Professor of Chemistry, University of Alberta
Canada Research Chair of Nanomaterials for Energy
Alberta Innovates Industry Chair of Sun-Powered Generation of Fuels and Power
Follow @jburiak
Executive Editor, ACS Nano
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
| 05/2020 | 2020 ACS Nano Lectureship Award |
| 03/2020 | 2020 Ursa Lectureship at the 5th annual University of California Chemical Symposium (UCCS) |
| 12/2019 | McRae Lecture (Queen's University) |
| 12/2019 | Québec Centre for Advanced Materials (CQMF) Annual Lectureship |
| 09/2019 | D. B. Robinson Lecture (University of Alberta) |
| 04/2019 | Hach Lectureship (Colorado State University) |
| 10/2018 | Covestro Distinguished Lectureship (endowed lectureship from the University of Pittsburgh) |
| 05/2018 | Rio Tinto Alcan Award (Canadian Society for Chemistry) |
| 04/2018 | Xing Da Lectureship (endowed lectureship from Peking University) |
| 10/2017 | Covestro Lecturer in Sustainability (endowed lectureship from the University of Minnesota) |
| 05/2017 | E. W. R. Steacie Award (Canadian Society for Chemistry) |
| 04/2016 | Burghausen Chemistry Award from the City of Burghausen (Germany) |
| 10/2015 - 09/2022 | Canada Research Chair (Tier I) of Nanomaterials for Energy |
| 06/2015 | Arthur K. Doolittle Award |
| 01/2015 | Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) |
| 10/2014 | Killam Annual Professorship |
| 04/2014 - 03/2019 | Alberta Innovates Industrial Chair of Sun-Powered Generation of Fuels and Power |
| 05/2013 | Clara Benson Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry |
| 12/2009 | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 09/2009 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) |
| 10/2008 | Canada Research Chair (Tier I) of Nanomaterials |
| 03/2007 - 03/2009 | E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (NSERC) |
| 03/2006 | Faculty of Science Research Prize |
| 11/2005 | Martha Cook Piper Research Prize |
| 07/2005 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC-UK) |
| 05/2005 | Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry (RSC) |
| 04/2004 | WISET (Women in Science Engineering and Technology) Fellow |
| 03/2003 | Young Global Leader – World Economic Forum |
| 05/2002 - 05/2004 | Canada Research Chair (Tier II) of Inorganic and Nanoscale Materials |
| 04/2004 | Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 (Globe & Mail) |
| 03/2003 | ACS Pure Chemistry Award |
| 05/2002 - 05/2004 | Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award |
| 09/2001 | Fresenius Award (Phi Lambda Upsilon) |
| 04/2000 - 04/2002 | Cottrell Teacher-Scholar (fellowship from Research Corporation) |
| 04/1999 - 03/2003 | 3M Untenured Faculty Award |
| 08/1997 - 08/2002 | School of Science Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (Purdue University) |
| 06/1995 - 06/1997 | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow |
| 09/1991 - 05/1995 | National Science Foundation Career Award (4 year NSF grant) |
| 08/1997 - 08/2002 | Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award (5 year grant) |
| 06/1995 - 06/1997 | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 09/1991 - 05/1995 | French Government Scholar (Boursière du Gouvernement Français – Ministère des Affaires Etrangères) |
| 02/1994 - 05/1995 | CIES Fellowship (Centre International des Étudiants et Stagiaires) |
| 05/1994 | The International Precious Metals Institute Award |
| 09/1990 - 02/1991 | Catherine Innes Ireland Fellowship (Harvard-Radcliffe) |
| 06/1990 - 08/1990 | ICI International Fellow (ICI Americas) |
| 06/1990 | Danforth Teaching Award (Harvard University) |