Sylvia Daunert

University Research Professor
Distinguished Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Gill Eminent Professor of Analytical and Biological Chemistry

Education

• Ph.D., Bioanalytical Chemistry, May 1991, University of Barcelona, Spain
• M.S., Medicinal Chemistry, August 1985, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Pharm.D., March 1982, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Professional Experience

• Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 2002-present
• Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, 2002-present
• Member, Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes & Obesity Center, 2008-present
• Founder iGlyko, Inc., 2008-present
• Associate Faculty Member, NSF-IGERT in Engineered Molecular and Biological Materials, 2007-present
• Associate Faculty, Center of Membrane Sciences, University of Kentucky, 1994-present.
• Associate Faculty Member, NSF-IGERT in Multidisciplinary Program in Chemical Sensing Architectures, 1998-2004
• Associate Professor of Biological and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 1998-2002
• Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, 1998-2002
• Assistant Professor of Biological and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 1994-1998
• Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, 1994-1998.
• Assistant Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 1990-93.
• Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 1986-90.
• Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1985-86
• Pharmacist, Scientific Department, Lácer S. A., Barcelona, Spain, 1982-83

Awards and Distinctions

• Gill Eminent Professorship (Endowed Professorship), College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, 2002-present
• Albert D. and Elizabeth H. Kirwan Memorial Prize, University of Kentucky, 2009.  This is the highest award that a University of Kentucky faculty member can receive and it is bestowed during the honorary degree recognition at graduation.
• The 2009 Bill Barfield Award, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, 2009
• Wethington Award for Meritorius Research, University of Kentucky, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
• Distinguished Professor, AMC/FUMEC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, 2007
• University Research Professor Award, University of Kentucky, 2005-200.
• Distinguished Professor, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, 2005-2006
• Special Creativity Award, National Science Foundation, 2002
• A. F. Findeis Award, Division of Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2001
• Lilly Award in Analytical Chemistry, 1997-1998
• Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation, 1997
• National Science Foundation-CAREER Award, 1995
• The Van Slyke Society Research Award, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 1992
• Juan Abelló Pascual Award in Biochemistry, Spanish Royal Academy of Doctors, 1992
• Summa Cum Laude, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 1991
• Fulbright Scholar, 1983-1985

Editorial Activities

• Editor, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, July 2001-present
• Executive Editor, Analytical Biochemistry, 2003-present
• Editorial Advisory Board, Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2002-present
• Editorial Advisory Panel, A Pages, Analytical Chemistry, 2000-2003
• Editorial Advisory Board, Talanta, 2001-2003
• Editorial Advisory Board, Fresenius’ Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 1999-2002

Contact

Office:  219 Chemistry-Physics Building

Phone:  859-257-7060

E-mail: daunert@uky.edu