Kristin Susan Bowman-James is an American chemist who is a distinguished professor at the University of Kansas.
13 Facts About Kristin Bowman-James
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Kristin Bowman-James was awarded the 2021 American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry.
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Kristin Bowman-James earned her bachelor's and doctoral degree at Temple University.
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Whist she was originally considering majoring in astronomy, her freshman advisor recommended she tried a class in chemistry, and Bowman-James was instantly inspired.
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Kristin Bowman-James spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the Ohio State University, where she worked with Daryle H Busch.
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Kristin Bowman-James has designed molecules that can bind to and neutralise the toxicity of mustard gas, allowing for it to be identified and decommissioned.
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Kristin Bowman-James has made use of the concepts of transition metal coordination chemistry to coordinate anions.
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Kristin Bowman-James was the first to recognise that anions and transition metals had many similarities.
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Kristin Bowman-James makes use of the anions for environmental applications, including selective sensing, separation and catalysis.
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Kristin Bowman-James published the sequel, Anion Coordination Chemistry, in 2011.
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Kristin Bowman-James was made a University Distinguished Professor in 2007.
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Kristin Bowman-James led the National Science Foundation Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
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Kristin Bowman-James owns a 1975 Corvette and a 2010 Corvette Grand Sport.