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Jacqueline K. Barton, Unwavering Chemistry Champion

Awards: DNA electron transport guru took home the 2015 Priestley Medal

by Lauren K. Wolf
December 21, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 49

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“The next time someone asks you what you do, and you say ‘chemistry,’ and they say ‘ugh,’ please stop and tell them what you do, what you are excited about.”

—Caltech’s Jacqueline K. Barton, the 2015 recipient of the Priestley Medal, the American Chemical Society’s highest honor


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