Cynthia J. Burrows is Giving the Siegfried Hünig Lecture 2018

Dr. Cynthia J. Burrows is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah and the inaugural holder of the Thatcher Presidential Endowed Chair of Biological Chemistry. She is a physical organic chemist and was trained at the University of Colorado (B.A.) and at Cornell University (New York, Ph.D). She conducted postdoctoral research with Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn in Strasbourg and held faculty appointments at the University of Stony Brook (New York) before moving to the University of Utah in 1995. Her research is focused on chemical modifications to DNA and RNA bases, and she is a recognized expert in the chemistry of DNA damage by oxidative stress. She identified hyperoxidized DNA lessions and develops single-molecule sequencing of DNA modifications using nanopore technology.

Burrows’ outstanding research was recognized with a number of awards including the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society (2008), the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (2018) and the 2018 Willard Gibbs Medal of the Chicago Section of the ACS. She also received the University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award (2011) and the Linda K. Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women (2014). She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2014. She has been a member of numerous editorial boards and review panels, was Senior Editor of the Journal of Organic Chemistry, and is Editor-in-Chief of Accounts of Chemical Research.

The Siegfried Hünig Lecture 2018 will take place on June 7th, at 4:45 pm in lecture hall B, located in the central building of the chemistry center.