Barbara Burgess

Barbara Kathryn Burgess (December 31, 1950 – December 30, 2001) was an American biologist known for her work in the fields of metallobiochemistry and nitrogen fixation. She was a professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at University of California, Irvine.

Early life and education Burgess was born and raised in Cleveland and attended public school throughout her childhood. She matriculated at Purdue University at the age of 17 and graduated in three years; she remained there for her doctoral studies in biochemistry and microbiology and graduated with her Ph.D. at 25. Her doctoral thesis concerned nitrogen fixation and the mechanisms involved in each reaction.

Honors and awards 1998 Guggenheim Fellow Fulbright Fellow Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Lauds and Laurels Faculty Achievement Award, UC Irvine (posthumous) Chair, National Institutes of Health Study Section on Metallobiochemistry