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Professor Sweedler received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of California at Davis in 1983 and his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1989. Thereafter, he was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Richard Zare and Dr. Richard Scheller at Stanford University, and joined the faculty at Illinois in 1991. He is associated with the Beckman Institute, Biotechnology Center, Neuroscience Program and Bioengineering Program. His research interests are in bioanalytical chemistry, and focus on developing new methods for assaying nanoliter volume samples, and applying these methods to study the distribution and dynamic release of neurotransmittors and neuropeptides from individual neurons. Specifically, he is investigating the roles that peptide hormones, neurotransmitters and neuromodulatory agents play in behavior, learning and memory.