Heather Desaire

Dr. Desaire joined KU in 2002 and was previously an associate scientist at Quintiles Inc. Desaire is the Dean's Professor and Keith D. Wilner Chair in Chemistry. Her research interests span the fields of glycobiology, mass spectrometry and machine learning. Desaire's award-winning research team has recently published work on generative AI in scientific writing and the enabling of lipidomic biomarker studies for underserved populations.

Desaire has an extensive history in mentorship, mentoring more than 30 undergraduate researchers, four master's students, and 14 doctoral students. She also mentors assistant and associate professors at KU, helping them with successful grant writing. She has served on more than 40 grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health and has won a number of awards, including the William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award.

Learn more about Heather Desaire on the Department of Chemistry website.