Brisbois is a synthetic chemist. His research interests include leveraging the power
of synthetic methodology for the synthesis and design of organic natural products and
theoretically interesting unnatural products.
He has worked with the 3M Company Biomaterials Technology Center investigating the
synthesis and photophysical properties of novel, highly fluorescent compounds which are
incorporated into systems for DNA analysis. He has also developed elementary and high
school science outreach programs for students and their parents.
In 1993, President Clinton designated him a Presidential Faculty Fellow, a five-year
award given to support teaching and research efforts.
EDUCATION: B.A., Hamline University Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brisbois has been teaching at Macalester since 2000.
