Jonathan V. Sweedler
Jonathan V Sweedler (born 1961) is an American chemist specializing in bioanalytical chemistry, neurochemistry and cell to cell biology and behavior. He is the James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, he holds a faculty appointment in the Beckman Institute. He is also an Elected Fellow to the American Chemical Society, for which he is also the society's Editor in Chief for the journal Analytical Chemistry.
Jonathan V. Sweedler | |
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| Born | New York, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Arizona Stanford University University of California at Davis |
| Awards | Beckman Fellow (1993-1994) Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award (2007) Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1995) Ralph N. Adams Award, The Pittsburgh Conference (2012) Fellow of American Chemical Society (2011) Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science 2001 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, chemical biology, biophysics, physiology, and neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Doctoral advisor | M. Bonner Denton |
He previously served as director of the Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center (University of Illinois) and was involved in the genome sequencing of several organisms. Currently his laboratory has facilities in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois. His research has led to the discovery of some mammalian neuropeptides.
Serving as the chair of dissertation committees at the University of Illinois, he has graduated approximately 60 students with PhD degrees. As of 2019 his publication record includes over 400 journal articles, with an h-index estimated to be in the 60s or 70s.