Jillian Buriak
{{short description|Canadian nanotechnologist}}
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Purdue University
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Jillian M. Buriak FRSC is a Canadian chemist, formerly a Canada Research Chair{{Cite web|url=http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/lists-listes/2016/february-fevrier-eng.aspx|title=Canada Research Chairs|last=Chairs|first=Government of Canada, Industry Canada, Canada Research|website=www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-08-28|date=2012-11-29}} in nanomaterials at University of Alberta. She is known for her work developing flexible, lightweight solar cells made from nanoparticles.
Education and career
Buriak completed an A.B. degree at Harvard University (1990) and a Ph.D. at Université Louis Pasteur (1995), Strasbourg, working on organometallic chemistry and catalysis. She held a postdoctoral appointment at the Scripps Research Institute at La Jolla, California, working on self-assembly of nanostructures on surfaces.
Buriak started her independent faculty career at Purdue University in 1997, was promoted to associate professor, with tenure, in 2001. In 2003, she joined the University of Alberta as a full professor.
From 2003 to 2008, Buriak was on the Board of Reviewing Editors (BoRE) at Science (handling 7-10 papers per week). She was an associate editor at ACS Nano from 2009 to 2013 (handling >500 papers per year). In 2014, she was appointed as the editor-in-chief of Chemistry of Materials, handling ~5000 papers per year.{{Cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/cmatex/profile.html|title=Editor Profile|website=pubs.acs.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-28}}
Research interests
Buriak is interested in materials for energy, nanomaterials synthesis, silicon surface chemistry, and block copolymer self assembly.{{Cite web|url=http://buriak.chem.ualberta.ca/|title=Buriak Research Group|website=buriak.chem.ualberta.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-08-28}}
By spraying a plastic surface with nanomaterials, her work showed the ability to fabricate a transparent layer of electrode that acts as solar cells. Due to their flexibility, they could be incorporated onto different surfaces.{{Cite news|url=http://axial.acs.org/2017/09/14/thankascientist-jillian-buriak/|title=#ThankAScientist – Jillian Buriak - ACS Axial: Your Bond With Chemistry Research|date=2017-09-14|work=ACS Axial: Your Bond With Chemistry Research|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en-US}}
Selected honors
- 2009: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada{{cite web|url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/search-fellows?last_name=buriak&sort_by=last_name&sort_order=ASC|title=RSC Fellows Directory|access-date=2020-02-29}}
- 2009: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science{{cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/fellows/historic|title=AAAS - Historic Fellows|access-date=2020-02-29}}
- 2005: Rutherford Memorial Medal (Chemistry) of the Royal Society of Canada{{cite web|url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/awards-excellence/past-award-winners|title=RSC - Past Award Winners|date=21 October 2018 |access-date=2020-02-29}}
- Canada Research Chair of Nanomaterials
- Canada's Top 40 Under 40 {{cn|date=July 2024}}
- ACS Pure Chemistry Award {{cn|date=July 2024}}
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award {{cn|date=July 2024}}
- Fresenius Award {{cn|date=July 2024}}
- Cottrell Teacher-Scholar {{cn|date=July 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/materials/profile.html|title=Chemistry of Materials - Editor-in-Chief|publisher=ACS Publications|access-date=2020-02-29}}
- {{cite web|url=https://axial.acs.org/2017/09/14/thankascientist-jillian-buriak/|title=#ThankAScientist – Jillian Buriak|date=14 September 2017 |publisher=ACS Publications|access-date=2020-02-29}}
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