Carol J. Burns
Carol Jean Burns | |
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Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Rice University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Thesis | The coordination chemistry of divalent bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)lanthanide complexes with non-classical ligands (1987) |
Carol Jean Burns is an American chemist who is Deputy Director of Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research is in actinide coordination and organometallic chemistry. She spent a term at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. She was awarded the American Chemical Society Garvan–Olin Medal in 2021.
Early life and education[]
Burns earned her undergraduate degree at Rice University, where she majored in chemistry.[1] She moved to the University of California, Berkeley for graduate studies, where she was a Hertz Foundation Fellow. Her research considered divalent lanthanide complexes with non-classical ligands.[2] After completing her doctorate, Burns joined Los Alamos National Laboratory as a J. Robert Oppenheimer postdoctoral fellow.[1]
Research and career[]
Burns was eventually appointed a Laboratory Fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she developed a new class of high-valency uranium compounds which contain metal-ligand multiple bonds.[3] In 2003 she left Los Alamos to work as a policy analyst for the Office of Science and Technology Policy.[4] Whilst at the OSTP, Burns worked on defence infrastructure and threat preparedness. Specifically, she developed the Nuclear Defence Roadmap.[4]
In 2004, Burns returned to Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she was made Head of the Chemistry Division. She oversaw a group of researchers who could analyze debris and identify the people responsible for terrorist attacks.[4] She has served as a mentor for early career researchers, and was awarded the LANL Women’s Career Development Mentoring Award.[4][5] She was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6]
In 2021, Burns was awarded the Garvan–Olin Medal of the American Chemical Society.[5][7] Later that year she was made Deputy Director at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[1]
Selected publications[]
- Stosh A Kozimor; Ping Yang; Enrique R Batista; et al. (1 September 2009). "Trends in covalency for d- and f-element metallocene dichlorides identified using chlorine K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy and time-dependent density functional theory". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (34): 12125–12136. doi:10.1021/JA9015759. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 19705913. Wikidata Q46298049.
- Arney, David S. J.; Burns, Carol J. (1995). "Synthesis and Properties of High-Valent Organouranium Complexes Containing Terminal Organoimido and Oxo Functional Groups. A New Class of Organo-f-Element Complexes". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117 (37): 9448–9460. doi:10.1021/ja00142a011. ISSN 0002-7863.
- Arney, David S. J.; Burns, Carol J. (1993). "Synthesis and structure of high-valent organouranium complexes containing terminal monooxo functional groups". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115 (21): 9840–9841. doi:10.1021/ja00074a077. ISSN 0002-7863.
References[]
- ^ a b c Relations, Media (2021-06-01). "Carol J. Burns Named Deputy Director for Research for Berkeley Lab". News Center. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ Burns, Carol Jean (1987). The coordination chemistry of divalent bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)lanthanide complexes with non-classical ligands (Thesis). Berkeley, CA.
- ^ Ambrosiano, Nancy (September 2020). "Carol Burns receives ACS Francis P. Garvan‒John M. Olin Medal". Los Alamos National Laboratory. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d "An Inclusive National Security Leader". Fannie and John Hertz Foundation | Empowering Limitless Progress. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ a b Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the U. S. Department of. "Carol Burns receives ACS Francis P. Garvan‒John M. Olin Medal". www.lanl.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ "Carol Burns". Fannie and John Hertz Foundation | Empowering Limitless Progress. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ "ACS 2021 national award winners". C&EN Global Enterprise. 98 (31): 58–59. 2020-08-17. doi:10.1021/cen-09831-acsnews.
- American chemists
- Rice University alumni
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American women chemists
- Recipients of the Garvan–Olin Medal
- Living people
- 21st-century American women