Chad A. Mirkin

Dr. Chad A. Mirkin is the Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Medicine. He is one of only 19 scientists, engineers and medical doctors in the world, and the only chemist, to be elected into all three branches of the US National Academies. He is the author of over 600 manuscripts and over 900 patent applications worldwide (262 issued). Mirkin has been a co-founder of multiple startup companies, including Nanosphere, Inc., AuraSense, LLC, and Exicure, LLC.