Jacqueline Barton

Jacqueline Barton
Jacqueline Barton
	Jacqueline Barton, AIC Gold Medal, 2015
Born	Jacqueline Ann Kapelman; May 7, 1952; New York City
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Barnard College; Columbia University
Spouses	Donald J. Barton (m. 1973); Peter Dervan (m. 1990);
Awards	NSF Waterman Award (1985); ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1988); MacArthur Foundation fellow (1991); Garvan–Olin Medal (1992); William H. Nichols Medal (1997); Weizmann Women & Science Award (1998); ACS Gibbs Medal (2006); Linus Pauling Award (2007); National Medal of Science (2011); AIC Gold Medal (2015); Priestley Medal (2015); Centenary Prize (2018); Welch Award (2023)
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Bell Labs; Yale University; Hunter College; Columbia University; California Institute of Technology
Thesis	The structure and chemical reactivity of a blue platinum complex: The interaction of antitumor platinum drugs and a metallointercalation reagent with nucleic acids (1979)
Doctoral advisor	Stephen J. Lippard
Other academic advisors	Robert G. Shulman (post doctoral advisor)
Doctoral students	Michelle R. Arkin; Christine S. Chow; Sarah Delaney; Duncan Odom; Shana O. Kelley; Anna Marie Pyle;
Other notable students	MS students: Michael Purugganan; Post-docs: Catherine J. Murphy;
Website	www.its.caltech.edu/~jkbgrp/BartonBiography.htm

Jacqueline K. Barton (born May 7, 1952 New York City, NY), is an American chemist. She worked as a professor of chemistry at Hunter College (1980–82), and at Columbia University (1983–89) before joining the California Institute of Technology. In 1997 she became the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry and from 2009 to 2019, the Norman Davidson Leadership Chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech. She currently is the John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Emerita.

Barton studies the chemical and physical properties of DNA and their roles in biological activities. 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 such as targeted chemotherapeutic treatments for cancer. Among many other awards, Barton has received the 2011 National Medal of Science and the 2015 Priestley Medal.

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