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Jacqueline K. BartonProfessor and Chair, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

Born May 7, 1952 in New York, New York.

Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton is the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She also oversees The Barton Research Group at Caltech.

Dr. Barton’s work focuses on the chemical and physical properties of DNA and the biological implications of those properties. Her research has developed DNA-based electrochemical sensors and probes that provide the foundation for the ...

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