Katherine Mirica

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Katherine A. Mirica
Alma mater Harvard University Ph.D. (2011)
Boston College B.S. (2004)
Scientific career
Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dartmouth College
Thesis Density-based chemical analysis and three dimensional self-assembly using magnetic levitation  (2011)
Doctoral advisor George M. Whitesides
Other academic advisorsLawrence T. Scott, Timothy M. Swager

Katherine A. Mirica is an American chemist who is an associate professor at Dartmouth College. Her research considers materials chemistry, with a particular focus on environmental science and microelectronics.

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Early life and education

Mirica was born in Eastern Ukraine. She moved to Rhode Island whilst at high school. Mirica was an undergraduate at Boston College, where she majored in chemistry and worked alongside Prof. Lawrence T. Scott. She was awarded the Matthew Copithorne Scholarship and the Scholar of the College Award.[ citation needed ] After graduating with her B.S. in chemistry in 2004, Mirica moved to Harvard University for her graduate studies, where she worked with Prof. George M. Whitesides to investigate three-dimensional self-assembly using magnetic levitation. [1] [2] Together they worked on paper-based diagnostics and protein biophysics. [3] [4] [5] After earning her doctorate, Mirica joined the laboratory of Timothy M. Swager at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an National Institutes of Health Research Fellow. Her work at MIT considered solvent-free portable electronic carbon-based chemical sensors. [6] [7]

Research and career

Mirica was appointed to the faculty at Dartmouth College in 2015. [8] She studies self-assembly and multifunctional framework materials. [8] [9] Amongst the materials developed by Mirica, two-dimensional conductive metal-organic frameworks hold promise for electroanalysis. [10]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ Mirica, Katherine A.; Ilievski, Filip; Ellerbee, Audrey K.; Shevkoplyas, Sergey S.; Whitesides, George M. (2011). "Using Magnetic Levitation for Three Dimensional Self-Assembly" . Advanced Materials. 23 (36): 4134–4140. Bibcode:2011AdM....23.4134M. doi:10.1002/adma.201101917. ISSN   1521-4095. PMID   21830239. S2CID   11242839.
  2. ↑ Ilievski, Filip; Mirica, Katherine A.; Ellerbee, Audrey K.; Whitesides, George M. (2011-09-20). "Templated self-assembly in three dimensions using magnetic levitation" . Soft Matter. 7 (19): 9113–9118. Bibcode:2011SMat....7.9113I. doi:10.1039/C1SM05962A. ISSN   1744-6848. S2CID   6565892.
  3. ↑ Mirica, Katherine A.; Phillips, Scott T.; Shevkoplyas, Sergey S.; Whitesides, George M. (2008-12-31). "Using Magnetic Levitation To Distinguish Atomic-Level Differences in Chemical Composition of Polymers, and To Monitor Chemical Reactions on Solid Supports" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130 (52): 17678–17680. doi:10.1021/ja8074727. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   19063630.
  4. ↑ Mirica, Katherine A.; Shevkoplyas, Sergey S.; Phillips, Scott T.; Gupta, Malancha; Whitesides, George M. (2009-07-29). "Measuring Densities of Solids and Liquids Using Magnetic Levitation: Fundamentals" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (29): 10049–10058. doi:10.1021/ja900920s. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   19621960.
  5. ↑ Mirica, Katherine A.; Phillips, Scott T.; Mace, Charles R.; Whitesides, George M. (2010-06-09). "Magnetic Levitation in the Analysis of Foods and Water" . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58 (11): 6565–6569. doi:10.1021/jf100377n. ISSN   0021-8561. PMID   20465289. S2CID   15398464.
  6. ↑ Mirica, Katherine A.; Weis, Jonathan G.; Schnorr, Jan M.; Esser, Birgit; Swager, Timothy M. (2012). "Mechanical Drawing of Gas Sensors on Paper". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51 (43): 10740–10745. doi:10.1002/anie.201206069. ISSN   1521-3773. PMC   3494289 . PMID   23037938.
  7. ↑ Mirica, Katherine A.; Azzarelli, Joseph M.; Weis, Jonathan G.; Schnorr, Jan M.; Swager, Timothy M. (2013-08-27). "Rapid prototyping of carbon-based chemiresistive gas sensors on paper". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (35): E3265 –E3270. Bibcode:2013PNAS..110E3265M. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1307251110 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   3761578 . PMID   23942132.
  8. 1 2 "Katherine A, Mirica: Molecular Engineering of Materials for Chemical Sensing and Microelectronics // Events // Preprofessional Studies // University of Notre Dame". preprofessional.nd.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  9. ↑ "Katherine A. Mirica". Department of Chemistry. 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  10. ↑ Ko, Michael; Mendecki, Lukasz; Mirica, Katherine A. (2018-07-12). "Conductive two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks as multifunctional materials" . Chemical Communications. 54 (57): 7873–7891. doi:10.1039/C8CC02871K. ISSN   1364-548X. PMID   29926846.
  11. ↑ "Previous Winners - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag". Thieme. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  12. ↑ "Dartmouth Professors Win Sloan Research Fellowships". Dartmouth News. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  13. ↑ "Chemists named 2019 Cottrell Scholars". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  14. ↑ "Dartmouth's Katherine Mirica Wins National Teacher-Scholar Honor". www.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
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