Chad Mirkin
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November 23, 1963 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Chemistry, Materials science, and Nanotechnology |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Alma mater | Dickinson College, Pennsylvania State University |
| Notable awards | William H. Nichols Medal Award, 2017; Dan David Prize, 2016; Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research, 2015; Linus Pauling Award, 2013; Lemelson-MIT Prize, 2009 |
 “Nanotechnology: Moving Beyond Small Thinking”, Chad Mirkin, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) |
Chad Alexander Mirkin (born November 23, 1963) is an American chemist. He is the George B. Rathmann professor of chemistry, professor of medicine, professor of materials science and engineering, professor of biomedical engineering, and professor of chemical and biological engineering, and director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly at Northwestern University.
Mirkin is known for his development of nanoparticle-based biodetection schemes, the invention of dip-pen nanolithography (recognized by National Geographic as one of the top 100 scientific discoveries that changed the world), and contributions to supramolecular chemistry, nanoelectronics, and nanooptics. In 2010, he was listed as the most cited chemist in the world over the last decade in terms of total citations, the second highest most cited chemist in terms of impact factor, and the top most cited nanomedicine researcher. He is the only chemist to be elected into all three branches of the National Academies. He has published over 670 manuscripts (ISI H-index =130, Google = 153) and has over 1000 patents and patent applications (300 issued, over 90% licensed as of February 18, 2016). These discoveries and innovations have led to over 2000 commercial products that are being sold worldwide.
Mirkin was born November 23, 1963, in Phoenix, Arizona. He received his B.S. degree from Dickinson College in 1986 and his Ph.D. from Penn State University in 1989. He was an NSF postdoctoral research fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he worked with Professor Mark S. Wrighton on microelectrode devices for electrocatalysis. He became a professor at Northwestern University in 1991.
The focus of his research is on developing methods for controlling the architecture of molecules and materials on the 1 - 100 nm length scale and utilizing such structures in the development of analytical tools that can be used in the areas of chemical and biological sensing, lithography, catalysis, and optics. Mirkin has pioneered the use of biomolecules as synthons in materials science and the development of nanoparticle-based biodiagnostics.
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