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Elizabeth Gillies is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Western University. She completed her B.Sc. at Queen’s University and earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, she was a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Bordeaux in France. Her research focuses on the development of new polymers with advanced properties and functions, specifically targeting chemical approaches that enable controlled degradation in response to specific stimuli like light, heat, and biological factors. Current projects include synthesizing self-immolative polymers that undergo complete depolymerization in response to stimuli, and the development of biodegradable polyesters. Gillies collaborates with both industry and academic groups to create polymer replacements for conventional non-degradable plastics and aims to tackle the challenges associated with plastic pollution. Her biomedical applications include developing drug delivery systems that respond to biological stimuli, especially for cancer treatment and osteoarthritis. Gillies has received numerous awards, such as the Macromolecular Science Engineering Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Polymeric Biomaterials.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.