Research and career
After completing her PhD, Jeffries-EL worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University under the supervision of Richard D. McCullough from 2002 to 2005. [4] While there, she worked on the synthesis and field-effect mobility of polythiophene. [9] [10] In 2005, she joined the faculty at Iowa State University and was promoted to tenure in 2012. [11] [12] Jeffries-EL works on organic semiconductors. [13] [14]
Jeffries-EL served as a Martin Luther King visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2014 and 2015. [15] [16] [17] Here, her group focused on the synthesis of polymer building blocks, including heterocyclic electron-rich (donor) and electron-poor (acceptor) units. [18] [19] For electron-deficient units, Jeffries-EL develops benzobisazoles. [20] [21] She is interested in cross-conjugated organic semiconductors, including benzodifurans, as well as functional Polythiophenes. [22] [23] She uses the materials for organic solar cells, transistors and light-emitting diodes. [24]
In 2015 Jeffries-EL was selected as the 8th Annual Goldstein Distinguished Lecturer by Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering. [25] She was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society meeting. [26]
In 2016 she joined Boston University as a tenured associate professor. [27]
Advocacy and services to science
- Sigma Xi member [28]
- National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers member [28]
- Editorial advisory board for Chemical and Engineering News [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
- Editorial advisory board for the Society Committee on Education (SocEd) [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
- Advisory board for the Women Chemists of Colour program [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
- Arranged workshop at MIT for the 'Diverse Leaders of Tomorrow' (2011) [34]
- Ran a series of National Science Foundation Early Career Investigator Workshops (2016) [35]
- Participated in the Science Coalition's video campaign during the 2016 presidential elections [36]
- Associate editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry C [37]
- Boston Women of Color Advisory Committee member [38]
- Advisory board for Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE) [39]
Awards and honors
- 2008 – 3M, Nontenured Faculty Award [18]
- 2008 – Science Spectrum Magazine, Emerald Honors for most promising minority scientist [18]
- 2009 – NSF CAREER Award [40]
- 2010 – National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Lloyd Ferguson Award [41]
- 2012 – American Chemical Society, Women Chemists Committee Rising Star Award [42]
- 2014 – Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, from Iota Sigma Pi [43] [44]
- 2015 – American Chemical Society, from Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences [45]
- 2018 – Elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). [4] She was honoured by the American Chemical Society in 2018, becoming one of the 2% of their members to achieve the status of fellow. [46]
- 2021 – National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Percy L. Julian Award. [47]
- 2023 – Research Corporation for Science Advancement's Robert Holland Jr. Award for Research Excellence and Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. [48]
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