Chad Mirkin Explained

Chad Mirkin
Birth Date:1963 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Field:Chemistry, Materials science, and Nanotechnology
Work Institutions:Northwestern University
Alma Mater:Dickinson College, Pennsylvania State University
Awards:Lemelson-MIT Prize, 2009; Linus Pauling Award, 2013; Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research, 2015; Dan David Prize, 2016; Wilhelm Exner Medal, 2017; William H. Nichols Medal Award, 2017; Kabiller Prize, 2019; Perkin Medal 2019; AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize 2020; King Faisal Prize 2023
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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[2] in terms of impact factor,[3] and the top most cited nanomedicine researcher.[4]

Early life and education

Mirkin was born November 23, 1963, in Phoenix, Arizona.[5] He received his B.S. degree from Dickinson College in 1986 and his PhD from Penn State University in 1989 under the direction of Professor Gregory L. Geoffroy.[6] [7] He was a NSF postdoctoral research fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he worked with Professor Mark S. Wrighton on microelectrode devices for electrocatalysis.[8] He became a professor at Northwestern University in 1991.

Research

The focus of Mirkin's 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 DNA and nanoparticles as synthons in materials science and the development of nanoparticle-based biodiagnostics.

A common strategy used by Mirkin's group is the use of the unique properties of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs), spherical arrangements of nucleic acids with or without organic or inorganic nanoparticle cores, to enable the synthesis of novel materials and colloidal crystals, the development of high sensitivity probes for chemical and medical diagnostic purposes, and single-entity structures capable of intracellular gene regulation. His 1996 work with SNA-gold nanoparticle conjugates introduced the concept of a nanoparticle as an atom and nucleic acids as bonds, and it laid the ground work for the fields of colloidal crystal engineering with DNA and molecular diagnostics based upon well-defined nanoparticle and nanocrystal bioconjugates. SNAs are the cornerstone of Luminex's FDA-cleared Verigene system (now used in over half of the world's top hospitals), EMD Millipore's SmartFlare platform (licensed to AuraSense, Inc.https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/487536 and Holden Pharma), and seven drugs in human clinical trials. In addition, his inventions of DPN, Polymer Pen Lithography (PPL), and Beam Pen Lithography (BPL) are the basis for the TERA-fab M and E series commercial patterning tools, known as desktop fabs (TERA-print, LLC).

He has published over 870 manuscripts, with a Google Scholar H-index of 202,[9] and has over 1200 patents and patent applications.[10]

Mirkin has been elected into all three branches of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the 10th person so honored.[11] He has served on several editorial advisory boards, including ACS Nano, the Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie. He is the founding editor of the nanotechnology journal Small, and he is an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.[12] Mirkin is a co-founder of multiple companies, including NanoInk, Nanosphere (acquired by Luminex for $83M in 2016), Azul 3D,[13] TERA-print,[14] Exicure,[15] and Stoicheia.[16]

Information scientists at CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, singled out Mirkin and his contributions to supramolecular chemistry and nanomaterials in an article about potential future winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, saying that “Overall, Mirkin’s work set up the foundation of modern nanotechnology and development of related diagnostic, therapeutic, and material applications.” [17]

Science policy

In addition to his academic and research work, Mirkin has been involved in shaping science policy decisions.From 2009 to 2017 Mirkin was appointed to President Barack Obama's President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).[18] [19] He co-chaired the PCAST report titled, "Engage to Excel," focusing on teaching and engagement issues involving students who are in their first two years of undergraduate study at R-1, 2 and 4-year institutions, and community colleges.[20]

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alumni. Mirkin. 8 September 2023.
  2. Web site: Chad Mirkin. ScienceWatch.com. Thomson Reuters. 21 January 2015.
  3. News: Top ten chemists: Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999 – June 2009. 21 January 2015. Times Higher Education. 3 December 2009.
  4. Web site: Laboratory Heads Ranked by Total Citation Score. Nanomedicine Research. Nanomedicine Lab Registry. 21 January 2015.
  5. Web site: 2010 Mack Award Recipient – Dr. Chad A. Mirkin. OSU Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Ohio State University. 17 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151119004920/https://chemistry.osu.edu/seminars/mack/2010. 2015-11-19. dead.
  6. Web site: Chad Mirkin, professor. Northwestern University. Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. 21 January 2015.
  7. Web site: Chad A. Mirkin. Northwestern University. Mirkin Research Group. 21 January 2015.
  8. Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Chemistry Mirkin, Chad. Granthome. Mirkin. Chad.
  9. Web site: Google Scholar . 20 January 2022.
  10. News: July 27, 2021. Chicago Sun-Times. Pandemic shows the need for an American manufacturing revival that Chicago could lead. July 17, 2020.
  11. News: 27 July 2021. Chemical & Engineering News. ACS Award For Creative Invention. January 2, 2012.
  12. Web site: About Chad. July 27, 2021.
  13. Web site: Azul3D: About Us. July 27, 2021.
  14. Web site: TERA-print: Team. July 27, 2021. July 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727195948/https://www.tera-print.com/team-1. dead.
  15. Web site: Exciure: About Us. July 27, 2021.
  16. Web site: Stoicheia: Core Team. July 27, 2021. July 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727195947/https://www.stoicheia.ai/#anchor1. dead.
  17. Web site: Nobel's next nominees? Six impactful discoveries that could be future winners. October 2020 . October 27, 2020 .
  18. News: Kelleher. Lauren. NU professor named to Obama's science council. 21 January 2015. The Daily Northwestern. April 27, 2009.
  19. News: Fellman. Megan. Mirkin Named to Obama's Science and Technology Advisory Council. 21 January 2015. Northwestern University NewsCenter. April 27, 2009.
  20. Web site: Report to the President: Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. February 2012.
  21. Web site: The 2024 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience . 2024-06-14 . www.kavliprize.org.
  22. Web site: Chad Mirkin – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation… . 2024-06-14 . en.
  23. Web site: King Faisal Prize. kingfaisalprize.org. 8 September 2023.
  24. Web site: MRS Medal Materials Research Society Awards . 2023-01-31 . www.mrs.org.
  25. Web site: Speaker . 2022-11-09 . IFoRE . en-US.
  26. Web site: World leading engineers win IET Achievement Awards . 2022-10-21 . www.theiet.org . en-US.
  27. Web site: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/innovation-genetic-technologies-rewarded-unesco-equatorial-guinea-international-prize. 8 September 2023.
  28. Web site: Materials Chemistry open prize: de Gennes Prize. Royal Society of Chemistry. 8 September 2023.
  29. Web site: Chad Mirkin to receive Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal.
  30. Web site: Chad Mirkin to receive G.M. Kosolapoff Award. news.northwestern.edu. 8 September 2023.
  31. Web site: Philip Hauge Abelson Prize Recipients | American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  32. Web site: Nanotechnology pioneer Chad Mirkin wins Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine.
  33. Web site: SCI Perkin Medal. 31 May 2016.
  34. Web site: The Netherlands Award for Supramolecular Chemistry – FMS Research Center.
  35. Web site: Theodore William Richards Medal Award. Northeastern Section | American Chemical Society. 8 September 2023.
  36. Web site: Ira Remsen Award . Maryland Section . 14 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181114143228/https://maryland.sites.acs.org/remsenaward.htm . 14 November 2018 . live . 14 November 2018.
  37. Web site: 2 chemists honored with China's Friendship Award . cen.acs.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200624233625/https://cen.acs.org/people/awards/2-chemists-honored-Chinas-Friendship/97/i6 . 2020-06-24.
  38. Web site: Mirkin to receive 2018 Harrison Howe Award: Department of Chemistry – Northwestern University.
  39. Web site: 提示. www.thenanoresearch.com. 8 September 2023.
  40. Web site: NY-ACS Nichols Medalists. www.newyorkacs.org. 8 September 2023.
  41. Web site: Past Winners - Dickson Prize in Science - Carnegie Mellon University. Carnegie Mellon. University. www.cmu.edu. 8 September 2023.
  42. Web site: Dr. Chard Alexander Mirkin . Rusano . 2016 . January 31, 2017 . August 3, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190803194142/http://www.rusnanoprize.ru/en/laureates/#y2016 . dead .
  43. Web site: Laureates 2016 The Dan David Prize. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305182310/http://www.dandavidprize.org/laureates/2016. 2016-03-05.
  44. News: American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal. . March 22, 2018.
  45. Web site: Chad A. Mirkin to be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite. January 20, 2016. aimbe.org. 8 September 2023.
  46. Web site: Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research.
  47. Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes and Awards 2015. . 7 May 2015.
  48. Web site: Vittorio de Nora Award.
  49. Web site: Honorary Professorship on Professor Chad Mirkin from Northwestern University-NanJing Tech University. 8 September 2023. 20 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201120050208/http://en.njtech.edu.cn/info/1047/1097.htm. dead.
  50. Web site: Chad Mirkin named Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year. Emma. Stoye2013-05-24T00:00:00+01:00. Chemistry World. 8 September 2023.
  51. Web site: Pauling Award Medal 2020.
  52. Web site: NTU and NUS host renowned nanoscience expert and Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor, Chad Mirkin. 8 September 2023.
  53. Web site: News. 2020-06-22. 2020-11-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116061015/https://media.ntu.edu.sg/pages/newsdetail.aspx?news=2454112a-f22a-41c1-a694-bf344da9cb1d&category=news+releases. dead.
  54. Web site: ACS Award for Creative Invention . 2020-06-22 . 2020-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201115102626/https://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i1/Acs-Award-Creative-Invention.html . dead .
  55. Web site: Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows: Northwestern University News. www.northwestern.edu. 8 September 2023.
  56. Web site: Northwestern professor Chad Mirkin elected member of the Institute of Medicine. 18 October 2010.
  57. Web site: Chad A. Mirkin. www.nasonline.org. 8 September 2023.
  58. Web site: Professor Chad A. Mirkin.
  59. News: Fellman. Megan. Chad Mirkin Receives $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention. 24 April 2015. Northwestern University. June 24, 2009.
  60. Web site: Penn State's Alumni Fellow Award | Eberly College of Science.
  61. Web site: NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program – 2004 Award Recipients. 18 September 2018.
  62. Web site: Outstanding Science Alumni Award | Eberly College of Science. science.psu.edu. 8 September 2023.
  63. Web site: Honorary Degree Recipients | Dickinson College.
  64. Web site: Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry.
  65. Web site: The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize Previous Years Laureatеs.
  66. Web site: 2002 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize . foresight.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163225/https://foresight.org/about/2002Feynman.php . 2018-06-12.
  67. Web site: Awards | North Jersey Section - American Chemical Society . 9 November 2012 .
  68. Web site: George Rathmann Professor: Chad Mirkin . September 2000 . Northwestern . January 31, 2017 .
  69. Web site: ACS Award in Pure Chemistry.
  70. Book: Novel Discoveries: Beckman Young Investigators, 1991–2009. Chad A. Mirkin – 1992. 115. 2011. Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Irvine, CA.

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