Jillian F. Banfield

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Jillian Fiona "Jill" Banfield (born August 18, 1959 in Armidale , New South Wales ) is an Australian - American microbiologist and geologist ( geomicrobiology , environmental microbiology ) at the University of California, Berkeley .

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Banfield studied geology at the Australian National University (1981 Bachelor, 1995 Master with Richard A. Eggleton ). In 1990 she received both a Masters and a Ph.D. from David R. Veblen at Johns Hopkins University. in geosciences. Banfield worked for the Western Mining Corporation in 1982/83 .

In 1990 she received her first professorship (Assistant Professor) at the University of Wisconsin – Madison , in 1995 she became Associate Professor , and in 1999 she was given a full professorship. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo on several occasions . In 2001 she moved to the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley . She also holds professorships at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and at the University of Melbourne .

Banfield is considered a pioneer in geobiology . It was able to contribute significantly to the understanding of the microorganisms below the earth's surface (see next ). She is concerned with how microorganisms shape their environment and how the environment influences the microorganisms. She uses methods from genomics , metagenomics and community proteomics . She works on the influence of microbes on the dissolution and precipitation of minerals, on the influence on the structure, properties and reactivity of nanoparticles as well as on the ecology and evolution of microorganisms. Other fields of work are the weathering of rock and the extremophilicity of microorganisms.

According to the Scopus database, Banfield has an h-index of 104, and according to Google Scholar one of 124 (as of May 2020).

Banfield is married to Perry Smith. The couple has three children.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Banfield, Jillian F. In: scopus.com. Scopus , accessed May 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Jillian BANFIELD. In: scholar.google.com. Google Scholar , accessed May 21, 2020 .
  3. ^ Jillian Banfield. In: macfound.org. MacArthur Foundation , July 1, 1999, accessed May 21, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Jill Banfield. In: gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, accessed May 21, 2020 .
  5. ^ Jillian Banfield. In: nasonline.org. National Academy of Sciences , accessed May 21, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Dana Medal. In: minsocam.org. Mineralogical Society of America , accessed May 21, 2020 .
  7. ↑ 13th Annual L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards 2011 ( Memento from July 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ Franklin Institute (Ed.): Jillian F. Banfield . 2011 ( fi.edu [accessed May 21, 2020]).
  9. ↑ Corresponding member admitted to Academy. In: science.org.au. Australian Academy of Science , June 26, 2015, accessed May 21, 2020 .
  10. ^ VM Goldschmidt Award. In: geochemcoc.org. Geochemical Society , accessed May 21, 2020 .
  11. ^ Jillian Banfield. In: royalsociety.org. Royal Society , accessed May 21, 2020 .
  12. ^ HC Urey Award. In: eag.eu.com. European Association of Geochemistry, accessed on May 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Banfield, Jillian F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Banfield, Jillian; Banfield, Jillian Fiona; Banfield, Jill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian-American microbiologist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Armidale , New South Wales