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Geneive Henry is a Jamaican-American chemist and the Charles B. Degenstein Professor of Chemistry at Susquehanna University since 2017. She received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (1998) and B.Sc. in Chemistry (First Class Honors, 1993) from the University of the West Indies (Mona). Her academic journey includes postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University and the University of Rhode Island, and visiting appointments at Lincoln University.
Her research focuses on natural product and medicinal chemistry, particularly investigating antioxidant mechanisms, enzyme inhibition (tyrosinase, SARS-CoV-2 Mpro), and anticancer properties of chromene, quinoline, and thymol derivatives. She has secured multiple NSF and Cottrell grants for NMR instrumentation and chemical investigations of Pennsylvania Hypericum species.
- 2024: CUR Fellows Award for Undergraduate Research Leadership
- 2020: CUR Outstanding Mentorship Award
- 1998: IODE Fellowship (Canada), Best Ph.D. Poster & Thesis (UW-I)
She has mentored over 40 undergraduate researchers and co-authored 15+ peer-reviewed publications with students since 2015. Her work spans bioinorganic chemistry, pharmacognosy, and computational drug design, with recurring themes in antioxidant activity, DNA interaction studies, and metal complexation.
