Jonathan Sweedler received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1988. He is a Lycan Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the Bioengineering Program, the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, the Neuroscience Program, is the Director of the University of Illinois Biotechnology Center, and is a part-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute's NeuroTech groups. His fields of professional interest are the neurochemistry of neuropeptides and indoleamines, and the development of new technology for assaying the cellular microenvironment using capillary separations, single cell mass spectrometry, and nanoliter volume NMR spectroscopy.
Honors: The Heinrich-Emanuel Merck Prize, Merck Co. (2002), The Instrumentation Award, the ACS Analytical Division, (2002), Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2001), Gill Prize in Measurement Science, the Gill Center (2000); Beneddetti-Pichler Award in Microanalysis, American Microchemical Society (1998); U of I University Scholar (1997); Arthur Findeis Award, ACS Analytical Division (1997); Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar (1996); Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1995); Beckman Fellow, U of I Center for Advanced Study (1993); Searle Scholar Award, Chicago Community Trust (1993); David and Lucile Packard Fellowship (1992); NSF Young Investigator Award (1992); New Faculty Award, Henry and Camille Dreyfus Foundation (1991).