CURRICULUM VITAE Paul Anthony Flowers

EDUCATION

 Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry; August 1988; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; dissertation title, "Infrared Spectroscopic and Spectroelectrochemical Investigations in Molten Sodium Chloroaluminates" (abstract); doctoral advisor, Gleb Mamantov.  B.S. in Chemistry; May 1983; St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC; graduated with honors.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

 University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC, 1989 – present:

o Professor of Chemistry, August 2000 - present; Associate Professor of Chemistry, August 1994 to July 2000; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, August 1989 to July 1994; Department of Chemistry and Physics; duties include teaching general and analytical chemistry and related courses and directing undergraduate research.

o Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, July 2007 – June 2008; duties include promotion and oversight of the academic programs of the sixteen Departments within the College.

o Chair, Chemistry & Physics Department, July 2004 – June 2007; duties included personnel, program and budget management of sixteen member department.

 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; August 1988 to August 1989; Postdoctoral research fellow; postdoctoral advisors L. E. McCurry (LANL) and Gleb Mamantov (University of Tennessee); research involved spectroscopy and electrochemistry of calcium halide-based molten salt systems.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS

 Member of the American Chemical Society and the Council on Undergraduate Research  Directed Academic Leave with R. M. Wightman; August 2012 to December 2012; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Chemistry; research involving characterization of combination voltammetric/iontophoretic probes for in vivo applications  Recipient of the UNC Board of Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, 2002 (press release)  Recipient of the UNCP Adolph Dial Faculty Award for Scholarship / Creative Work, 1996  Summer research appointment with R. M. Wightman; May 1996 to July 1996; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Chemistry; research involving use of submicron electrodes as electrochemiluminescent light sources for near-field scanning optical microscopy.  Summer research appointment with Gleb Mamantov; June 1993 to August 1993; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Chemistry; research involving the application of step-scan interferometry to spectroelectrochemical systems.  Summer research appointment with R. M. Wightman; May 1990 to July 1990; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Chemistry and Program for Minority Advancement in the Biomolecular Sciences; research involved cryoscopic and electrochemical studies of molten salt/supercritical fluid mixtures.  Participant in NATO Advanced Study Institute on Molten Salt Chemistry; August 3 to 15, 1986; University of Camerino, Italy. PUBLICATIONS

(asterisk identifies undergraduate coauthor)

1. Flowers, P. “Simply Modified Optical Cuvettes for Microscale Process Monitoring: A Solid-Phase Extraction Experiment Illustrating their Fabrication and Use”; Chemical Educator; 2018; 23; 93- 95. (abstract) 2. Flowers, P.; Theopold, K.; Langely, R. Chemistry. Houston, TX: OpenStax, 2017. (ISBN 978-1-938168-39-0) (web site) 3. Kirkpatrick, D.; Edwards, M.A.; Flowers, P.A.; Wightman, R.M. “Characterization of Solute Distribution Following Iontophoresis from a Micropipet”; Analytical Chemistry; 2014; dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac5026072 (abstract) 4. Flowers, Paul A.; Blake, David A.* “Submicroliter Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry using Standard Electrodes and a Polymer Electrolyte Salt Bridge”, Analytical Chemistry; 2013; 85(6), 3059-3063. (abstract) 5. Flowers, Paul A. “Incorporating Basic Optical Microscopy in the Instrumental Analysis Laboratory”, Journal of Chemical Education; 2011; 88(12), 1716-1719. (abstract) 6. Flowers, P.A.; Strickland, J.C.* “Easily Constructed Microscale Spectroelectrochemical Cell”; Spectroscopy Letters; 2010; 43(7/8), 528-533 (abstract) 7. Flowers, P.A. “Small-Scale Production of High-Density Dry Ice: A Variant Combination of Two Classic Demonstrations”; Journal of Chemical Education; 2009; 86(4); 470-471 (abstract ) 8. Flowers, P.A.; Arnett, K.A.* “Fiber Optic Spectroelectrochemical Sensing for in situ Determination of Metal Ions”; Spectroscopy Letters; 2007; 40(3), 501-511 (abstract) 9. Bullock, K.*; Flowers, P.A. "Membrane Extraction of Aqueous Transition Metal Ions Using Commercial Nafion Gas Dryers"; Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research; 2004; 3; 127- 130. (abstract) 10. Flowers, P.A.; Maynor, M.A*.; Owens, Donald E., Jr.* "Easily Constructed Spectroelectrochemical Cell for Batch and Flow Injection Analyses"; Analytical Chemistry; 2002; 74(3); 720-723. (abstract) 11. Wightman, R. M.; Curtis, C.L.; Flowers, P.A.; Maus, R.G.; McDonald, E.M. "Imaging Microelectrodes with High Frequency Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence"; Journal of Physical Chemistry (B); 1998; 102(49); 9991-9996. (abstract) 12. Flowers, P.A. "Potentiometric Measurement of Transition Ranges and Titration Errors for Acid/Base Indicators"; Journal of Chemical Education; 1997; 74; 846-847. (abstract) 13. Flowers, P.A.; Callender, S.-A.* "Variable Pathlength Transmittance Cell for Ultraviolet, Visible and Infrared Spectroscopy and Spectroelectrochemistry"; Analytical Chemistry; 1996; 68; 199- 202. (abstract) 14. Flowers, P. A.; Boaz, B. G.* "External Reflectance Cell for Infrared Spectroscopy of Fluids at Elevated Pressure and Temperature"; Analytical Chemistry; 1992; 64; 2197. (abstract) 15. Tortorelli, L. J.; Flowers, P. A.;Harward, B. L.; Mamantov, G.; Klatt, L. N. "Spectroscopic Investigations of Catalytic Iridium Carbonyl Species in Sodium Chloroaluminate Melts"; Journal of Organometallic Chemistry; 1992; 429; 119. (abstract) 16. Niehaus, D. E.; Wightman, R. M.; Flowers, P. A. "Ionically Modified Electrodes for Use in Nonpolar Fluids"; Analytical Chemistry; 1991; 63; 1728. (abstract) 17. Flowers, P. A. "Density of Antifreeze/Water Mixtures: A General Chemistry Experiment in Compositional Analysis"; Journal of Chemical Education; 1990; 67; 1068. (abstract) 18. Flowers, P. A.; Nealy, G.* "Cylindrical Thin-Layer Cell for Spectroelectrochemistry"; Analytical Chemistry; 1990; 62; 2740. (abstract) 19. Flowers, P. A.; Mamantov, G. "Infrared Spectroscopic and Spectroelectrochemical Investigation of Chloranil in Molten Sodium Chloroaluminates", Journal of the Electrochemical Society; 1989; 136; 2944. (abstract) 20. Flowers, P. A.; Mamantov, G. "Thin-Layer Transmittance Cell for Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry", Analytical Chemistry; 1989; 61; 190. (abstract) 21. Schoebrechts, J. -P.; Flowers, P. A.; Hance, G. W.; Mamantov, G. "Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Studies of Tungsten Hexachloride in an Acidic Alkali Chloroaluminate Melt", Journal of the Electrochemical Society; 1988; 135; 3057. (abstract) 22. Flowers, P. A.; Mamantov, G. "Infrared Spectroscopic Determination of Oxide in Molten Chloroaluminates", Analytical Chemistry; 1987; 59; 1062. (abstract)

GRANTS AWARDED

1. "RUI: New Devices and Methods for Microscale Spectroelectrochemistry ", ; National Science Foundation, Research at Undergraduate Institutions Program; grant # 1506817; grant period, August 2015 to August 2018; award amount, $156,951. (summary) 2. "Interdisciplinary Scientific Environment Technology Cooperative Research and Education Center", National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Principal Investigator, Solomon Bililign, NCA&T University); Sep 1, 2006 to May 31, 2008; subcontract award to Flowers at UNCP of $78,000. (overall project summary) 3. "UNC Pembroke RISE Program"; National Institutes of Health, grant # 1 R25 GM077634-01; grant period, August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2010; award amount, $1,081,401; Flowers served as PI in first year (summary) 4. "REU Site: Research on Chemical and Radiation Sensors at UNC Pembroke"; National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program; grant # 0353724; grant period, March 2004 to February 2007; award amount, $137,547. (summary) 5. "Fiber Optic Spectroelectrochemical Sensors for In Situ Measurements"; National Science Foundation, Research at Undergraduate Institutions Program; grant # 0079041; grant period, August 2000 to August 2003; award amount, $170,000. (summary) 6. "Dissolution and Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide in Molten Ammonium Salt Hydrates"; American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund; grant period, June 1998 to September 2000; award amount $30,000. 7. "Hyphenated Gas Chromatography/Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories"; National Science Foundation, Instrumentation for Laboratory Improvement Program; grant #DUE-9650866; grant period, July 1996 to June, 1998; award amount, $13,497. (summary) 8. "Making the Connection: Science, Math and the Public Interest"; National Science Foundation, Program for Institution-Wide Reform; (Project Director, Jim Lankford, St. Andrews Presbyterian College; co-Project Director, Flowers); grant period, June 1, 1996 to September 1, 1998; award amount, $147,437. (summary) 9. "Development of a Fiber Optic Spectroelectrochemical Probe"; Pembroke State University, Faculty Research and Development Grants Program; grant period, January 1996 to December 1996; award amount, $886. 10. "Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide in Molten Alkylammonium Salts"; American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund; grant period, September 1993 to September 1995; award amount $24,500. 11. "Seizing Opportunities for Advancement of Research Scholars" (a grant to the NC Consortium for Undergraduate Research, Project Director LaDelle Olion, Fayetteville State University); research subproject "Analytical Spectroelectrochemistry" directed by the author; Spring 1994 to Spring 1995; share of the grant award, $10,000. 12. "Infrared Studies of Phase and Partition Equilibria in Molten Salt/Supercritical Fluid Mixtures"; Research Corporation, Cottrell College Science Grants Program; grant period, June 1991 to June 1993; award amount $10,000. 13. "Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Solubility and Partition Equilibria in Molten Salt/Supercritical Fluid Mixtures"; American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund; grant period, June 1991 to June 1993; award amount $18,000. 14. "Spectroelectrochemistry in Undergraduate Chemical Analysis"; Pembroke State University, Faculty Research and Development Grants Program; grant period, January 1990 to December 1991; award amount, $252. 15. "Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry: Curriculum-Wide Improvements in Undergraduate Chemistry Instruction"; National Science Foundation, Instrumentation for Laboratory Improvement Program; grant #USE-9052349; grant period, April 1990 to September 1992; award amount, $25,605. (summary)