Jonathan Sweedler
The Power List 2013
Jonathan Sweedler
Editor-in-Chief, Analytical Chemistry; James R. Eiszner Family Chair in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Highlight: “My highlight is the graduate and postdoctoral students that I have mentored who have gone on to successful careers in education and research.”
Main motivation: “I am passionate about mentoring and training students to become successful scientists, about developing new tools that can make unique measurements from complex samples, and in using these new tools to understand how our brain works. Being an analytical chemist and a university professor is a great career!”
Future aspiration: “I am enjoying my new challenge of being editor of Analytical Chemistry. I want to ensure the journal stays the preeminent journal in its field and serves the analytical community’s needs as our field and scientific publishing evolves.”
