Robert Kennedy (chemist)

Robert Travis Kennedy (born 1962) is an American chemist specializing in bioanalytical chemistry including liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and microfluidics. He is currently the Hobart H. Willard Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and the chair of the department of chemistry at the University of Michigan.[1] He holds joint appointments with the Department of Pharmacology and Department Macromolecular Science and Engineering.[2] Kennedy is an Associate Editor of Analytical Chemistry.[3]

See also: Robert Kennedy (disambiguation)
Robert Kennedy
Born
Robert Travis Kennedy

(1962-11-11) November 11, 1962
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Florida
University of North Carolina
AwardsMartin Medal (2019)
ACS Award in Chromatography (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, analytical chemistry, and neuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Doctoral advisorJames Jorgenson

Early life and education

Kennedy was born on November 11, 1962, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry at the University of Florida in 1984 and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC) in 1988 while working under James Jorgenson. He was an NSF post-doctoral fellow at UNC from 1989-1991 with R. Mark Wightman.[4]

Academic career and research interests

Kennedy became a professor of chemistry at the University of Florida in 1991. After 11 years, he moved to the University of Michigan. He has graduated approximately 70 graduate students. Kennedy’s research focuses on developing analytical instrumentation and methods that can help solve biological problems.[5] He is considered a leader in the field of analytical chemistry,[6] and an expert in endocrinology, neurochemistry, and high-throughput analysis. Major contributions to analytical chemistry include affinity probe capillary electrophoresis,[7][8] in vivo neurochemical measurements,[9] and ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography.[10] He has been an Lilly Analytical Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow, and AAAS Fellow.[11]

Honors and awards
  • Martin Medal (2019)[12][13]
  • Ralph N. Adams Award in Bioanalyical Chemistry (2016)[14]
  • ACS Award in Chromatography (2017) [15]
  • CASSS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Separation Science (2017)[16]
  • Marcel Golay Award for Lifetime Achievement in Capillary Chromatography (2012)[17]
  • Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Separation Science (2012)[18]
  • McKnight Award for Technical Innovations in Neuroscience (2010)[19]
  • Rackham Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (2009)[20]
  • American Microchemical Society’s Benedetti-Pichler Memorial Award (2001)[21]

References
  1. "Robert Kennedy". UM LSA. University of Michigan. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. "Robert T. Kennedy, Ph.D". UM Medical School. University of Michigan. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  3. "Editorial Board". Analytical Chemistry. American Chemical Society. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  4. "About Dr. Kennedy". Kennedy Group. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  5. "The Kennedy Group". Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  6. "The Power List 2019". The Analytical Scientist. Texere Publishing Limited. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. German, Igor; Buchanan, Danielle D.; Kennedy, Robert T. (November 1998). "Aptamers as Ligands in Affinity Probe Capillary Electrophoresis". Analytical Chemistry. 70 (21): 4540–4545. doi:10.1021/ac980638h. PMID 9823713.
  8. Heegaard, Niels H. H.; Kennedy, Robert T. (1 October 1999). "Identification, quantitation, and characterization of biomolecules by capillary electrophoretic analysis of binding interactions". Electrophoresis. 20 (15–16): 3122–3133. doi:10.1002/(sici)1522-2683(19991001)20:15/16<3122::aid-elps3122>3.0.co;2-m. PMID 10596820. S2CID 39132660.
  9. Watson, Christopher J.; Venton, B. Jill; Kennedy, Robert T. (March 2006). "In Vivo Measurements of Neurotransmitters by Microdialysis Sampling". Analytical Chemistry. 78 (5): 1391–1399. doi:10.1021/ac0693722. PMID 16570388.
  10. "Robert T Kennedy's Research Works". ResearchGate.
  11. "Robert T. Kennedy, Ph.D. – Chicago Chromatography Discussion Group". www.chichrom.org.
  12. "Winner of the 2019 Chromatographic Society Martin Medal". content.yudu.com. Vol. 12, no. 1. Chromatography Today. March 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  13. Rome, Karen (4 February 2019). "ChromSoc Martin Medal 2019 Winner Robert Kennedy". ChromSoc.
  14. "Ralph N. Adams Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry". Adams Institute. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  15. "ACS Award in Chromatography: Robert T. Kennedy | Chemical & Engineering News". cen.acs.org. Chemical Engineering & News.
  16. "CASSS Award 2017 - CASSS". www.casss.org. CASSS. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  17. "Marcel Golay Leslie Ettre Awards | Company". PerkinElmer. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  18. "The 2012 Eastern Analytical Symposium Program". easinc.org. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  19. "Awardees". McKnight Foundation. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  20. "Distinguished Faculty Achievement Awards". Rackham Graduate School: University of Michigan.
  21. "2003 A. A. Benedetti-Pichler Award". Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 18 (11): 41N. 2003. doi:10.1039/B310350C.
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