Jennifer Barton
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Director, BIO5 Institute
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Professor of Biosystems Engineering
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Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Professor of Medical Imaging
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Professor of Optical Sciences
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Professor, BIO5 Institute
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.
Barton develops miniature endoscopes that combine multiple optical imaging techniques, particularly optical coherence tomography and fluorescence spectroscopy. She evaluates the suitability of these endoscopic techniques for detecting early cancer development in patients and pre-clinical models. Additionally, her research into light-tissue interaction and dynamic optical properties of blood laid the groundwork for a novel therapeutic laser to treat disorders of the skin’s blood vessels. She has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal papers in these research areas. She is a fellow of SPIE- the International Optics Society, and a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1999 - Ongoing)
- McDonnell Douglas (1988 - 1994)
Interests
Teaching
Biomedical EngineeringBioinstrumentation
Research
Biomedical OpticsOptical Coherence TomographyFluorescence SpectroscopyTissue OpticsColon CancerOvarian Cancer
Courses
Challenges Biomed Engrng
BME 295C (Spring 2023)
BME 295C (Spring 2022)
BME 295C (Spring 2021)
BME 295C (Spring 2020)
BME 295C (Spring 2019)
BME 295C (Spring 2018)
BME 295C (Spring 2017)
BME 295C (Spring 2016)
Honors Independent Study
BME 299H (Spring 2022)
BME 299H (Fall 2021)
BME 299H (Spring 2021)
OPTI 299H (Fall 2018)
Directed Research
BME 492 (Spring 2024)
BME 492 (Fall 2023)
BME 492 (Spring 2023)
BME 492 (Spring 2018)
BME 492 (Fall 2017)
BME 492 (Spring 2017)
ECE 492 (Fall 2022)
OPTI 492 (Summer I 2016)
Rsrch Meth Biomed Engr
BME 592 (Fall 2022)
BME 592 (Spring 2022)
BME 597G (Fall 2019)
BME 597G (Fall 2018)
BME 597G (Spring 2017)
CBIO GIDP Seminar Series
CBIO 596H (Spring 2019)
CBIO 596H (Spring 2018)
CBIO 596H (Spring 2017)
Independent Study
BME 599 (Fall 2023)
OPTI 599 (Fall 2022)
OPTI 599 (Spring 2020)
Research Conference
CBIO 695A (Fall 2018)
CBIO 695A (Fall 2017)
Directed Graduate Research
OPTI 792 (Spring 2024)
OPTI 792 (Fall 2023)
OPTI 792 (Spring 2022)
OPTI 792 (Fall 2021)
OPTI 792 (Spring 2021)
OPTI 792 (Fall 2020)
OPTI 792 (Spring 2020)
OPTI 792 (Spring 2017)
Research
BME 900 (Fall 2020)
Thesis
BME 910 (Spring 2023)
BME 910 (Fall 2022)
BME 910 (Spring 2018)
BME 910 (Fall 2017)
OPTI 910 (Fall 2024)
OPTI 910 (Spring 2019)
OPTI 910 (Fall 2018)
OPTI 910 (Fall 2017)
OPTI 910 (Spring 2017)
OPTI 910 (Fall 2016)
Dissertation
BME 920 (Fall 2024)
BME 920 (Spring 2024)
BME 920 (Fall 2023)
BME 920 (Spring 2023)
BME 920 (Fall 2022)
BME 920 (Spring 2022)
BME 920 (Spring 2016)
CBIO 920 (Fall 2018)
CBIO 920 (Fall 2017)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2024)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2024)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2023)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2023)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2022)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2022)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2021)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2021)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2020)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2020)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2019)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2019)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2018)
OPTI 920 (Fall 2016)
OPTI 920 (Spring 2016)
Awards
- Women of Impact
- Research Innovation & Impact, University of Arizona, Fall 2022
- Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair
- College of Engineering, Fall 2020
- Best Campus Collaborator
- Tech Launch Arizona, Spring 2019
- President's Award
- SPIE, Fall 2016