Liviu M. Mirica | |
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| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (B.A.) (1999) Stanford University (Ph.D.) (2005) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Inorganic Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Washington University in St. Louis |
| Thesis | Mechanistic Investigations of Model Complexes Relevant to Copper Containing Enzymes (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | T. Daniel P. Stack |
| Other academic advisors | Harry B. Gray Judith P. Klinman |
| Website | https://mirica.web.illinois.edu/ |
Liviu M. Mirica is the Janet and William H. Lycan Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, known for his work in organometallic chemistry and nickel-based catalysis. He was elected in 2018 as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and in 2022 as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1] His research interests include using synthetic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry to study novel transition metal complexes with applications for sustainable catalysis.[2][3] He has also worked on developing bifunctional diagnostic and therapeutic agents for amyloid-beta-related disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, while continuing to investigate the roles of transition metal ions in neurodegenerative diseases.[4][5]