D. Allan Butterfield received his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1974. During 1974–1975, he was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience at the Duke University School of Medicine. He is currently the Alumni Association Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Kentucky and the Director of the Redox Metabolism Shared Resource Facility, Markey Comprehensive Cancer Center. His laboratory studies are focused on free radical oxidative stress in aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD). He has matriculated more than 180 undergraduates, 68 Ph.D. and M.S students, and approximately 30 postdoctoral scholars and visiting scientists in his laboratory. He has published more than 650 papers in many international journals with a current h-index of 127. Professor Butterfield was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring from President Clinton at the White House. He also was selected as a Fellow of and received the Discovery Award from the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine for his pioneering research on redox proteomics in AD.