Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz

**Dr. Kandis Leslie Gillard-AbdulAziz** injiniya ce ta Amurka da ke da alaƙa da haɓaka fasahar da ke mayar da sharar gona zuwa tsarin tace ruwa.  A lokacin da take zaune a Jami'ar California, Riverside, ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa a Sashen Injiniyan Sinadarai da Muhalli.   Kafin ta shiga Jami'ar Kudancin California, ta jagoranci Cibiyar Bincike ta Sustainable Lab, cibiyar bincike don mayar da sharar gida zuwa samfuran kirkire-kirkire waɗanda ke ba da fa'idodi ga al'umma. 

## Aiki da bincike
Bayan ta kammala karatun digirinta na farko a fannin Sinadarai a shekarar 2007 daga Jami'ar Temple,  ta sami aikin gwada sharar gida na matatar man fetur da kuma duba kayayyakin man fetur masu inganci kamar phenol da acetone a wani matatar mai da ke kusa da Kogin Schuylkill a Kudancin Philadelphia .   Gillard-AbdulAziz daga baya ta yi aiki a Sashen 'Yan Sanda na Philadelphia a matsayin masanin kimiyyar sinadarai a Kamfanin Sunoco Chemicals wanda ya kware a kimiyyar binciken laifuka daga 2009-2011.  Daga nan ta koma harkar kasuwanci ta kuma kafa kamfaninta mai suna Nardo Technology a shekarar 2016, wacce aka sanya wa suna bayan Leonardo Da Vinci .  Yayin da ta kafa kamfaninta, ta ci gaba da karatunta ta hanyar neman digirin digirgir a fannin Sinadarai a Jami'ar Illinois, Urbana-Champaign .  A shekarar da ta biyo baya, 2017, Abdul-Aziz ta zama kwararriyar malamar digirin digirgir a Jami'ar Pennsylvania.  Bayan kammala karatun digirin digirgir, Gillard-AbdulAziz ta zama mataimakiyar farfesa a Jami'ar California, Riverside a shekarar 2018, tana aiki a sashen Sinadarai da Injiniyan Muhalli.  A shekarar 2020, ta sami tallafin karatu na dala $30,000 na Hellman Fellowship don tallafawa ci gaban fasahar da za a iya fadadawa a sharar filastik da ake sake amfani da ita.  Bugu da ƙari, a shekarar 2020, an buga wata takarda da ta taimaka wajen rubutawa tare kan hanyoyin mayar da Lignin zuwa mai. 

An san Gillard-AbdulAziz a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin fitattun mutane a mujallar Popular Science "The Brilliant 10" ta shekarar 2022.  Gillard-AbdulAziz ta mai da hankali kan sake amfani da kayan sharar gida kamar murhun masara da bawon citrus zuwa matatun carbon da aka kunna don tsaftace muhalli.  Ta kuma bincika canza sharar filastik da haɓaka kayan shaye-shaye don kamawa da sake amfani da hayakin carbon dioxide, da nufin ƙirƙirar hanyoyin sake amfani da su don tattalin arziki mai dorewa. 

Gillard-AbdulAziz tana riƙe da kujerar Pasqual da Adelina a fannin Injiniyan Farar Hula da Muhalli a Jami'ar Kudancin California.  Tana jagorantar Dakin Gwaji na Tsarin Catalysis da Kayan Aiki Mai Dorewa, tana mai da hankali kan canza kayan sharar gida kamar carbon dioxide, bawon citrus da filastik zuwa kayayyaki masu daraja ta hanyar catalysis.  Aikinta, wanda aka amince da shi kwanan nan tare da ƙungiyar bincike ta Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship a Chemistry a shekarar 2024, yana da nufin ƙirƙirar samfuran da za a iya sake amfani da su da kuma rage ɗumamar yanayi ta hanyar haɓaka sabbin hanyoyin sake amfani da su.  Hanyar Dr. Kandis Leslie Gillard-AbdulAziz ta ƙunshi haɗa dorewa da dorewar tattalin arziki, tare da mai da hankali kan mafita masu amfani ga masana'antu da masu tsara manufofi. 

Baya ga gudummawar da ta bayar a fannin kimiyya, Gillard-AbdulAziz ta taimaka wajen fafutukar samun damar shiga hanyoyin STEM cikin adalci. Sau da yawa tana hulɗa da ƙungiyoyin ilimi, hukumomin tarayya, da ƙungiyoyi masu mai da hankali kan dorewa don ba da shawara kan fasahohin zamani don haɓaka amfani da iskar carbon da kuma rage sharar gida.  Jajircewarta ga jagoranci da kuma shiga cikin al'umma yana bayyana a cikin rawar da take takawa a cikin hanyoyin sadarwa na injiniya na ƙasa, inda take aiki don ƙara wakilcin mata da ƙungiyoyi marasa wakilci a tarihi a fannin injiniyan muhalli da binciken catalysis. 

Ayyukanta sun ƙara mai da hankali kan hanyoyin kirkire-kirkire na sarrafa sharar gida, domin tasirin da ke dawwama ya sami karɓuwa sosai. Dr. Kandis Leslie Gillard-AbdulAziz ta sami kyautar aiki ta Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Ƙasa ta $538,000 a shekarar 2021 saboda bincikenta kan mayar da iskar gas mai dumama yanayi zuwa sinadarai masu amfani da makamashi a Jami'ar California Riverside.  Bincikenta ya kuma kasance mai mahimmanci wajen haɓaka hanyoyin sinadarai masu dorewa don samar da sinadarai masu ƙarancin carbon.  Abin lura shi ne, haɓaka fasahar ɓoye carbon don methane kai tsaye a cikin tsarin kamawa da amfani da CO2 yana wakiltar babban mataki don haɓaka inganci da dorewar fasahar canza CO2 . 

Bayan bincike, lambar yabo ta Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Ƙasa (National Science Foundation CEEREER Award) ta kuma goyi bayan jajircewarta na ƙara samun damar yin bincike mai dorewa ga mata a matakai daban-daban na ilimi. Ta fara wani taron shekara-shekara na shirye-shiryen digiri na biyu ga mata 'yan shekara ta farko a fannin injiniya, damar yin bincike na digiri na farko, da ayyukan injiniya na hannu ga 'yan mata 'yan shekara ta 18.

A halin yanzu tana riƙe da matsayin Mataimakin Farfesa na WiSE Gabilan a fannin Injiniyan Farar Hula da Muhalli a Jami'ar Kudancin California. 

## Kyaututtuka

* 2024 Alfred P. Sloan Sloan Abokin Bincike
* Kyautar Sashen Makamashi ta 2023 a Aikin Farko (Sinadarin Kayan Aiki)
* Kyautar Aiki ta Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Ƙasa ta 2022 (CBET - Catalysis) 

## Manazarta