Education
Ph. D., M. S., Department of Applied Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dissertation: Direct Correlation of Protein Structure and Function Using High-Pressure X-Ray Crystallography [PDF, Finalist for Weber Prize]
Advisor: Prof. Sol M. Gruner
M. Sci. (1st class), Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK
Thesis: Detailed Numerical Modeling of Microdroplet Explosions
Advisor: Prof. Roland Smith
Dissertation: Direct Correlation of Protein Structure and Function Using High-Pressure X-Ray Crystallography [PDF, Finalist for Weber Prize]
Advisor: Prof. Sol M. Gruner
M. Sci. (1st class), Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK
Thesis: Detailed Numerical Modeling of Microdroplet Explosions
Advisor: Prof. Roland Smith
Honors and Awards
- Burroughs-Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface, 2012-present.
- Finalist for the Gregorio Weber International Prize in Biological Fluorescence, 2011.
- NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32GM089028), 2010-present.
- William Nichols Findley Exceptional Research Award, Cornell University, 2009.
Research Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Pamela Silver, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 2009-Present.
- Graduate Research Assistant with Prof. Sol Gruner, Department of Applied Physics, Cornell University Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics, 2003-2009.
- Graduate Research Assistant with Profs. Sol Gruner and Hasan Padamsee, Energy Recovery Linac Project, Cornell University Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics, 2002-2003.
- Masters Research Assistant with Prof. Roland Smith, Quantum Optics and Laser Science Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, 2000-2001.
- Undergraduate Researcher with Prof. Jon Marangos, Quantum Optics and Laser Science Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, 2000.
Professional Experience
- Researcher in label-free microfluidic DNA sequencing technology, DeltaDOT, London, 2001.
Teaching Experience
- Graduate TA, "AEP321: Mathematical Physics I", Cornell Applied and Engineering Physics, Fall 2001.
- Graduate TA, "AEP322: Mathematical Physics II", Cornell Applied and Engineering Physics, Spring 2002.
Invited Talks
- B Barstow, "Direct Correlation of Protein Structure and Function by High-Pressure X-Ray Crystallography", presented at the 8th International Weber Symposium on Innovative in Biochemistry and Medicine, Kauai, Hawaii, June 12-17, 2011.
- B Barstow, "Direct Correlation of Protein Structure and Function Using
High-Pressure X-Ray Crystallography", Physics Department Colloquium, Boston University, April 23, 2010. - B Barstow, N Ando, CU Kim, J D’Acchioli and SM Gruner, "Pressure Perturbations of Citrine Structure Lead to a Fluorescence Shift", G-Line Symposium, Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, September 26, 2007.
- B Barstow, "A Brilliant, Ephemeral Light", 1st Okinawa Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, October 18, 2003.
- B Barstow, "A Brilliant, Penetrating Light", Fermilab, Batavia, IL, July 14, 2003.
Poster Presentations
- "A Synthetic System Links FeFe-hydrogenases to Essential E. coli Sulfur Metabolism", B Barstow, CM Agapakis, PM Boyle, G Grandl, PA Silver and EH Wintermute, Protein Society Annual Symposium, Boston, MA, July 23-27, 2011.
- "A Synthetic System Links FeFe-hydrogenases to Essential E. coli Sulfur Metabolism", B Barstow, CM Agapakis, PM Boyle, G Grandl, PA Silver and EH Wintermute, Synthetic Biology 5.0, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, June 15-17, 2011.
- "Engineering A Reverse Bacterial Fuel Cell", B Barstow, W Hicks, M Mattozzi, EA Parra, Colby Stoddard, PR Girguis, PA Silver and J Way, presented at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, Washington, DC, February 28 - March 2, 2011.
- "The Fluorescence Peak Shift of Citrine Under High Pressure", B Barstow, N Ando, CU Kim, J D’Acchioli and SM Gruner, Biophysical Society Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 3-7, 2007.