Barbara Ann Baird (born 1951) is an American cell biologist and biophysicist. Baird's research investigates receptor-mediated cell signaling, including how cellular membranes are involved in targeting/regulating signaling pathways.[1]

Education and career

Baird completed a bachelor's of science degree in chemistry at Knox College,[2][3] graduating in 1973.[4] She obtained a doctorate in the subject at Cornell University, where she later held the Horace White Professorship.[2][3] She was a Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Cancer Institute.[1]

Honors

Baird was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1993,[5] and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006)[6][7][8] and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008).[4][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Barbara A. Baird | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology". chemistry.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  2. 1 2 "Biophysical Investigations of Plasma Membrane Receptors and Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Responses". Cornell University. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Barbara A. Baird". Cornell University. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Knox grad Barbara Baird elected to AAAS". Knox College. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Barbara A. Baird". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "AAAS Fellows" (PDF). American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Barbara A. Baird". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "SVERDRUP LECTURE FEATURES BARBARA BAIRD OF CORNELL". Augsburg University. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Professor Barbara A. Baird". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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