Jacqueline Barton Scientist

Jacqueline K. Barton (born May 7, 1952) New York City, NY, is an American chemist. Barton is the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at California Institute of Technology. The primary focus of her research is transverse electron transport along double-stranded DNA, its implications in the biology of DNA damage and repair, and its potential for materials sciences applications. She is married to fellow chemist and professor at Caltech, Peter Dervan. They have one daughter, Elizabeth.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 07, 1952
Birth place
New York City
Education
Barnard College
Columbia University

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awards
National Medal of Science
Alan T. Waterman Award
Willard Gibbs Award
MacArthur Fellows Program
Weizmann Women & Science Award
Field of study
Chemistry

Jacqueline Barton on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://earthsky.org/human-world/jacqueline-barton-says-dna-like-a-wire-for-signaling
  2. http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jkbgrp
  3. http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/medalofscience50/dervan-barton.jsp