Nathan C. Gianneschi

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Nathan Claude Gianneschi
Alma mater University of Adelaide B.Sc. (1999)
Northwestern University Ph.D. (2005)
Awards Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science
Institutions Northwestern University (2017–present)

University of California San Diego (2008–2017)

Scripps Research Institute (2005–2008)
Thesis Supramolecular allosteric catalysts  (2005)
Doctoral advisor Chad Mirkin, SonBinh Nguyen
Other academic advisorsLouis Rendina, Mohammadreza Ghadiri
Website sites.northwestern.edu/gianneschigroup/

Nathan C. Gianneschi is an Australian scientist and academic based in the United States. As of January 2026 he is the Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

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Early life and education

Gianneschi graduated with a B.Sc. (Honours) in chemistry from the University of Adelaide in 1999. [1] During his undergraduate, he conducted honors research with Dr. Louis Rendina on the synthesis of hydrogen-bonded platinum-containing macrocycles. [2] [3] Following this, he moved to Evanston, Illinois to pursue graduate studies at Northwestern University with Prof. Chad Mirkin and Prof. SonBinh Nguyen. There, he developed supramolecular catalysts that exhibit allosteric behavior, that is, exhibit increased reactivity when the catalyst molecule is modified at a site distinct from the catalyst site. [4] [5] [6]

Gianneschi graduated in 2005 with his Ph.D. From 2005 to 2008, he was a Dow Foundation Fellow (through the American Australian Association) at The Scripps Research Institute with M. Reza Ghadiri, where he worked on a strategy to modulate natural enzymes into programmable complexes that can perform simple logic operations. [7]

Career

Gianneschi began his independent career as an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego in 2008. He was promoted to associate professor in 2014, and full professor in 2016. [8] He was appointed the Teddy Traylor Faculty Scholar and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science and Engineering and NanoEngineering.[ when? ] [8] [9]

In 2017, he moved to Northwestern University. [10]

As of January 2026 he is the Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. [11] He is or has also been the associate director for the International Institute for Nanotechnology. [12] Gianneschi's lab takes an interdisciplinary approach to nanomaterials research, with a focus on multifunctional materials for biomedical applications, programmed interactions with biomolecules and cells, and basic research into nanoscale materials design, synthesis and characterization. [13] [ needs update ]

Recognition and awards

Gianneschi is a Sloan Research Fellow,[ citation needed ] a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry,[ citation needed ] and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. [14]

In 2010 he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. [15]

References

  1. ↑ Gianneschi, Nathan C.; Masar, Martin S.; Mirkin, Chad A. (16 September 2005). "Development of a Coordination Chemistry-Based Approach for Functional Supramolecular Structures" . Accounts of Chemical Research. 38 (11): 825–837. doi:10.1021/ar980101q. ISSN   0001-4842. PMID   16285706.
  2. ↑ "Gianneschi, Nathan | Faculty | Northwestern Engineering". www.mccormick.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Gianneschi, Nathan C.; Tiekink, Edward R. T.; Rendina, Louis M. (18 August 2000). "Dinuclear Platinum Complexes with Hydrogen-Bonding Functionality: Noncovalent Assembly of Nanoscale Cyclic Arrays" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122 (35): 8474–8479. Bibcode:2000JAChS.122.8474G. doi:10.1021/ja994483m. ISSN   0002-7863.
  4. ↑ Gianneschi, Nathan C.; Bertin, Paul A.; Nguyen, SonBinh T.; Mirkin, Chad A.; Zakharov, Lev N.; Rheingold, Arnold L. (8 August 2003). "A Supramolecular Approach to an Allosteric Catalyst" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125 (35): 10508–10509. Bibcode:2003JAChS.12510508G. doi:10.1021/ja035621h. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   12940719.
  5. ↑ Gianneschi, Nathan C.; Cho, So-Hye; Nguyen, SonBinh T.; Mirkin, Chad A. (2004). "Reversibly Addressing an Allosteric Catalyst In Situ: Catalytic Molecular Tweezers". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43 (41): 5503–5507. doi: 10.1002/anie.200460932 . ISSN   1521-3773. PMID   15484249.
  6. ↑ Gianneschi, Nathan C.; Nguyen, SonBinh T.; Mirkin, Chad A. (2005). "Signal Amplification and Detection via a Supramolecular Allosteric Catalyst" . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127 (6): 1644–1645. Bibcode:2005JAChS.127.1644G. doi:10.1021/ja0437306. ISSN   0002-7863. PMID   15700991.
  7. ↑ Gianneschi, Nathan C.; Ghadiri, M. Reza (2007). "Design of Molecular Logic Devices Based on a Programmable DNA-Regulated Semisynthetic Enzyme". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46 (21): 3955–3958. doi:10.1002/anie.200700047. ISSN   1521-3773. PMC   2790070 . PMID   17427900.
  8. 1 2 "PI: Nathan C. Gianneschi | The Gianneschi Group". sites.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Nathan C. Gianneschi named associate director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern". International Institute for Nanotechnology. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Chemist Nathan Gianneschi to Join Northwestern, February 22, 2017
  11. ↑ "Nathan Gianneschi". Chemistry Faculty. Northwestern University.
  12. ↑ "Nathan Gianneschi, Associate Director". International Institute for Nanotechnology. Northwestern University.
  13. ↑ "Nathan Gianneschi, Northwestern University". Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  14. ↑ "AIMBE Elects 2020 Fellows". American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
  15. ↑ "President Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists". Obama White House - Office of Science and Technology Policy. Obama White House Archives. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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