Jillian Banfield
Jill Banfield | |
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Jillian Banfield at the Royal Society admissions day in July 2018 | |
| 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 |
| 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. 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. 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.