The Mirkin Group

Group Picture

Far Back Row (from left to right): Weiwei, Drew, Xiaodong, Peng, Wes, Chad, Dave, Gengfeng, Hyo Jae

Next Row Forward (roughly) : Dorota, Andrew, Alex, Matt, Mike, Chris, Xiaoyang, Jae-won, Rafael, Lidong, Fengwei

Last Standing Row : Ling, Jong kuk, Dwight, Can, Savka, Jill, Haley, Sarah, Sabine, Norma

Kneeling/Seated: Ari, Pirmin, Pinal, You-Moon, Abdel, Jake, Raymond, Junpei, Yuhuang, Hyojong

Not Pictured: Jae-seung, Abigail

 

For more information:

  • To inquire regarding postdoctoral associate positions, please contact Dr. Sabine Sturm at s-sturm@northwestern.edu
  • To inquire regarding our graduate degree program at Northwestern University Chemistry Department, please contact the Graduate Assistant at gradasst@northwestern.edu

 

Doctoral Candidates

 

Postdoctoral Associates

 

 

Visiting Scholars

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Former Members

  • Dr. Alan Allgeier (1992-1996), Currently at Amgen, Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Ah-Hyun Bae (2005-2007)
  • Dr. Aaron Brown (2002-2006), Currently at Stepan (Northfield, IL), Senior Research Chemist
  • Dr. W. Brett Caldwell (1991-1996), Currently with Bend Corporation, Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Dean Campbell (1992-1996), Currently at Bradley University, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Yunwei Cao (2000-2003), Currently at University of Florida as an Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Yu-Hsu Chang (2004-2005), Currently at National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Kaimen Chen (1992-1995), Currently with Medtronics, Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Sung-Wook Chung (2000-2004), Currently at Lawrence Livermore, Researcher
  • Dr. Linette Demers (1998-2002), Currently with Sg2, Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Felicia Dixon (1997-2002), Currently with L’Oreal, R&D, Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Adam Eisenberg (1997-2002), Currently Research Specialist for the Howard Hughes Institute
  • Dr. Robert Elghanian (1995-1999), Currently with Nanosphere, Inc., R&D, Consultant
  • Dr. Joshua Farrell (1994-1999), Currently at The College of the Holy Cross, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Dimitra Georganopoulou (2003-2005), Currently at Ohmx Corporation, Research Scientist
  • Dr. Nathan Gianneschi (1999-2004), Currently at Scripps Research Institute, Post-Doctoral Associate with Prof. M. Reza Ghadiri
  • Dr. David Ginger (2001-2003), Currently at the University of Washington, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Shouwu Guo (2001-2003), Currently at the University of Minnesota, Post-Doctoral Associate
  • Dr. Leijun Hao (1999-2000), currently at Digital Specialty Chemicals (Toronto) as a senior scientist
  • Dr. Min Su Han (2004-2007), Currently at Joong-Ang University, South Korea, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Sang Woo Han (2002-2004), Currently at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea, Assistant Professor
  • Mr. Brian Herr (1991-1994), Currently with General Catalyst Partners, Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Thomas Higgins (1992-1997), Currently at Harold Washington University, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Bradley Holliday (1997-2003), Currently at the University of Texas at Austin, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Seunghun Hong (1998-2001), Currently at Seoul National University, South Korea, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Ling Huang (2005-2007), Currently at Corning Inc. research scientist
  • Dr. Albena Ivanisevic (2000-2002), Currently at Purdue University, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Nak Han Jang (1997-1998), Currently at Kongju Nat'l Univ., South Korea, Assist. Prof.
  • Dr. You-Moon Jeon (2005-2008), Currently at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., CDP Scientist
  • Dr. Rongchao Jin (1999-2003), Currently at Carnegie-Mellon University, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Joseph Kakkassery (2004-2006), Currently at Platypus Technologies (Madison, WI), Research Scientist
  • Dr. Jacob Ketter (2005-2007)
  • Dr. Meisa Khoshbin (2001-2006), Currently at The Bay School of San Francisco working as a chemistry teacher.
  • Dr. Young Jo Kim (2002-2003), Currently at LG, Corp., South Korea, Chemist
  • Dr. Igor Kourkine (1997-1999), Currently at Northwestern University, Assistant Chair of Chemical Engineering
  • Dr. John Krebs (1997-1999), Currently at Argonne National Laboratory, Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Junpei Kuwabara (2006-2007), Currently at Tsukuba University, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Anne Lazarides (2001-2002), Currently at Duke University, Assistant Professor of MEMS
  • Dr. Ki-Bum Lee (2000-2004), Currently at Scripps Research Institute, Post-Doctoral Associate with Prof. Schultz
  • Dr. Jae-Seung Lee (2004-2008), Currently at MIT, Post-Doctoral Associate with Prof. Langer
  • Dr. Seung Woo Lee (2004-2006), Currently at Yeungnam University, South Korea, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Zhi Li (1999-2004), Currently at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Post-Doctoral Associate with Prof. Rubner
  • Dr. Jung-Hyurk Lim (2001-2004), Currently at Chung-ju National University, South Korea, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Abigail Lytton-Jean (2002-2007), Currently at MIT, Post-Doctoral Associate with Prof. Langer
  • Dr. Xiaogang Liu (1999-2004), Currently at MIT, Post-Doctoral Associate with Prof. Stellacci
  • Dr. Martin Masar (1999-2005), Currently at Welsh & Katz, Ltd. (Chicago, IL), Technical Advisor
  • Dr. Daniel Maspoch (2004-2006), Currently at Institut Catala de Nanotecnologia ETSE, Spain Assistant professor
  • Mr. Kim McCumber (2001-2004), Currently at Northwestern University, Research Coordinator
  • Dr. Gabriella Metraux (2001-2006), Currently at Intel, Senior Process Etch Engineer
  • Dr. Greg Mitchell (1997-2000), Currently at Dupont, Inc., Research Chemist
  • Dr. Robert Mucic (1994-1999), Currently with Motorola, Senior Scientist
  • Dr. Jwa-Min Nam (2000-2004), Currently at Seoul National University, South Korea, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Chris Oliveri (2003-2007), Currently at Exxon Mobil, Senior Chemist
  • Dr. Byung Keun Oh (2004-2006), Currently at Sogang University, South Korea, Assistant Prof.
  • Dr. Moonhyun Oh (2003-2006), Currently at Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, Assistant Prof.
  • Dr. Max Ovchinnikov (2001-2005), Currently at Shell Global Solutions, Research Chemist
  • Mr. Matt Park (2005-2006)
  • Dr. So-Jung Park (1998-2002), Currently at University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Prof.
  • Dr. Sungho Park (2003-2005), Currently at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, Assistant Professor
  • Ms. Emma Kate Payne (2003-2006)
  • Dr. Krishnan Pillai (2000-2001), Currently at Northwestern University, Post-Doctoral Associate
  • Dr. Richard Piner (1995-1998), Currently at Northwestern University, Research Associate
  • Dr. Lidong Qin (2003-2007), Currently at Caltech, Post-Doctoral Associate with Prof. Heath
  • Dr. Robert A. Reynolds (1997-2000), Currently at UCAR, Inc., Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Nathaniel Rosi (2003-2006), Currently at University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor
  • Dr.Sergei Rozhok (2001-2005), Currently at Nanoink
  • Dr. Khalid Salaita (2001-2006), Currently at University of California at Berkeley, Post-Doctroal Fellow with Prof. Jay Groves
  • Dr. Raymond Sanedrin (2002-2007), Currently at Nano Ink, Senior Researcher
  • Dr. Peter Schwartz (1999-2000), Currently at California Polytech, Lecturer
  • Dr. Clifton Shen (2004-2006), Currently at UCLA, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Caroline Sassano Slone (1993-1997), Currently at Air Products and Chemicals,Inc., Senior Scientist
  • Dr. Elizabeth Singewald (1991-1996), Currently at Invista, Inc., Patent Liaison
  • Dr. Xiaobo Shi (1994-1996), Currently at QTL Biosystems, Technical Staff
  • Dr. Savka Stoeva (2003-2007), Currently at Hewlett Packard, Research chemist
  • Dr. James Storhoff (1995-2000), Currently at Nanosphere, Inc., Senior Researcher
  • Dr. Ming Su(2002-present), Currently at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Dr. T. Andrew Taton (1998-2001), Currently at University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. C. Shad Thaxton (2003-2007), Currently at Feinberg School of Medicine, Urology Resident
  • Dr. Fujigaya Tsuyohiko (2005-2006), Currently at Kyusyu University, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Rafael Vega (2003-2007), Currently at University of Illinois College of Medicine, Medical Student
  • Mr. Feng Wang (1998-2000)
  • Dr. Keith Watson (1997-2001), Currently at Dow Chemical Company, Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Dana Weinberger (1995-2000), Currently at Adaptive Therapeutics, Inc. as a Staff Scientist
  • Dr. Markus Wunder (2003-2004), Currently at Ohmx Corporation, Research Scientist
  • Dr. Feng Xu (1994-1999), Currently at United Oil Products, R&D Specialist
  • Dr. Can Xue (2002-2007), Currently at Nanyang Technological University,
  • Dr. Kuk Ro Yoon (2004-2005), Currently at Hannam University, Instructor
  • Dr. Hua Zhang (2001-2003), Currently at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Yi Zhang (2000-2003), Currently at the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences as a Chemist
  • Dr. Jin Zhu (1995-1999), Currently at Nanjing University, China, Professor


Undergraduate Researchers

  • Jacob Mazo, Northwestern University (C99, Fall, 1991)
  • Boyung Sim, Dickinson College (NSF-REU, Summer, 1992)
  • Keanan Dungey, Wheaton College (Pew Fellow, Summer, 1992)
  • Derek Ferrie, University of South Dakota (NSF-REU, Summer, 1992)
  • Jonathan Melman, Northwestern University (C99, Winter and Spring, 1992)
  • Suvi Sharma, Northwestern University (C99, Spring, 1993)
  • Daniel Pippel, Wheaton College (Pew Fellow, Summer, 1993)
  • Kirsten Sjoberg, North Park College (NSF-REU, Summer, 1993)
  • Shashin Shah, Oberlin College (Summer, 1993)
  • Thomas Albrecht, Southwest Minnesota (Summer, 1993)
  • Allison Levy (C99, Spring 1994)
  • Robert Mucic, University of California, San Diego (1994)
  • Susan Schofer, Brown University (NSF-REU, 1994)
  • Tony Tang, Northwestern University (1995-1997)
  • Michael Cannon, Chicago State University (AFOSR, Summer, 1996)
  • Amanda Williamson, Northwestern University (1997-1998)
  • Brad Holliday, Allegheny College (Summer, 1997)
  • David Benedetto, College of the Holy Cross (Summer, 1997)
  • Brian Clay, Chicago State University (Summer, 1998)
  • Linette Demers, McGill University (Summer, 1998)
  • Leon McWilliams, North Central College (NSF-REU, Summer, 1998)
  • Anne Eidelman, Washington University (Summer, 1998)
  • David Ison, Northwestern University (Summer, 1998; Summer 1999)
  • Sarah Brennan, Northwestern University (C99, Fall 1999)
  • Nicole Reitz, Northwestern University (C99, Spring 2001)
  • Jackie Romero, Harold Washington College (Summer 2001)
  • Amanda Jensen, (NSF-REU, Summer 2001)
  • Kim McCumber, East Carolina University (Summer, 2001)
  • Khalid Salaita, Old Dominion University (Summer, 2001)
  • Nicole Reitz, Northwestern University (C99, Spring 2001-present)
  • Pirmin Ulmann, ETH, Zurich (Winter, 2001)
  • Mark Morales, Princeton University (Summer 2002, REU)
  • Garrett Forbes (Summer 2003, RET)
  • Myrna Alvarez (Summer 2003, RET)
  • David Fratterelli, University of Michigan (Summer, 2003)
  • Amy Vega, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Summer, 2004)
  • Allison Ange, University of Arizona (Summer, 2004, REU)
  • Caroline Maker (Summer, 2004, RET)
  • Ada Lee, Northwestern University (Summer, 2004, REU)
  • Sadiya Khan, Northwestern University (Summer, 2004, REU)
  • Susanna Arguijo, Harold Washington College (Summer, 2004, REU)
  • Anand Amarnath, University of Illinois, Chicago (Summer, 2004, REU)
  • Janet Gonzales, Baylor University (Summer, 2005, REU)
  • David Wolinsky, New Trier High School (Summer, 2005, H.S. Intern)

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