL 384 Biochemisty I
  • ENVS 409 Senior Thesis
  • GEOG 321 Soil Science & Geography
  • NATS 487/ 490 Lecture, Seminar, and Discussion on Science and Christianity