Mirkin Group News
PC Chen wins ACS Young Investigator Award
Mirkin Group graduate student, PC Chen, was recently named as a recipient of the 2018 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (DIC) Young Investigator Award award. The award will be presented at the Fall 2018 ACS National Meeting in Boston. PC will receive a $1,000...
2018 Harrison Howe Award
Prof. Mirkin has been awarded the 2018 Harrison Howe Award. Awarded annually since 1946 by the Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the award honors Harrison Howe, one of the founders of the Rochester Section of the ACS, who was a fervent champion...
2018 Remsen Award
Chad Mirkin is this year’s recipient of the Remsen Award from the Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society and the Chemistry Department of Johns Hopkins. The award is given each year to an outstanding chemist and consists of an honorarium ($2000) and a plaque...
Mirkin elected to Chinese Academy of Sciences – Foreign Member
Prof. Chad A. Mirkin was elected as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences along with two other Northwestern Professors Sir Fraser Stoddart and Yonggang Huang. You can read more about the announcement here.
2017 Mirkin Group Fall Picnic
2017 IIN Outstanding Research Awards Announced!
Congratulations to Maria Cabezas, Haixin Lin, Qingyuan Lin, Janet McMillan & Lin Sun who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions in the field of nanotechnology research over the past year. These Mirkin Group students have been chosen to receive...
Liang Hao’s wedding
Congratulations to Mirkin Group alumni, Dr. Liang Hao! Liang recently married Dr. Houqing Yu. The happy couple is joined in this photo by current and former Mirkin group members (L-R) Andy Wang, Dr. Jessica Rouge, Dr. Xiaozhu Zhou, Jen Ferrer and Lin Sun.
Ziyin Huang accepted to Biotechnology Training Program
Mirkin Group graduate student, Ziyin Huang, has been accepted to the Biotechnology Training Program as a Cluster Trainee. Congratulations, Ziyin!
Farewell Dr. Ko!
We wish former Mirkin Group Scientific Officer Dr. Caroline Ko well as she transitions to the NewCures office based out of the Innovation and New Ventures Office at Northwestern.
Jungsoo Park – Chicago Cancer Baseball Charities Award Winner
Congratulations to Mirkin graduate student Jungsoo Park who has been selected to receive the Chicago Cancer Baseball Charities at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center beginning September 1, 2017.
Mirkin announced as 2017 ACS Fellow
Prof. Mirkin has been selected as a member of the 2017 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society. You can read more about the program here and see a full list of Fellows here.
Mirkin Meetup – Boston
Boston area Mirkin alumni met up on Friday, June 16 while Chad was in town for the 2017 Koch Institute Summer Symposium. Back row left to right - Dr. Drew Prigodich, Dr. Tuncay Ozel, Dr. Will Briley, Prof. Chad A. Mirkin, Dr. Xing Liao, Prof. Keith Brown, Dr. Andrew...
Using SNAs in Cancer Vaccines
Prof. Mirkin discussing SNAs in cancer vaccines at the 2017 Pittcon Conference.
Janet McMillan wins GRS poster session
Congratulations to Mirkin graduate student Janet McMillan who was recognized for her poster at the recent 2017 Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Chemistry GRS & GRC meeting in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. Janet's poster was selected along with seven others as...
GRS & GRC Mirkin Group Reunion
Seven current and former Mirkin Group members participated in the 2017 Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Chemistry GRS & GRC meetings in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. Left to right: Prof. Nat Rosi (U Pitt), Janet McMillan (grad student), Dr. Matt Jones (UC...
Dr. Andrea Luthi accepts faculty position
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Luthi, a former Mirkin Group graduate student, who has accepted a tenure-track biochemistry position at Emporia State University, her alma mater. Andrea is currently a postdoc in the Gianneschi Group at UCSD.
Congratulations Nathaniel Kim, MD!
Congratulation to Mirkin Group alumni, Nathaniel Kim who graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
MRS Graduate Student Gold Award – Peng-Cheng Chen
Peng-Cheng Chen received an MRS Graduate Student Gold Award at the 2017 MRS Spring Meeting, the top honor for graduate students in material science community. Please click here to learn more. Congratulations, Peng-Cheng!
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