Christopher Browne

(330)-357-6431 • [email protected] dattalab.princeton.edu • orcid.org/0000-0002-3945-9906 Current: A214 EQuad, Princeton, NJ 08544 • Permanent: 4697 Dresher Trail, Stow, OH 44224

Education: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, May 2022 (Projected) 3.88 GPA

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering May 2017 With Highest Distinction, 3.96 GPA Chemistry minor, Honors College

Awards • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship – March 2017 • Gordon Wu Graduate Fellowship – February 2017 • Copernican Scholar Italy exchange program Galilean Honors College at University of Padua. Padua, Italy – spring 2016 • Goldwater Scholarship honorable mention – March 2016

Publications • Sean Fronczak, Chris Browne, E. Krenek, Stephen Beaudoin, David Corti. “Non-contact AFM measurement of the Hamaker constants of solids: Calibrating cantilever geometries,” J. Colloid Interface Sci. February 1, 2018. • Sean Fronczak, Jiannan Dong, Christopher Browne, Elizabeth Krenek, Elias Franses, Stephen Beaudoin, David Corti. “A New ‘Quasi-Dynamic’ Method for Determining the Hamaker Constant of Solids Using an Atomic Force Microscope,” Langmuir. July 10, 2017. • Christopher Browne, Thomas Forbes, Edward Sisco. “Detection and Identification of Sugar Alcohol Sweeteners by Ion Mobility Spectrometry,” Analytical Methods. June 23, 2016. • Christopher Browne. “Building Predictive Chemistry Models,” Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research (JPUR), Volume 5, fall 2015.

Research Experience

Graduate Research Fellow – Sujit Datta, soft materials Princeton University Princeton, NJ. January 2018 – Present • Characterizing viscoelastic flows in model porous media using confocal microscopy • Developing criteria for elastic turbulent transition in porous media

Undergraduate Research Assistant – Steven Beaudoin, surface chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette, IN. August 2015 – May 2017 • Primary operator of atomic force microscope in group • Tested new technique for measuring Van der Waals forces

Undergraduate Research Assistant – Flavio Maran, nanoparticle electrochemistry Padua University, Padua, Italy. March 2016 – June 2016 • Synthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles • Electrochemical characterization of thiolate protected gold nanoparticles

Undergraduate Research Assistant – Paul Wenthold, physical-organic chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette, IN. August 2015 – December 2016 • Probed mechanism of Gibb’s Reaction using mass spectrometry • Development of simplified analysis of phenols in complex mixture

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) – Surface and Trace Chemical group National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg, MD. May 2015 – August 2015 • Optimized detection of sugar alcohols with Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) • Tested detection of homemade explosives with controlled levels of impurity • Calibrated GC-MS for trace cocaine detection • Demonstrated autonomy by designing, conducting, and analyzing data from all experiments

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) – Alejandro Strachan, physical chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette, IN. May 2014 – December 2014 • Conducted quantum mechanics simulations (DFT) to predict molecular bond equations of state • Wrote programs to compare simulation results with empirical data

Outreach • Graduate Student Government Princeton CBE Department August 2017 – Present • Youth Group Leader Stone Hill Church September 2018 – Present • Community Group Leader Purdue Christian Campus House August 2016 – May 2017 • Global Connect servant council Purdue Christian Campus House August 2015 – May 2017 • Hospitality team Purdue Christian Campus House January 2015 – May 2015