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Jill Venton

Jill Venton is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jill Venton rather than just read about it. In short: B. Jill Venton is a professor of chemistry at University of Virginia, where she serves as the department chair since 2019.

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Reference excerpt

B. Jill Venton is a professor of chemistry at University of Virginia, where she serves as the department chair since 2019. Venton's research focuses on developing analytical chemistry methods to enable detection of molecules in the brain.

Education Venton received her BS in Chemistry from University of Delaware in 1998 and her PhD in Chemistry from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2003. She was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at University of Michigan from 2003 to 2005.

Research Venton joined the Department of Chemistry at University of Virginia as an assistant professor in 2005, received tenure and was promoted to an associate professor in 2011, and was promoted to full professor in 2016. Venton develops analytical tools such as carbon-fiber microelectrodes for sensing molecules in the brain to achieve real-time monitoring of neurotransmitters to help understand the brain functions both under normal physiological conditions and in neurological disorders.

Awards and honors National Science Foundation Career Award, 2007–2012 Meade Endowment Honored Faculty, 2007–2008 Eli Lilly Young Analytical Investigator Award, 2007 American Chemical Society PROGRESS/Dreyfus Foundation Lectureship, 2008 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 2010 Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry, Young Investigator Award, 2011 President Elect, International Society of Monitoring Molecules in vivo, 2018–2022 Distinguished Researcher Award, American Chemical Society Virginia Section, 2020

Selected publications B E Kumara Swamy; B. Jill Venton (5 July 2007). "Carbon nanotube-modified microelectrodes for simultaneous detection of dopamine and serotonin in vivo". Analyst. 132 (9): 876–884. doi:10.1039/b705552h. ISSN 0003-2654. PMID 17710262. Wikidata Q30444306. Cheng Yang; Madelaine E Denno; Poojan Pyakurel; B. Jill Venton (7 July 2015). "Recent trends in carbon nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensors for biomolecules: A review". Analytica Chimica Acta. 887: 17–37. doi:10.1016/j.aca.2015.05.049. ISSN 0003-2670. PMC 4557208. PMID 26320782. Wikidata Q26796285. B. Jill Venton; Qun Cao (1 February 2020). "Fundamentals of fast-scan cyclic voltammetry for dopamine detection". Analyst. 145 (4): 1158–1168. doi:10.1039/c9an01586h. ISSN 0003-2654. PMID 31922176. Wikidata Q92545235. Qun Cao; Mimi Shin; Nickolay V Lavrik; B Jill Venton (19 August 2020). "3D-Printed Carbon Nanoelectrodes for In Vivo Neurotransmitter Sensing". Nano Letters. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02844. ISSN 1530-6984. PMID 32813535. Wikidata Q98566988. Mimi Shin; Jeffrey M Copeland; B. Jill Venton (13 October 2020). "Real-Time Measurement of Stimulated Dopamine Release in Compartments of the Adult Drosophila melanogaster Mushroom Body". Analytical Chemistry. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02305. ISSN 0003-2700. PMID 33048531. Wikidata Q100529135.

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Worked examples

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Jill Venton

In research: Jill Venton appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jill Venton in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jill Venton is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century American chemists, American women chemists, Analytical chemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

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B. Jill Venton is a professor of chemistry at University of Virginia, where she serves as the department chair since 2019.

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