Malika Jeffries-EL is the Associate Dean of the Graduate School in Arts and Sciences and Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science at Boston University. She is also an Associate Editor for the RSC flagship journal Chemical Science.

Dr. Jeffries-EL’s research focuses on the development of organic semiconductors – materials that combine the processing properties of polymers with the electronic properties of semiconductors. She is a fellow of the American Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry and has won numerous awards including the Percy Julian Award from the National Organization of Black Chemist and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), the ACS-Women Chemist Committee Rising Star award, the Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Award (2013).

Professor Jeffries-EL, is also a staunch advocate for diversity and dedicated volunteer that has served in several activities within the American Chemical Society including director-at-large, the Society Committee on Publications, the Society Committee on Education and the Women Chemist Committee. She also serves the community through her work with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (AKA). Dr. Jeffries-EL is a native of Brooklyn, New York.