Lisa Barton, Ph.D.
Doctoral Thesis: Methods for the Functionalization of Strained Rings: Applications in Total Synthesis, Pharmaceuticals, and Energetics
Undergraduate Institution: Northeastern University
Noteworthy Publications: Building C(sp3)-rich complexity by combining cycloaddition and C–C cross-coupling reactions, Nature (2018)
Honors & Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP) recipient (2018-present); ARCS Scholar (2019-present); Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship (2019-2020); American Chemical Society (ACS) Women Chemists Committee Travel Award (2020); Henry and Rose Starr Scholarship Award (2020-2021)
Favorite Aspects of Graduate Studies: "My favorite aspect of being at Scripps has been that not only has the science been amazing, but so have the people that I've gotten a chance to learn from and become friends with over the years, and they're going to be some of the friendships that are going to last throughout the rest of my life."
Next Steps: "After Scripps, I plan on joining Genentech and becoming a medicinal chemist, working towards developing novel small molecule therapeutics."
Be sure to join us at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 21 for our Virtual Commencement Ceremony! Barton's advisor and mentor, Prof. Phil Baran, will deliver a few words (as will Barton) about her graduate experience, and viewers can learn about our 41 other 2021 graduates, who are now setting out to build careers that will impact the future of biomedical research.
