Jillian M. Buriak was appointed in January 2007. Dr. Buriak has been a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, and Senior Research Officer and Group Leader at the National Institute for Nanotechnology since 2003. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of inorganic chemistry at Purdue University. She is a 2007 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship. She received her Ph.D. from the Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
