Professor Jeffries-EL
Professor Malika Jeffries-EL received BA degrees in Chemistry and Africana Studies at Wellesley College. She earned her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in organic chemistry from The George Washington University. After spending one year at Smith College as a Mendenhall Fellow she then worked as a post-doctoral researcher under the direction of Professor Richard D. McCullough at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2005, she joined the faculty in the Chemistry Department at Iowa State University and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2012. She joined the Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science at Boston University in 2016.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society – 2018
- Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences – 2015
- Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professorship (MIT) – 2014
- Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award – 2013
- ACS-Women Chemist Committee Rising Star – 2011
- ISU- College of Arts and Sciences Diversity Award – 2011
- NSF CAREER Award 2009 – 2014
- Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award (NOBCChE) – 2009
- 3M Untenured Faculty Grant – 2008
- NOBCCHE/Agilent Professional Development Fellowship – 2008
- Emerald Honors (Most Promising Young Scientist) – 2006
- The Gregory L. and Kathleen C. Geoffroy Faculty Fellowship – 2005-2008
EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS
- Board of Directors – Wellesley College Student Aid Society 2019 –
- Editorial Advisory Board – Chemical Sciences 2019 –
- External Advisory Board – University of Wisconsin – Madison Bridge program 2019 –
- Internal Advisory Board – Boston University ARROWS program 2018 –
- Chemical Sciences Roundtable – National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 2017-
- External Advisory Board- University of Texas-El Paso/UC-Santa Barbara NSF – PREM 2016-
- External Advisory Board- University of Delaware NSF – ADVANCE program 2015-
- College Board – AP Development Curriculum & Content Development 2014-
- Editorial Board Journal of Material Chemistry C 2013-
- OXIDE (Open Collaborative on Diversity Equity) Advisory Board 2013-
- Editorial Advisory Board Macromolecules 2013 – 2015
- Advisory Board ACS Women Chemist of Color Initiative 2010 – 2013
- Editorial Advisory Board Chemical and Engineering News 2009 – 2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- 2014 – 2016 Program Committee- ACS Polymer Division
- 2014- 2016 Member at Large- ACS Organic Division
- 2013 Undergraduate Education Advisory Board (ACS)
- 2011- 2015 Councilor- Ames Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
- 2010-2013 ACS Society Committee on Education (SocED)
- 2008- Mentor-Diverse Future Faculty Workshop
- 2006 – 2008 ACS Joint Subcommittee on Diversity
- 2004 – 2007 Graduate Education Advisory Board (ACS)
- 2003 – 2005 Membership recruitment and retention task force (ACS)
- 2002 – 2009 Younger Chemist Committee (YCC) Associate (ACS)