CBEE Fall Seminar Series
Monday, Oct. 24, 2022
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Owen 106
Katherine A. Mirica

Katherine was born and raised in Ukraine and emigrated with her family to the United States as she was starting high school. She obtained her B.S. in Chemistry at Boston College, where she developed a passion for Materials Chemistry, working in the laboratory of Lawrence T. Scott. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University under the guidance of George M. Whitesides and completed her postdoctoral training with Timothy M. Swager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Katherine began her independent scientific career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Chemistry at Dartmouth College in July 2015 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2021. Her research interests span the topics of self-assembly, design and synthesis of multifunctional
framework materials, electroanalysis, energy, catalysis, and adhesion science.

“Molecular Engineering of Conductive Framework Materials for Chemical Sensing”
Molecular engineering of new materials holds promise for improving human health, safety,
efficiency, and quality of life. This presentation will describe strategies for molecular
engineering of conductive, stimuli-responsive, and molecularly precise materials. The
presentation will describe several approaches for design, synthesis, and device integration of
two-dimensional (2D) conductive metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic
frameworks (COFs) to create devices with promising utility in electroanalysis. An emphasis will
be placed on the fundamental understanding and molecular design of modular
structure–property relationships within this class of 2D materials. In summary, this
presentation will demonstrate how molecular-level features within solid state materials can be
used to tune their stimuli-responsive function.