Research Interests:

Carbohydrate metabolism and photosynthesis in spaceflight and altered gravity environments. Use of bioregenerative life support methods for solar system exploration. Methods for growing plants in space.

Teaching Interests:

Instructor of "Space Biology" (BO 277), an undergraduate course at NC State University. Yearly participant in the Space Life Sciences Training Program at Kennedy Space Center. Outreach team member for the NSCORT. Scientific editor for the web-based "Space Biology Virtual Textbook". Member of the ASGSB Education Committee (since 1995).

Selected Publications:

Kuznetsov, O.A., Brown, C.S., Levine, H.G., Piastuch, W.C., Sanwo-Lewandowski, M.M., and Hasenstein, K.H. (2000). Starch metabolism in microgravity-grown plants. Advances in Space Research (submitted).

Klymchuk, D.O., Brown, C.S. and Chapman, D.K. (1999). Ultrastructural organization of cells in soybean root tips in microgravity. Journal of Gravitational Physiology 6:97-98.

Musgrave, M.E., Kuang, A., Brown, C.S. and Matthews, S.W. (1998). Leaf development in Arabidopsis thaliana during spaceflight. Annals of Botany 81:503-512

Croxdale, J.G., Cook, M.M., Tibbitts, T.W., Brown, C.S. and Wheeler, R.M. (1997). Structure of potato tubers formed in microgravity. Journal of Experimental Botany 48(317): 2037-2043.

Hilaire, E.M., Peterson, B.V., Guikema, J.A. and Brown, C.S. (1996) Clinorotation affects soybean seedling morphology and ethylene production. Plant and Cell Physiology 37(7):929-934

Education:

Ph.D - NC State University, 1987
M.S. - NC State University, 1984
B.S. - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1981

Contact Details:

Telephone: (919) 515-9686
Fax: (919) 515-3436
Email: cbrown@unity.ncsu.edu