Dr. Martín Abadi
Chad Alexander Mirkin MEMBERS
Professor, Northwestern University
United States
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  • 2018
  • Metallurgy and Materials engineering (M.A.E.)
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  • 2018
  • Metallurgy and Materials engineering (M.A.E.)
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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 in terms of impact factor, and the top most cited nanomedicine researcher.
 
Chad A. Mirkin spends much of his time researching Nanotechnology, Nanoparticle, Oligonucleotide, Colloidal gold and Nanostructure.

In his research, Lithography is intimately related to Nanolithography, which falls under the overarching field of Nanotechnology.

His studies in Nanoparticle integrate themes in fields like Combinatorial chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, DNA and Particle size.
 
He was elected as member of the Euorpean Academy of Engineering in 2018.
 
2019 - Perkin Medal, Society of Chemical Industry, American Section
2017 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
2017 - William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
2015 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2013 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society