Chad Mirkin
Chad Mirkin | |
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Chad Mirkin with AIC Gold Medal, 2016 | |
| Born | November 23, 1963 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| 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 Ira Remsen Award, 2018 Kabiller Prize, 2019 Perkin Medal, 2019 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, 2020 King Faisal Prize, 2023 Kavli Prize, 2024 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry, Materials science, and Nanotechnology |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
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| "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.