Brian Frost

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Assistant Dean, University of w88 sports betting app, Reno at Lake Tahoe | Associate Professor of Chemistry

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  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (2000-2002), Columbia w88 sports betting app (Jack R. Norton)
  • Ph.D. (1999), Texas A&M w88 sports betting app (Donald J. Darensbourg)
  • B.S. (1995), Elizabethtown College