Jennifer M. Heemstra

Jen Heemstra
Born
Jennifer Margaret Cary
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
University of California, Irvine
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Utah
Emory University
Washington University in St. Louis
ThesisFolding-Promoted Reactivity and Tunable Structure of Pyridine-Containing M-Phenylene Ethynylene Helical Cavitands (2005)
Doctoral advisorJeffrey S. Moore
Websitewww.heemstralab.com

Jennifer Margaret Heemstra (née Cary) is a Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research makes use of the ability of nucleic acids to self-assemble and recognise other molecules. Alongside her research, Heemstra is a science communicator and writes a regular column for Chemical & Engineering News.