Barbara Ann Baird (born 1951) is an American cell biologist and biophysicist.
[1] Baird completed a bachelor's of science degree in chemistry at Knox College,[2][3] graduating in 1973.
[4] She obtained a doctorate in the subject at Cornell University, where she later held the Horace White Professorship.
[2][3] She was a Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Cancer Institute.
[1] Baird was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1993,[5] and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006)[6][7][8] and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008).