Distinguished Chair, Thomas R Brown | Professor, Medical Imaging | Professor, BIO5 Institute | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Director, BIO5 Institute | Professor, Biomedical Engineering | Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering | Professor, Agricultural-Biosystems Engineering | Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP | Professor, Optical Sciences
Jennifer Barton received the BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and University of California Irvine, respectively. She worked for McDonnell Douglas now Boeing) on the Space Station program before returning to The University of Texas at Austin to obtain the Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 1998. She is currently Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Optical Sciences, and Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Arizona. She has served as department head of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Vice President for Research, Interim Vice President for Research, and is currently Interim Director of the BIO5 Institute, a collaborative research institute dedicated to solving complex biology-based problems affecting humanity.