{"id":3492,"date":"2020-07-07T11:10:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/chemistry\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=3492"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:13:11","slug":"david-brock","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/people\/david-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"David  Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong> (Teaching Professor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016-2020, University of Western Ontario, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong>&nbsp;(Teaching Professor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013-2016, McMaster University, Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sessional Lecturer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011-2012,McMaster University, Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong>:\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bChemical Education: Blended Learning and Flipped Classrooms; Incorporation of Learning Technologies\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While not currently research active, my research generally focusses around pedagogy. I am interested in examining the effectiveness of different learning styles, methods, and technologies in technical sciences like chemistry, which have been previously proven useful in less technical fields. Effectiveness can be defined in terms of both short term learning gains as well as long term retention and application. Some of the methods that I examine most closely are the use of Blended Learning and the Flipped classroom models of instruction.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teaching Awards<\/strong>\u200b:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u200bWestern University Students\u2019 Council Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (nominated) 2016-2017\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSU (McMaster&#8217;s Student Union) Teaching Award (2014-2015)\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The President\u2019s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning (finalist) 2015\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OUSA (Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance) Teaching Award (2012-2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSU (McMaster Student\u2019s Union) Teaching Award (nominated) (2012-2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSU (McMaster Student\u2019s Union) Teaching Award (nominated) (2011-2012)\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHEM 1001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHEM 1002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHEM 2203<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHEM 2204<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHEM 2207<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CHEM 2208<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>Selected Publications<\/strong>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H.P.A. Mercier, U. Breddemann, D.S. Brock, M.R. Bortolus, G.J. Schrobilgen, &#8220;Syntheses, Structures, and Bonding of NgF2\u2219CrOF4, NgF2\u22192CrOF4 (Ng = Kr, Xe), and (CrOF4)\u221e&#8221;, Chem.: Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12105\u201312119.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.Lozin\u0161ek, H.P.A. Mercier, D.S. Brock, B. \u017demva, G.J. Schrobilgen, &#8220;Coordination of KrF2 to a Naked Metal Cation, Mg2+&#8221;, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (English) 2017, 56, 6251\u20136254.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5104\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brock, H.P.A. Mercier, G.J. Schrobilgen, &#8220;[H(OXeF2)n][AsF6] and [FXeII(OXeIVF2)n][AsF6] (n = 1, 2); Examples of Xenon(IV) Hydroxide Fluoride and Oxide Fluoride Cations; and the Crystal Structures of [F3Xe&#8212;FH][Sb2F11] and [H5F4][SbF6]\u22192[F3Xe&#8212;FH][Sb2F11] &#8220;, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 5089\u20135104..\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>D.S. Brock, B. \u017demva, G.J. Schrobilgen, &#8220;Noble-gas Chemistry&#8221;, In Comp. Inorg. Chem. Reedijk J. and Poeppelmeier K., eds.; II, Vol 1. Oxford: Elsevier; 2013, Chapter 1.25, p. 755\u2212822.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.S. Brock, H.P.A. Mercier, G.J. Schrobilgen, &#8220;Noble Gas Compounds&#8221;, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, XXth &nbsp;Ed. John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc., Hoboken NJ, 2012, Chapter 28, 1\u221221.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.S. Brock, G.J. Schrobilgen, &#8220;The Missing Oxide of Xenon, XeO2, &amp; Its Implications for the Earth\u2019s Missing Xenon&#8221;, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 6265-6269; (Journal of the American Chemical Society journal cover article; also highlighted in: (1) Chemical &amp; Engineering News, &#8220;The Case of the Missing Xenon&#8221;, 2011, 89 (9), 10; (2) Nature, Research Highlights, &#8220;Chemistry: Where did the xenon go?&#8221;, 2011, 471, 138; (3) Chemistry World, News, &#8220;Earth&#8217;s missing xenon could be hiding in quartz&#8221;, 2011, March); (4) Canadian Chemical News, &#8220;Xenon Dioxide May Help to Solve Enduring Mystery&#8221;, 2011 May, 9; (5) Aktuel Natuvidenskab, &#8220;P\u00e5 Sporet af den Forsvundne Xenon&#8221;, 2011, June, 6).\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.S. Brock, H.P.A. Mercier, G.J. Schrobilgen, B. Silvi, &#8220;A Rare Example of a KrF2 Coordination Compound; [BrOF2][AsF6]\u00b72KrF2&#8221;, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 3533-3542 (highlighted in Nature Chemistry, &#8220;The Krypton Factor&#8221;, Nature, 2010, 2, 342).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5521,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"David ","cu_people_last_name":"Brock","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[4],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-3492","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-faculty"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor of the Department of Chemistry ","cu_people_degree":"Ph.D. (McMaster University) Office: 1201 MSA ","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"david.brock3@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"3844","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5522,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3492\/revisions\/5522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=3492"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=3492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}