Jillian M. Buriak FRSC is a Canadian chemist, currently a

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Nanomaterials * Nanomaterials describe, in principle, materials of which a single unit is sized (in at least one dimension) between 1 and 100 nm (the usual definition of nanoscale). Nanomaterials research takes a materials science-based approach to nan ...

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and a Fellow of the

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and

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. She is known for her work developing flexible, lightweight solar cells made from nanoparticles. By spraying a plastic surface with nanomaterials, she's able to fabricate a transparent layer of electrode that acts as solar cells. Due to the flexibility, they could be incorporated onto different surfaces. She has an A.B. degree from

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(1990) and a Ph.D. from

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(1995), Strasbourg, working on organometallic chemistry and catalysis. She held a postdoctoral appointment at the

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, California, working on self-assembly of nanostructures on surfaces. Buriak started her independent faculty career at

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in 1997, was promoted to associate professor, with tenure, in 2001. In 2003, she joined the

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 ''

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'' from 2009 to 2013 (handling >500 papers per year). In 2014, she was appointed as the editor-in-chief of ''

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'' handling ~5000 papers per year.

Selected honors

*2009: Fellow of the

*2009:

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*2005:

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(Chemistry) of the Royal Society of Canada *Canada Research Chair of Nanomaterials *Canada's Top 40 Under 40 *ACS Pure Chemistry Award *Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award *Fresenius Award *Cottrell Teacher-Scholar

Research interests

* Materials for Energy * Nanomaterials Synthesis * Silicon Surface Chemistry * Block Copolymer Self Assembly

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buriak, Jillian Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Academic staff of the University of Alberta Canadian chemists Women chemists Canadian nanotechnologists Harvard University alumni University of Strasbourg alumni Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Place of birth missing (living people) Academic journal editors Purdue University faculty