Jillian Buriak

Jillian Buriak
NationalityCanadian
OccupationProfessor
TitleCanada Research Chair
Academic background
EducationHarvard University
Alma materUniversité Louis Pasteur
Academic work
DisciplineChemistry
Sub-disciplineNanotechnology
InstitutionsUniversity of Alberta,
Purdue University

Jillian M. Buriak FRSC is a Canadian chemist, formerly a Canada Research Chair[1] 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.[2]

Research interests

Buriak is interested in materials for energy, nanomaterials synthesis, silicon surface chemistry, and block copolymer self assembly.[3]

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.[4]

Selected honors

References

  1. ^ Chairs, Government of Canada, Industry Canada, Canada Research (2012-11-29). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Editor Profile". pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  3. ^ "Buriak Research Group". buriak.chem.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  4. ^ "#ThankAScientist – Jillian Buriak - ACS Axial: Your Bond With Chemistry Research". ACS Axial: Your Bond With Chemistry Research. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. ^ "RSC Fellows Directory". Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  6. ^ "AAAS - Historic Fellows". Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  7. ^ "RSC - Past Award Winners". Retrieved 2020-02-29.