Jacqueline K. Barton
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Jacqueline K. Barton is an American chemist renowned for her pioneering work on the chemistry of DNA, particularly electron transfer through DNA and its implications for biological processes and disease.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jacqueline K. Barton canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4253215 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacqueline K. Barton Context triple: [Peter B. Dervan, notableStudent, Jacqueline K. Barton]
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A.
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Carolyn R. Bertozzi is an American chemist renowned for pioneering bioorthogonal chemistry, work that earned her a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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B.
Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the directed evolution of enzymes, revolutionizing fields from green chemistry to biotechnology.
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C.
Peter B. Dervan
Peter B. Dervan is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry, particularly the design of small molecules that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences.
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D.
Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
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E.
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacqueline K. Barton Target entity description: Jacqueline K. Barton is an American chemist renowned for her pioneering work on the chemistry of DNA, particularly electron transfer through DNA and its implications for biological processes and disease.
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A.
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Carolyn R. Bertozzi is an American chemist renowned for pioneering bioorthogonal chemistry, work that earned her a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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B.
Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the directed evolution of enzymes, revolutionizing fields from green chemistry to biotechnology.
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C.
Peter B. Dervan
Peter B. Dervan is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry, particularly the design of small molecules that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences.
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D.
Fraser Stoddart
Fraser Stoddart is a Scottish-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the design and synthesis of mechanically interlocked molecular architectures such as rotaxanes and catenanes.
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E.
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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chemist ⓘ person ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts in chemistry
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PhD in inorganic chemistry ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry
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ACS Award in Pure Chemistry ⓘ Garvan–Olin Medal ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Priestley Medal ⓘ Weizmann Women and Science Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Barnard College
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer |
California Institute of Technology
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| familyName | Barton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
DNA chemistry
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bioinorganic chemistry ⓘ biophysical chemistry ⓘ chemistry ⓘ electron transfer in DNA ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacqueline ⓘ |
| knownFor |
applications of DNA charge transport to biosensing
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linking DNA charge transport to DNA repair pathways ⓘ studies of DNA-mediated charge transport ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Jacqueline K. Barton ⓘ |
| notableFor |
demonstrating that DNA can mediate long-range charge transport
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elucidating the role of DNA-mediated charge transport in DNA damage and repair ⓘ pioneering studies of electron transfer through DNA ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at California Institute of Technology
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faculty member at Columbia University ⓘ professor of chemistry at California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
DNA structure and dynamics
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biological implications of long-range electron transfer in DNA ⓘ metallo-intercalators of DNA ⓘ oxidative DNA damage ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Pasadena, California
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linked to:
Pasadena
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Instruction
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Subject: Jacqueline K. Barton Description of subject: Jacqueline K. Barton is an American chemist renowned for her pioneering work on the chemistry of DNA, particularly electron transfer through DNA and its implications for biological processes and disease.
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