CANADIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCHER NAMED TO ELITE GROUP OF YOUNG LEADERS

Chemist one of 237 selected for the Forum of Young Global Leaders

(January 11, 2005 – Edmonton, AB) — Dr. Jillian Buriak, a Chemistry researcher at the National Institute for Nanotechnology of the National Research Council (NINT) and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Alberta, has been chosen to attend the 2005 Forum of Young Global Leaders. This new global undertaking brings together outstanding leaders, aged 40 years or younger, who have committed to devote part of their knowledge and energy over the next five years to collectively work towards a better future. The Young Global Leaders include leaders from each of the seven geographic regions and from the worlds of politics, business, society, learning, arts and culture. Each year, around 200 Young Global Leaders are nominated to serve for a period of five years, ultimately forming a community of 1,111 by 2009. The Forum of Young Global Leaders was created by Professor Klaus Schwab in 2004 and acts in close cooperation with the World Economic Forum in their joint commitment to improving the state of the world. Following a distinguished academic career in Europe and the United States, Dr. Buriak returned to Canada in 2003 to head the Materials and Interfacial Chemistry Group at NINT.

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For more information on the Forum of Young Global Leaders, visit:
http://www.younggloballeaders.org

Dr. Buriak’s biography is available here:
http://nint-innt.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/research/mat_leader_e.html

For more information, please contact:

Shannon Jones
National Institute for Nanotechnology
National Research Council
Tel: (780) 492-8636
Email: Shannon.Jones@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca