Katherine Mirica Explained

Katherine A. Mirica
Workplaces:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dartmouth College
Thesis Title:Density-based chemical analysis and three dimensional self-assembly using magnetic levitation
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/742004542
Thesis Year:2011
Doctoral Advisor:George M. Whitesides
Academic Advisors:Lawrence T. Scott, Timothy M. Swager

Katherine A. Mirica is an American chemist who is an associate professor at Dartmouth College. Her research considers materials chemistry, with a particular focus on environmental science and microelectronics.

Early life and education

Mirica was born in Eastern Ukraine. She moved to Rhode Island whilst at high school. Mirica was an undergraduate at Boston College, where she majored in chemistry and worked alongside Prof. Lawrence T. Scott. She was awarded the Matthew Copithorne Scholarship and the Scholar of the College Award. After graduating with her B.S. in chemistry in 2004, Mirica moved to Harvard University for her graduate studies, where she worked with Prof. George M. Whitesides to investigate three-dimensional self-assembly using magnetic levitation.[1] [2] Together they worked on paper-based diagnostics and protein biophysics.[3] [4] [5] After earning her doctorate, Mirica joined the laboratory of Timothy M. Swager at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an National Institutes of Health Research Fellow. Her work at MIT considered solvent-free portable electronic carbon-based chemical sensors.[6] [7]

Research and career

Mirica was appointed to the faculty at Dartmouth College in 2015.[8] She studies self-assembly and multifunctional framework materials.[8] [9] Amongst the materials developed by Mirica, two-dimensional conductive metal-organic frameworks hold promise for electroanalysis.[10]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Mirica. Katherine A.. Ilievski. Filip. Ellerbee. Audrey K.. Shevkoplyas. Sergey S.. Whitesides. George M.. 2011. Using Magnetic Levitation for Three Dimensional Self-Assembly. Advanced Materials. 23. 36. 4134–4140. 10.1002/adma.201101917. 21830239. 2011AdM....23.4134M . 11242839 . 1521-4095.
  2. Ilievski. Filip. Mirica. Katherine A.. Ellerbee. Audrey K.. Whitesides. George M.. 2011-09-20. Templated self-assembly in three dimensions using magnetic levitation. Soft Matter. en. 7. 19. 9113–9118. 10.1039/C1SM05962A. 2011SMat....7.9113I. 6565892 . 1744-6848.
  3. Mirica. Katherine A.. Phillips. Scott T.. Shevkoplyas. Sergey S.. Whitesides. George M.. 2008-12-31. Using Magnetic Levitation To Distinguish Atomic-Level Differences in Chemical Composition of Polymers, and To Monitor Chemical Reactions on Solid Supports. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130. 52. 17678–17680. 10.1021/ja8074727. 19063630. 0002-7863.
  4. Mirica. Katherine A.. Shevkoplyas. Sergey S.. Phillips. Scott T.. Gupta. Malancha. Whitesides. George M.. 2009-07-29. Measuring Densities of Solids and Liquids Using Magnetic Levitation: Fundamentals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131. 29. 10049–10058. 10.1021/ja900920s. 19621960. 0002-7863.
  5. Mirica. Katherine A.. Phillips. Scott T.. Mace. Charles R.. Whitesides. George M.. 2010-06-09. Magnetic Levitation in the Analysis of Foods and Water. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58. 11. 6565–6569. 10.1021/jf100377n. 20465289. 15398464 . 0021-8561.
  6. Mirica. Katherine A.. Weis. Jonathan G.. Schnorr. Jan M.. Esser. Birgit. Swager. Timothy M.. 2012. Mechanical Drawing of Gas Sensors on Paper. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51. 43. 10740–10745. 10.1002/anie.201206069. 1521-3773. 3494289. 23037938.
  7. Mirica. Katherine A.. Azzarelli. Joseph M.. Weis. Jonathan G.. Schnorr. Jan M.. Swager. Timothy M.. 2013-08-27. Rapid prototyping of carbon-based chemiresistive gas sensors on paper. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. en. 110. 35. E3265–E3270. 10.1073/pnas.1307251110. 0027-8424. 23942132. 3761578. 2013PNAS..110E3265M. free.
  8. Web site: Katherine A, Mirica: Molecular Engineering of Materials for Chemical Sensing and Microelectronics // Events // Preprofessional Studies // University of Notre Dame. 2021-05-22. preprofessional.nd.edu.
  9. Web site: 2015-06-25. Katherine A. Mirica. 2021-05-22. Department of Chemistry. en.
  10. Ko. Michael. Mendecki. Lukasz. Mirica. Katherine A.. 2018-07-12. Conductive two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks as multifunctional materials. Chemical Communications. en. 54. 57. 7873–7891. 10.1039/C8CC02871K. 29926846. 1364-548X.
  11. Web site: Previous Winners - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag. 2021-05-22. Thieme. en-GB.
  12. Web site: 2018-02-21. Dartmouth Professors Win Sloan Research Fellowships. 2021-05-22. Dartmouth News. en.
  13. Web site: Chemists named 2019 Cottrell Scholars. 2021-05-22. cen.acs.org.
  14. Web site: Dartmouth's Katherine Mirica Wins National Teacher-Scholar Honor. 2021-05-22. www.dartmouth.edu.

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