CHAD A. MIRKIN
Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology,
George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, Professor of Biological and Chemical Engineering,
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
Northwestern University
Chad A. Mirkin received his
B.S. degree from Dickinson College and his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania
State University. He
was an NSF postdoctoral fellow with Mark Wrighton at M.I.T. prior
to joining the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University
in 1991.
Dr. Mirkin is the author of more than
345 manuscripts and over 350 patents. He is the founder of two companies , Nanosphere
and NanoInk, which are commercializing nanotechnology applications
in the life science and semiconductor industries. He is listed
as one of the top five most cited chemists in the world and is
the most cited nanomedicine researcher in the world. He is
a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
and recipient of numerous awards including the Camille and Henry
Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the ACS award in Pure Chemistry,
the ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in
Chemistry, the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology and an NIH Director’s
Pioneer Award.
Dr. Mirkin's research has led to a plethora
of commercialized technologies that are impacting numerous fields
from medicine and biology to materials science and engineering. The award recognizes
his invention of the polyvalent oligonucleotide nanoparticle conjugate
that pioneered the use of nanoparticles in biodiagnostic systems
as exemplified in the Verigeneâ System. In addition,
his development of dip pen nanolithography (DPN)has led to its
use in the fabrication of novel devices for semiconductor circuitry
and nanocombinatorial biomolecular arrays. Dr. Mirkin’s
commitment to public outreach is evidenced by his development of
nanochemistry exhibits for the Museum of Science and Industry in
Chicago, weekend science programs for boy scouts and girl scouts,
research experience programs for college and secondary school students,
and an interactive website exploring nanotechnology. Links
to these and other programs are available at Dr. Mirkin’s
website for the International Institute for Nanotechnology, www.iinano.org.
http://chemgroups.northwestern.edu/mirkingroup/
