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Malika Jeffries-EL is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Boston University studying organic semiconductors.[1] Specifically, her research focuses on developing organic semiconductors that take advantage of the processing power of polymers and the electronic properties of semiconductors to create innovative electronic devices.[3] She was elected as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2018.[4]
Malika Jeffries-EL | |
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Alma mater | Wellesley College George Washington University |
Awards | Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2018) National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2009) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic electronics[1] |
Institutions | Boston University Iowa State University Carnegie Mellon University |
Thesis | Synthesis and characterization of π-conjugated polymers utilizing A -B monomers (2002) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard M. Tarkka[2] |
Other academic advisors | Richard D. McCullough |
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Jeffries-EL is from Brooklyn, New York and was the first in her immediate family to attend college.[5] She was inspired to become a scientist by Mae Jemison, an American engineer, physicist, and astronaut who was the first black woman to travel to space.[6] Jeffries-EL earned BA degrees in Chemistry and Africana Studies from Wellesley College in 1996.[5][7] In 1999 she earned her master's degree in chemistry from The George Washington University (GWU). In 2002, Jeffries-EL completed her PhD in Synthetic Chemistry at GWU. Richard Tarkka supervised her.[2][7][8]
After completing her PhD, Jeffries-EL worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University under the supervision of Richard D. McCullough from 2002 to 2005.[4] While there, she worked on the synthesis and field-effect mobility of polythiophene.[9][10] In 2005, she joined the faculty at Iowa State University and was promoted to tenure in 2012.[11][12] Jeffries-EL works on organic semiconductors.[13][14]
Jeffries-EL served as a Martin Luther King visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2014 and 2015.[15][16][17] Here, her group focused on the synthesis of polymer building blocks, including heterocyclic electron-rich (donor) and electron-poor (acceptor) units.[18][19] For electron-deficient units, Jeffries-EL develops benzobisazoles.[20][21] She is interested in cross-conjugated organic semiconductors, including benzodifurans, as well as functional Polythiophenes.[22][23] She uses the materials for organic solar cells, transistors and light-emitting diodes.[24]
In 2015 Jeffries-EL was selected as the 8th Annual Goldstein Distinguished Lecturer by Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering.[25] She was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society meeting.[26]
In 2016 she joined Boston University as a tenured associate professor.[27]
Jeffries-EL has nearly 100 publications.[1] Some of her notable/highly cited publications include the following:
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