Professor
Cynthia J. Burrows
University of Utah
Chemist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Chemistry
Elected
2009
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry. Discovered new heterocyclic structures, generated during oxidative DNA damage, that have had a critical impact on unraveling the molecular origin of mutations associated with aging and cancer. Leading authority on mechanisms of guanine oxidation in duplex and G-quadruplex DNA, DNA-protein cross-linking, and biochemical responses of DNA processing enzymes to nucleobase lesions.
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