2016 Waterman Award

国家科学基金会(NSF)提名麻省理工学院化学副教授Mircea Dincao博士为2016年艾伦·T·沃特曼奖获得者。该奖项是NSF的最高荣誉，每年表彰35岁以下的杰出研究人员，并资助他或她在任何科学或工程领域的研究。Dincao博士开创了“对具有特殊电子性质的分子多孔固体的合成和理解的贡献，特别是在创造性的合成设计方面，这些设计导致了具有高导电性和氧化还原活性的微孔材料”。Dincao博士是他这一代人中最有创造力、最多产、最具创新精神的年轻科学家之一。他在化学、材料科学和工程以及催化等领域从事跨学科工作，设计具有新的电子特性和功能的新材料而闻名。作为一位享誉国际的多产学者，Dincao开发了一项独特的研究计划，该计划合成了被称为金属-有机骨架(MOF)的新型有机和无机杂化材料，并以前所未有的导电性和氧化还原活性增强了这些材料。Dincao博士正在对微孔固体的主题进行革命性的研究，他利用一系列新方法来创造出具有无与伦比的特性的材料。最近，Dincao‘s S的研究导致了一类新的MOF，它可以作为多孔导体，具有高比表面积和超过最佳导电聚合物的“电荷迁移率值”。具有这种性质的材料具有巨大的影响和无数的实际应用，包括储能、热电、传感设备和在电催化中的潜在应用。为了表彰丁昂·S博士的杰出研究贡献，他获得了以下奖项和荣誉：梦想化学奖-波兰科学院(2015年)，埃克森美孚ACS固态化学学院奖学金(2015年)，道尔顿讲师奖-加州大学伯克利分校(2015年)，美国国家科学基金会职业生涯奖(2015年)，基思·费格努讲师-渥太华大学(2015年)，汤森路透-路透社最受引用化学家名单(2014年)，科特雷尔学者奖-科学进步研究公司(2014年)，阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆研究奖学金(2014年)，德雷夫斯环境化学研究员奖(2013年)，3M非终身教师奖(2013年)和选定的美国(ACS)跨大西洋化学前沿会议代表(2013年)。到目前为止，作为一名独立研究员，Dincao博士发表了57篇论文。Dincao博士获得了数学和物理科学局材料研究司的资助(职业生涯奖1452612)。

The National Science Foundation (NSF) named Dr. Mircea Dincã, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the 2016 Alan T. Waterman Award recipient. This award is NSF's highest honor that annually recognizes an outstanding researcher under the age of 35 and funds his or her research in any field of science or engineering. Dr. Dincã pioneered "contributions to the synthesis and understanding of molecular porous solids with unusual electronic properties, especially for creative synthetic design leading to microporous materials with high electrical conductivity and redox activity". Dr. Dincã is one of the most creative, productive, and innovative young scientists of his generation. He is recognized for interdisciplinary work spanning the fields of chemistry, materials science and engineering, and catalysis, to design new materials with novel electronic properties and functionality. An internationally known and prolific scholar, Dincã has developed a distinctive research program that synthesizes novel organic and inorganic hybrid materials, known as metal-organic frameworks (MOF), and enhances these materials with unprecedented electric conductivity and redox activity. Dr. Dincã is revolutionizing the subject of microporous solids as he utilizes an array of novel methods to create materials displaying unparalleled characteristics. Recently, Dincã's research resulted in a new class MOFs that serve as porous conductors that exhibit high surface areas and "possess charge mobility values" exceeding the best conductive polymers. Materials exhibiting such properties have the potential for immense impact and myriad practical applications, including energy storage, thermoelectrics, sensing devices, and potential use in electrocatalysis. In recognition of Dr. Dincã's outstanding research contributions, he has received the following awards and honors: Dream Chemistry award- Polish Academy of Science (2015), ExxonMobil ACS Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship (2015), Dalton Lectureship - UC Berkeley (2015), NSF CAREER Award (2015), Keith Fagnou Lectureship - University of Ottawa (2015), Thomson-Reuters Most Cited Chemists List(2014, 2015), Cottrell Scholar Award - Research Corporation for Science Advancement (2014), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2014), Dreyfus Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry (2013), 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2013), and the Selected US (ACS) Representative for Transatlantic Frontiers of Chemistry Conference (2013). To date, Dr. Dincã has 57 publications as an independent researcher. Dr. Dincã has received funding as a PI from the Division of Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (CAREER award 1452612).