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Jillian Lee Dempsey
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| Alma mater | MIT (S.B.) (2005) Caltech (Ph.D.) (2010) |
| Spouse(s) | Alex J. M. Miller |
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| Fields | Inorganic Chemistry, Photochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Thesis | Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by cobaloximes (2010) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harry B. Gray |
| Other academic advisors | Daniel G. Nocera, Daniel R. Gamelin |
Jillian Lee Dempsey is an American inorganic chemist. She is a special professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work helps us understand how tiny particles and chemicals interact.
Professor Dempsey studies how electrons move between atoms. She also looks at how light affects different materials. She has won many awards for her amazing work in chemistry. These include the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP), both in 2016.
Her Journey in Science
Jillian Dempsey went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for college. She earned her bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 2005. At MIT, she worked with Professor Daniel G. Nocera. They developed special chemicals that could help split water. This research is important for creating clean energy.
While at MIT, she also worked at Merck Research Laboratories. She helped create better ways to test medicines. After MIT, she went to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for her Ph.D. She worked in the labs of Professor Harry B. Gray and Jay R. Winkler.
Her research at Caltech focused on how certain chemicals, called cobaloximes, can produce hydrogen from water. Hydrogen is another type of clean fuel. She also studied how light affects some chemicals, like osmium(II) complexes. She earned her Ph.D. in 2011.
From 2011 to 2012, Professor Dempsey did more research at the University of Washington. She worked with Professor Daniel R. Gamelin. There, she studied tiny particles called quantum dots. She looked at how they conduct electricity when light shines on them. She also studied their magnetic properties.
Starting Her Own Lab
Professor Dempsey began her independent career in 2012. She started as an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2018, she became an associate professor. Since 2020, she has been a Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor.
Awards and Honors
Professor Dempsey has received many important awards for her contributions to chemistry:
- 2019 - American Chemical Society Harry Gray Award
- 2017 - Chemical & Engineering News Talented 12
- 2016 - Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
- 2016 - Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP)
- 2015 - Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
- 2015 - NSF CAREER Award
See also
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