吉利安-班菲尔德 地质学家

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Jillian Banfield
Geologist | Class of 1999
Title
Geologist
Location
Madison, Wisconsin
Age
40 at time of award
Area of Focus
Earth Sciences
Published July 1, 1999
ABOUT JILLIAN'S WORK
Jillian Banfield is a mineralogist who has contributed fundamental insights into the physical and chemical forces that shape the earth's surface.

Her structural studies reveal the mechanisms of rock weathering, helping to explain how elements such as toxic heavy metals can accumulate within soil. She has shown that certain microbes living between rocks exert profound chemical effects on those rocks, both at the surface and deep below. These observations may lead to an enhanced understanding of soil and sediment formation, factors affecting water quality, and environmental processes as well as provide clues to the origins of life on earth. Her analyses of the interactions of rocks and microorganisms illuminate the impact of biology on the kinetics of mineral weathering; they also constitute a key step in understanding the ecology of these recently identified organisms.

BIOGRAPHY
Banfield is a professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, she was an associate professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and was a professor at the Mineralogical Institute at the University of Tokyo.

Banfield received a B.Sc. (1981) and a M.Sc. (1985) from the Australian National University, Canberra City, A.C.T., and an M.A. and Ph.D. (1990) from The Johns Hopkins University.

Last updated January 1, 2005



吉利安-班菲尔德
地质学家｜1999级
职称
地质学家
工作地点
威斯康星州麦迪逊市
年龄
获奖时40岁
重点领域
地球科学
发表于1999年7月1日
关于吉利安的工作
吉利安-班菲尔德是一位矿物学家，对塑造地球表面的物理和化学力量做出了基本的贡献。

她的结构研究揭示了岩石风化的机制，有助于解释诸如有毒重金属等元素如何在土壤中积累。她表明，生活在岩石之间的某些微生物对这些岩石产生了深刻的化学影响，无论是在地表还是在地下深处。这些观察可能导致对土壤和沉积物的形成、影响水质的因素和环境过程的进一步理解，并为地球上生命的起源提供线索。她对岩石和微生物的相互作用的分析阐明了生物学对矿物风化动力学的影响；这些分析也构成了理解这些最近发现的生物体的生态学的关键步骤。

个人简历
班菲尔德是加州大学伯克利分校环境科学、政策和管理系的教授。在此之前，她是威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的地质学和地球物理学副教授，也是东京大学矿物学研究所的教授。

班菲尔德在澳大利亚堪培拉市的澳大利亚国立大学获得理学士（1981年）和理科硕士（1985年），在约翰霍普金斯大学获得文学硕士和博士学位（1990年）。

最后更新于2005年1月1日