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Dr. Brian Lamp is Professor of Chemistry, Chair of the Chemistry Department, and Interim Associate Dean of the School of Science and Mathematics at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. He holds a B.A. from Augustana College and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Iowa State University, completed in 1995 with a doctoral thesis titled "Macro- and microstructural characterization of organosulfur monolayers adsorbed at gold." Prior to his appointment at Truman State University in 1997, Lamp served as a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of South Dakota from 1995 to 1997. In 2022, he received the 25 Years Service Recognition award from Truman State University.

Lamp's research specializations are in analytical chemistry, focusing on the electrochemistry and characterization of self-assembled monolayers such as thiolates and organosulfur compounds on gold electrodes. His work addresses topics including reductive desorption of alkanethiolate monolayers, thermodynamically controlled electrochemical formation of thiolate monolayers, differences in binding sites of alkanethiolate monolayers via electrochemical and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, structural decomposition and performance of pyridinethiolate surface modifiers for cytochrome c heterogeneous electron-transfer reactions, and fabrication of solid polymer electrolyte-based electrodes. Key publications include "The α-Effect in Methyl Transfers from S-Methyldibenzothiophenium Fluoroborate to Substituted N-Methylbenzohydroxamates" (2003), "Correlation of the Structural Decomposition and Performance of Pyridinethiolate Surface Modifiers at Gold Electrodes for the Facilitation of Cytochrome c Heterogeneous Electron-Transfer Reactions" (1997), "Electrochemical and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic evidence for differences in the binding sites of alkanethiolate monolayers chemisorbed at gold" (1995), "Thermodynamically controlled electrochemical formation of thiolate monolayers at gold: Characterization and comparison to self-assembled analogs" (1992), and "Reductive Desorption of Alkanethiolate Monolayers at Gold: A Measure of Surface Coverage" (1990). These publications have collectively been cited over 1,257 times.

At Truman State University, Lamp teaches foundational and advanced courses including Chemical Principles I and II (CHEM 130 and 131), Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (CHEM 222), Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 322), Advanced Analytical Chemistry (CHEM 431), Analytical Chemistry for the Life Sciences (CHEM 350), and Chemistry for Contemporary Living (CHEM 100). He supports undergraduate research opportunities, advises the Chemistry Club, and contributes to departmental leadership as Chair of the Departments of Chemistry and Physics.