Presidential Faculty Fellows Program/Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PFF/PECASE)

Robert T.佛罗里达大学化学系的肯尼迪是60名获得首届总统科学家和工程师早期职业奖（PECASE）的年轻独立研究人员之一。 今年有20名PECASE获奖者来自国家科学基金会。 这是第一次颁发这一极负盛名的奖项，以表彰在科学和工程研究方面的卓越表现和未来成功的希望，以及获奖者在各自领域的最终领导潜力。 Kennedy致力于开发和验证电极，该电极可以在单个胞吐事件的水平上测量单细胞的胰岛素和黑素细胞刺激激素分泌，研究胞吐的基本原理，开发使用毛细管电泳的快速免疫测定，以及将毛细管电泳与微透析采样耦合用于体内神经递质和代谢物监测。 他还以其作为课堂和实验室教师的真诚热情和出色表现而闻名。

Professor Robert T. Kennedy of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida is one of sixty young, independent researchers to receive the first annual Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). There are twenty PECASE Awardees from the National Science Foundation this year. This highly prestigious award is being given for the first time in recognition of excellence and promise for future success in scientific and engineering research, and the potential for eventual leadership of the awardees in their respective fields. Kennedy has worked on the development and validation of electrodes that can measure insulin and melanocyte stimulating hormone secretion from single cells at the level of single exocytosis events, studies of the fundamentals of exocytosis, the development of rapid immunoassays using capillary electrophoresis, and in coupling capillary electrophoresis with microdialysis sampling for neurotransmitter and metabolite monitoring in vivo. He is also known for his genuine enthusiasm for and outstanding performance as a classroom and as a laboratory teacher.