Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
FACSS STUDENT AWARD AND TOMAS B. HIRSCHFELD SCHOLAR AWARD
CHARLES MANN AWARD FOR APPLIED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
FACSS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
SAS STUDENT POSTER AWARDS AND FACSS POSTER AWARDS
ACS DIVISION OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AWARD
AES BLUE FINGERS STUDENT AWARD
AES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY WILLIAM F. MEGGERS AWARD
EMERGING LEADER IN MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY AWARD
IRDG CHALMERS AND DENT STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY AWARDS
SAS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT
WILLIAM G. FATELEY STUDENT AWARD
SAS ATOMIC SECTION STUDENT AWARD
| ANACHEM AwardThe ANACHEM Award was established in 1953 and is presented annually to an outstanding analytical chemist based on activities in teaching, research, administration or other activity which has advanced the art and science of the field. The Award was presented as a part of the Anachem Conference through 1972. After 1972, the ANACHEM Award has been presented at the national meeting presented by FACSS as a part of a special symposium comprising a group of invited speakers. The ANACHEM award will be presented at the SciX meeting. More details on the award are available from ANACHEM.
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Robert Kennedy developed an interest in analytical chemistry and chemical separations while earning his BS degree in chemistry at the University of Florida. He became fascinated with the ability of GC to separate subtly different molecules while he was performing undergraduate research in organic chemistry. His analytical classes taught by Prof. John Dorsey further enhanced this interest. He went on to earn a PhD with James Jorgenson at University of North Carolina where is work focused on using open tubular LC to analyze single cells. After a post-doc with Mark Wightman he started his own research program at University of Florida before moving to University of Michigan as the Hobart H. Willard Professor of Chemistry in 2002. His research has combined his lifelong interest in biology with chemical analysis and separations. A theme of his group has been development of miniaturized, high-speed separations for sensing, detection of non-covalent complexes, and screening. His group has developed capillary separation methods for monitoring neurotransmitters in vivo. These methods have been used for studying changes in neurotransmitter concentrations associated with behavior and diseases. His group has also developed microfluidic electrophoresis devices for monitoring insulin secretion from pancreatic -cells. These methods are coupled with LC-MS metabolomics to understand the biochemical mechanism of insulin secretion and perturbations associated with diabetes. His group is also researching use of rapid electrophoretic and mass spectrometric assays for high-throughput screening. His work has been recognized by several awards including ACS Award in Chromatography, McKnight Award for Technical Innovations in Neuroscience, EAS Separation Science Award, Golay Award for Achievements in Chromatography, The Ralph Adams Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry and several teaching awards. He has held several service posts and is presently Associate Editor of Analytical Chemistry and Chair of the Chemistry Department at University of Michigan.