Jill Banfield | |
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Born | Jillian Fiona Banfield 18 August 1959 |
Alma mater | Australian National University (BSc) Johns Hopkins University (PhD) |
Awards | Leeuwenhoek Medal (2023) Fellow of the Royal Society (2018) V. M. Goldschmidt Award (2017) American Society for Microbiology Fellow (2015) Australian Academy of Science (2015) Dana Medal (2010) |
Scientific career | |
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Institutions | University of Melbourne University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Tokyo University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | HRTEM studies of subsolidus alteration, weathering, and subsequent diagenetic and low-grade metamorphic reactions (1990) |
Doctoral advisor | David R. Veblen[2] |
Website | nanogeoscience |
Jillian Fiona Banfield FRS FAA (born Armidale, Australia) is professor at the University of California, Berkeley with appointments in the Earth Science, Ecosystem Science and Materials Science and Engineering departments.[3] She is the director of microbiology the Innovative Genomics Institute, is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and has a position at the University of Melbourne, Australia.[3] Some of her most noted work includes publications on the structure and functioning of microbial communities and the nature, properties and reactivity (especially crystal growth) of nanomaterials.[1][4][5]
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