Jonathan Sweedler
Editor-in-Chief, Analytical Chemistry, and Director, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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The Positivity Problem
January 31, 2024
If we all put more effort into lifting our spirits and those of our students, we’d unintentionally raise the profile of analytical chemistry
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A "New Normal" for the Power List?
October 6, 2020
Lists of achievements are fun to read, but we must make them representative and inclusive. Is the Power List 2020 there yet?
1 min read
Small Wonder
February 26, 2019
Imagine the vast chemical complexity that exists within each of our cells. Concentrations of DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, and metabolites range from a single molecule to billions – and molecular weights cross more than six orders of magnitude. A molecule may disappear almost as soon as it appears, or may long outlast the cell in which it originated. How can we capture a snapshot of just one cell’s intricate inner workings?
1 min read
When Two Worlds Collide
April 19, 2016
What is the chemical nature of thought? What is memory? Why, over 2000 years since Aristotle first asked such questions, are we still searching? We live and work in very exciting times, and I’m thrilled to be using all tools at my disposal to reach for the answers.
1 min read
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