Jillian Banfield Explained

Jill Banfield
Birth Name:Jillian Fiona Banfield
Birth Date:1959 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Armidale, New South Wales
Workplaces:University of Melbourne
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Tokyo
University of California, Berkeley
Alma Mater:Australian National University (BSc)
Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
Thesis Title:HRTEM studies of subsolidus alteration, weathering, and subsequent diagenetic and low-grade metamorphic reactions
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224273093
Thesis Year:1990
Doctoral Advisor:David R. Veblen
Awards:V. M. Goldschmidt Award (2017)
Dana Medal (2010)
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Jillian Fiona Banfield (born Armidale, Australia) is professor at the University of California, Berkeley with appointments in the Earth Science, Ecosystem Science and Materials Science and Engineering departments. She is the director of microbiology the Innovative Genomics Institute, is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and has a position at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Some of her most noted work includes publications on the structure and functioning of microbial communities and the nature, properties and reactivity (especially crystal growth) of nanomaterials.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Banfield was educated at the Australian National University where she completed her bachelor's[3] and master's degrees[4] (1978–1985) both examining granite weathering. She attributes her initial interest in geomicrobiology to Dr Tony Eggleton who drew her attention to processes at the earth's surface, mineral weathering and the regolith.[5]

Banfield graduated with a PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Johns Hopkins University for high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) studies of metamorphic reactions supervised by David R. Veblen.[6] [7]

Career and research

Banfield is an earth scientist who studies the structure, functioning and diversity of microbial communities in natural environments and the human microbiome. Banfield was part of a group that discovered a process called environmental transformation sequencing, which is a way to manipulate and identify the changeable microbes in a community.[8] Using environmental transformation sequencing, the group was able to understand how easy it is to genetically modify different bacteria species, using a numerical method. Her laboratory and collaborators pioneered the reconstruction of genomes from natural ecosystems and community metaproteomic analyses. Through genomics, her group has provided insights into previously unknown and little known bacterial and archaeal lineages, leading to a new rendition of the Tree of Life. She has conducted extensive research on natural and synthetic nanomaterials, exploring the impacts of particle size on their structure, properties and reactivity. Her lab described the oriented attachment-based mechanism for growth of nanoparticles and its implications for development of defect microstructures. She has also studied microorganism-mineral interactions, including those that lead to production of nanomaterials.

Banfield was a Fulbright Student in Medicine from the Australian National University to Johns Hopkins University in 1988,[9] and a Mac Arthur Fellow in 1999.[10] She has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from 1990 to 2001 and the University of Tokyo (1996–1998). Since 2001, she has been a researcher and professor at the University of California Berkeley[11] where she heads the geomicrobiology program and works as a researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research as of 2021 spans field sites in Northern California to Australia and covers subjects at the intersection of microbiology and geosciences, including genome-resolved metagenomics, genome editing tool development, astrobiology and microbial carbon capture.[12] [13] In 2023, Banfield became the first woman to win the Leeuwenhoek Medal from the Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology, an award that that has been given roughly every 10 years since 1875 to honor scientists who have made outstanding contributions to science, society and outreach in the field of microbiology.[14]

Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jill F. Banfield. Earth and Planetary Science.
  2. Web site: Jillian BANFIELD. Our Environment at Berkeley.
  3. Book: Rickard, Michael John. Geology at ANU (1959–2009): Fifty Years of History and Reminiscences. ANU E Press. 2010. 9781921666667. Canberra. 117.
  4. Banfield. Jillian F.. The mineralogy and chemistry of granite weathering. 1985. MSc. Australian National University.
  5. Web site: News Interview: Professor Jillian Banfield, Armidale-born international award recipient. 2010-11-10. ABC Sydney. en-AU. 2017-03-15.
  6. PhD . Jillian Fiona. Banfield . HRTEM studies of subsolidus alteration, weathering, and subsequent diagenetic and low-grade metamorphic reactions . Johns Hopkins University . 1990 . 224273093 . .
  7. Web site: Jill F. Banfield Curriculum Vitae. eps.berkeley.edu. 2016-04-20.
  8. Mozumdar . Deepto . Csörgő . Bálint . Bondy-Denomy . Joseph . 22 February 2022 . Genetic Manipulation of a CAST of Characters in a Microbial Community . The CRISPR Journal . 5 . 1 . 4–6 . 10.1089/crispr.2022.29142.dmo . 2573-1599 . 9009589 . 35119310.
  9. Web site: MacArthur Fellowship Recipients Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. eca.state.gov. en. 2018-10-08.
  10. Web site: Class of 1999 – MacArthur Foundation. macfound.org. en. 2018-10-08.
  11. Web site: Jill F. Banfield. Earth and Planetary Science. en. 2020-04-24.
  12. News: Jillian Banfield -Departments of Earth and Planetary Science and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley. Earth and Environmental Sciences Area. 2017-03-15. en-US.
  13. Web site: IGI Launches New Research in Net-Zero Farming & Carbon Capture. 2021-09-15. Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI). en-US.
  14. Web site: Microbiologie . Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor . van Leeuwenhoek Medal 2023 . 2023-02-13 . KNVM . en.
  15. Web site: Professor Jillian Banfield FRS. royalsociety.org. Royal Society. London. Anon. 2018. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
  16. Web site: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Bestows Honorary Doctorates on Ground-Breaking Scientists and Supporters. in.bgu.ac.il. 2016-04-20.
  17. Web site: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science. 2011. Franklin Institute. 20 April 2016.
  18. Web site: Mineralogical Society of America – Dana Medal. minsocam.org. 2016-04-20.
  19. Web site: Geochemical Fellows :: Geochemical Society. geochemsoc.org. 2016-04-20.
  20. 2006. ASM Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences. ASM News. 20 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124153656/http://www.asm.org/ccLibraryFiles/FILENAME/000000002408/znw00706000338.pdf. 24 January 2017. dead.
  21. Web site: Pioneer in Clay Science Lecturer. The Clay Minerals Society. 20 April 2016.
  22. Web site: Gast Lecture Series :: Geochemical Society. geochemsoc.org. 2016-04-20.
  23. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Jill Banfield. gf.org. 2016-04-20.
  24. December 2006. CMS People in the News. Elements Magazine. 20 April 2016.
  25. Web site: Jillian Banfield – MacArthur Foundation. macfound.org. 2016-04-20.
  26. Web site: Professional Honors. Department of Geology and Geophysics. 20 April 2016.
  27. Web site: Romnes Awards honor 10 rising faculty stars. news.wisc.edu. 2016-04-20.
  28. Veblin. David R.. 1998. Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 1997 to Jillian Fiona Banfield. American Mineralogist. 20 April 2016.
  29. Web site: The Johns Hopkins Gazette: July 6, 1999. pages.jh.edu. 2018-10-08.

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