Bridgette Anne Barry (March 1, 1957 – January 20, 2021)[1] was an American biophysicist and biochemist. She was a professor and researcher of molecular biophysics and biochemistry in the Georgia Tech chemistry and biochemistry department from 2003 until her death. Her research focused on protein electron and oxygen evolution mechanisms.

Bridgette Barry
BornMarch 1, 1957
DiedJanuary 20, 2021(2021-01-20) (aged 63)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley Oberlin College
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular Biophysics
InstitutionsGeorgia Tech University of Minnesota

Education

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Barry attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, and received a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry with high honors in 1978. She later received her Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in December 1984.[2]

Career

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Barry began her teaching career at the University of Minnesota in 1988 as a professor and later became a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003.[2][3][4]

Research

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Barry's lab focused on how the protein matrix facilitates biological catalysis by utilizing spectroscopic, biochemical, and structural techniques to describe the reaction coordinate. Some topics include photosynthetic water oxidation and solar energy conversion, biomimetic peptide models, and proton-coupled electron transfer and DNA synthesis.[3]

Awards and honors

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Barry held the Graduate Opportunity Fellowship at the University of California (1982-1983), McKnight Postdoctoral Fellowship at Michigan State University (1985), Public Health Service Award at the National Institutes of Health (1985-1988), Faculty Summer Research Fellowship at the University of Minnesota (1989), fellowship at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009), and fellowship at the American Chemical Society (2010).

She participated in the Bush Foundation Faculty Development Program (1992-1993) and received the Bush Sabbatical Award from the University of Minnesota in 1997. During that same year, Barry also received the Career Advancement Award from the National Science Foundation. She is a national honorary member of Iota Sigma Pi.[2]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ "Bridgette Barry Obituary - Sandy Springs, GA". Dignity Memorial. SCI Shared Resources, LLC. 2021-01-27. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Georgia Tech Chemistry & Biochemistry". www.chemistry.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  3. ^ a b "Home | Barry Lab". ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  4. ^ Schmidt-Krey, Ingeborg; Braiman, Mark S.; Britt, R. David (2021-04-19). "Memorial Viewpoint for Bridgette Barry". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125 (18): 4583–4584. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03098. ISSN 1520-6106. PMID 33872027.