Malika Jeffries-EL
· Associate Professor (Chemistry, MSE),Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & SciencesBoston University · Electrical and Computer Engineering
Active 2004–2024
About
Malika Jeffries-EL, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and a faculty member in Materials Science & Engineering at Boston University. She serves as the Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Her educational background includes a B.A. in Chemistry and Africana Studies from Wellesley College, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from The George Washington University, and postdoctoral experience as a Carnegie Mellon University Mendenhall Fellow. Her research focuses on the development of organic semiconductors, which are materials that combine the processing properties of polymers with the electronic properties of semiconductors. Dr. Jeffries-EL has received numerous honors and awards, including the American Chemical Society Rising Star Award in 2012, the Lloyd Ferguson Award in 2009, and the NSF CAREER Award in 2009. She is actively involved in the scientific community as an editorial advisory board member for Chemical and Engineering News, an associate editor for the Journal of Materials Chemistry, and a member of the Materials Research Society. Her work emphasizes advancing materials science with a focus on organic electronic materials.
Awards & honors
- Mendenhall Fellow, Smith College
- Emerald Honors for most promising minority scientist, 2008
- Lloyd Ferguson Award, 2009
- NSF CAREER Award, 2009
- ACS Women Chemist Committee Rising Star Award, 2012
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