page_title: Chad Mirkin
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caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Chad Mirkin, chemist and recipient of the 2016 AIC Gold Medal, 16 May 2016, at Heritage Day, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
context_page_description: Chad Alexander Mirkin 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, 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. He was the first chemist to be elected into all three branches of the National Academies. He has published over 780 manuscripts and has over 1200 patents and patent applications. These discoveries and innovations have led to over 10 different product lines and over 2000 commercial products that are being used worldwide.
context_section_description: 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. He was the first chemist to be elected into all three branches of the National Academies.  He has published over 780 manuscripts (Google Scholar H-index = 173) and has over 1200 patents and patent applications (over 360 issued, over 80% licensed as of December 1, 2019).  These discoveries and innovations have led to over 10 different product lines and over 2000 commercial products that are being used worldwide.
caption: Chad Mirkin with AIC Gold Medal, 2016
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