Jillian Buriak
Professor, Editor-In-Chief for Chemistry of Materials, University of Alberta
Green chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Materials and surfaces, Nanotechnology, Natural resources and energy, Solar cells, Nanopatterns, Semiconductors, Block copolymers, Surface chemistry, Nanostructures, Nanoparticles, Metal nanostructures, Metal oxide nanostructures, Self-assembly, Renewable energy, Cleantech
Media
U of A chemistry department produces hundreds of litres of hand sanitizer
Cheap, spray-on solar cells developed by Canadian researchers
University of Alberta receives $18.6-million grant for research on permafrost, nanotechnology
Biography
Jillian Buriak received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1990, and a Ph.D. from the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, in 1995. After an NSERC postdoctoral appointment at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. Buriak started her independent faculty career at Purdue University in 1997, being promoted to associate professor with tenure, in 2001. In 2003 she joined the University of Alberta as a full professor, Canada Research Chair, and Senior Research Officer.