Research
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Latest papers
Cobalt/Photoredox-Catalyzed, Phosphine-Mediated Carbon Isotope Exchange of Unactivated Alkyl Carboxylic Acids
ACS Catalysis · 2026
Asymmetric Dearomatization Unlocks Thionucleoside Chemical Space
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026
Synthetic Approach to Polymethine-Modified Trimethine Cyanines Gives Access to Viscosity-Sensitive Probes.
The Journal of organic chemistry · 2026
Latest funding
- $200,538
Laboratory for the synthesis of artificial cells
CFI · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $1,200,000
Ultrafast Nanotools Laboratory:An interdisciplinary research lab dedicated to exploring fast processes in nanomaterials and developing novel techniques for measuring the speed of nanodevices
CFI · 2006 · Co-investigator
- $134,205
Multi-platform computational resources for the study ofmolecular photochemistry
CFI · 2004 · Principal investigator
From the 150 most recent of 289 publications.
Cobalt/Photoredox-Catalyzed, Phosphine-Mediated Carbon Isotope Exchange of Unactivated Alkyl Carboxylic Acids
Michael G. J. Doyle, Xingya Zhao, Fengbin Song, Rhys Salter, Ismael A. Elayan, Alex Brown, Rylan J. Lundgren
Asymmetric Dearomatization Unlocks Thionucleoside Chemical Space
Thirupathi Nuligonda, Subhojit Mondal, Jason W. Wang, Emjay H. Koller, Sahil ., Lara K. Mahal, Alex Brown, Michael W. Meanwell
Synthetic Approach to Polymethine-Modified Trimethine Cyanines Gives Access to Viscosity-Sensitive Probes.
Kodisana M, Elayan IA, Tolmos M, Arman H, Brown A, Usama SM
Three-photon Absorption Cross-Sections of Serotonin, Fluorescein, Rhodamine 6G, and Some Fluorescent Protein Chromophores
Maria Rossano‐Tapia, Maryna Mondrusova, Arthur Henderson, Alex Brown
Assessing the Bethe-Salpeter Equation within the GW Approximation (GW/BSE) for Excitation Energies of BODIPY and Aza-BODIPY Derivatives
Arthur Henderson, Rishabh Wattal, Alex Brown
An unsymmetric diboryne and its reactivity towards carbon monoxide.
Bakhtiari M, Tang M, Kunz T, Frenette BL, Ferguson MJ, Brown A, Rivard E
A cumulative model for thermoelectric cooling with temperature dependent material properties
Kang Zhu, Xuechun Li, Alex Brown, Rujie Shi, Hee-Seok Kim, Weishu Liu
Asymmetric Dearomatization Unlocks Thionucleoside Chemical Space
Thirupathi Nuligonda, Subhojit Mondal, Jason W. Wang, Emjay H. Koller, Sahil ., Lara K. Mahal, Alex Brown, Michael W. Meanwell
When the environment matters most: polarizable-embedding QM/MM for multi-photon absorption in red fluorescent proteins.
Elayan IA, Brown A
AlphaFold3 and QM/MM for Determining Photophysical Properties of Fluorescent Proteins
Ryan Johannson, Ismael A. Elayan, Alex Brown
Laboratory for the synthesis of artificial cells
Principal investigators: Brown, Alex
Keywords: artificial cells, protocells, iron-sulfur cluster HPLC, Mossbauer spectrometer, microscope camera
Ultrafast Nanotools Laboratory:An interdisciplinary research lab dedicated to exploring fast processes in nanomaterials and developing novel techniques for measuring the speed of nanodevices
Principal investigators: Hegmann, Frank
Keywords: nanomaterials, nanotechnology, nanodevices, ultrafast lasers, scanning probe instruments, STM, NSOM, molecular electronics, NEMS, time-resolved
Multi-platform computational resources for the study ofmolecular photochemistry
Principal investigators: Brown, Alex
Keywords: Atmospheric chemistry, Photodissociation, Direct dynamics, Quantum dynamics, Molecular dynamics, Spectroscopy, Vibrational excitation, Computational chemistry, Quantum chemistry, High performance computing
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Russ Greiner and Russell Greiner: 494 shared papers
- Jonathan Veinot and J Veinot: 302 shared papers
- Julianne Gibbs and Julianne Gibbs-Davis: 116 shared papers
- Eric Rivard and Alex Brown: 70 shared papers
- John Klassen and Lara Mahal: 25 shared papers
- Karthik Shankar and Eric Rivard: 20 shared papers
- Karthik Shankar and Alex Brown: 18 shared papers
- Vladimir Michaelis and Roderick Wasylishen: 15 shared papers
- Karthik Shankar and Vladimir Michaelis: 13 shared papers
- Eric Rivard and Jonathan Veinot: 13 shared papers
- Eric Rivard and J Veinot: 13 shared papers
- Vladimir Michaelis and Rik Tykwinski: 12 shared papers
- Vladimir Michaelis and Jonathan Veinot: 11 shared papers
- Vladimir Michaelis and J Veinot: 11 shared papers
- Jonathan Veinot and Alex Brown: 11 shared papers
- J Veinot and Alex Brown: 11 shared papers
- Russ Greiner and Ratmir Derda: 10 shared papers
- Ratmir Derda and John Klassen: 10 shared papers
- Ratmir Derda and Russell Greiner: 10 shared papers
- M Klobukowski and Alex Brown: 9 shared papers
- Ratmir Derda and Lara Mahal: 7 shared papers
- John Klassen and Christopher Cairo: 7 shared papers
- Rik Tykwinski and Roderick Wasylishen: 7 shared papers
- Julianne Gibbs and Alex Brown: 7 shared papers
- Julianne Gibbs-Davis and Alex Brown: 7 shared papers
- Rik Tykwinski and M Klobukowski: 6 shared papers
- Ratmir Derda and Christopher Cairo: 5 shared papers
- Eric Rivard and M Klobukowski: 5 shared papers
- Lara Mahal and Michael Meanwell: 5 shared papers
- Robert Campbell and Alex Brown: 4 shared papers
- Eric Rivard and Lingzi Sang: 4 shared papers
- Michael Meanwell and Alex Brown: 4 shared papers
- Vladimir Michaelis and Lingzi Sang: 3 shared papers
- Vladimir Michaelis and Alex Brown: 3 shared papers
- John Klassen and Julianne Gibbs: 3 shared papers
- John Klassen and Julianne Gibbs-Davis: 3 shared papers
- Lara Mahal and Alex Brown: 3 shared papers
- Ryan Johannson and Alex Brown: 3 shared papers
- Russ Greiner and Alex Brown: 2 shared papers
- Ratmir Derda and Alex Brown: 2 shared papers
- Stacey Wetmore and Gino DiLabio: 2 shared papers
- Rylan Lundgren and Alex Brown: 2 shared papers
- Pierre-Nicholas Roy and Alex Brown: 2 shared papers
- Russell Greiner and Alex Brown: 2 shared papers
- Christopher Cairo and Alex Brown: 2 shared papers
- Roderick Wasylishen and Alex Brown: 2 shared papers
- Gino DiLabio and Alex Brown: 2 shared papers
- Robert Campbell and Ratmir Derda: 1 shared paper
- Robert Campbell and John Klassen: 1 shared paper
- Robert Campbell and Ryan Johannson: 1 shared paper
- Ratmir Derda and Rylan Lundgren: 1 shared paper
- Stacey Wetmore and Alex Brown: 1 shared paper
- John Klassen and Pierre-Nicholas Roy: 1 shared paper
- John Klassen and Alex Brown: 1 shared paper
- Rik Tykwinski and Alex Brown: 1 shared paper
- Pierre-Nicholas Roy and Roderick Wasylishen: 1 shared paper
- Lingzi Sang and Alex Brown: 1 shared paper
- Chemistry
- Computing Science
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Okanagan - Chemistry
- Department of Chemistry
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Eric Rivard
Chemistry
70 shared papers, latest 2026
Karthik Shankar
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
18 shared papers, latest 2015
J Veinot
Chemistry
11 shared papers, latest 2021
Jonathan Veinot
Chemistry
11 shared papers, latest 2021
Mariusz Klobukowski
Chemistry
9 shared papers, latest 2025
M Klobukowski
Chemistry
9 shared papers, latest 2025
Julianne Gibbs
Chemistry
7 shared papers, latest 2023
Julianne Gibbs-Davis
Chemistry
7 shared papers, latest 2023
Robert Campbell
Chemistry
4 shared papers, latest 2022
Michael Meanwell
Chemistry
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Ryan Johannson
Chemistry
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Vladimir Michaelis
Chemistry
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Lara Mahal
Chemistry
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Ratmir Derda
Chemistry
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Rylan Lundgren
Chemistry
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Russ Greiner
Computing Science
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Pierre-Nicholas Roy
Department of Chemistry
2 shared papers, latest 2011
Russell Greiner
Computing Science
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Christopher Cairo
Chemistry
2 shared papers, latest 2011
Roderick Wasylishen
Chemistry
2 shared papers, latest 2013
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