Advertisement

If you have an ACS member number, please enter it here so we can link this account to your membership. (optional)

ACS values your privacy. By submitting your information, you are gaining access to C&EN and subscribing to our weekly newsletter. We use the information you provide to make your reading experience better, and we will never sell your data to third party members.

ENJOY UNLIMITED ACCES TO C&EN

People

Remsen Award to Chad Mirkin

by Linda Wang
February 5, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 6

Mirkin
[+]Enlarge
Credit: Courtesy of Chad Mirkin
A photo of Chad Mirkin.
Credit: Courtesy of Chad Mirkin

Chad Mirkin, the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry and director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University, is the winner of the $2,500 Remsen Award, presented by the ACS Maryland Section for outstanding achievement in chemistry. The award is named after Ira Remsen, Johns Hopkins University’s first chair of the chemistry department.

Among Mirkin’s achievements is the invention of spherical nucleic acids, which have applications including extracellular and intracellular molecular diagnostics, gene regulation, and immune modulation. He will present a lecture on Nov. 15 at Johns Hopkins University.

Please send announcements of awards to l_wang@acs.org.

Article:

This article has been sent to the following recipient:

0 /1 FREE ARTICLES LEFT THIS MONTH Remaining
Chemistry matters. Join us to get the news you need.