Paula Brown is a Canadian science researcher, currently at British Columbia Institute of Technology.[1][2] She is the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Phytoanalytics.
Paula Brown | |
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Alma mater | University of British Columbia; Simon Fraser University; Dalhousie University |
Known for | Phytoanalytics |
Scientific career | |
Fields | mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid chromatography, analytical method development, chemometrics; natural product chemistry, validation studies, plant metabolomics |
In this position, Brown investigates the large range of chemical products made by plants, included how they are synthesized, regulated, and allocated within the tissues of plants, details of their extraction, as well as their role in plant and human health.
Brown is the Director of BCIT's Natural Health and Food Products Research Group (NRG) which works to actively support the Natural Health Products (NHP) industry for more than ten years.[3]
In 2018 Brown was appointed as a visiting Professor of Pharmacy Science of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine.[4]