B.S. University of Chicago
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Postdoctoral research at Columbia University and MIT
Margaret And Herman Sokol Professor Of Chemistry
B.S. University of Chicago
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Postdoctoral research at Columbia University and MIT
American Crystallographic Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Biophysical Society
New York Academy of Sciences
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Materials Research Society
Pittsburgh Diffraction Society
International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering (Founding President, 2004-5).
Damon Runyon Fellow (1972-3)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow (1973-1976)
Sidhu Award for RNA crystallography (1974)
Basil O'Connor Fellow (1978-1981)
NIH Research Career Development Award (1982-1987)
Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology for the construction of DNA polyhedra (1995)
Discover award in Emerging Technologies for DNA tinkertoys (1997)
Honorary Distinguished Prof., Univ. Peruana Cayetano Heredia(1998-)
Elected AAAS Fellow(1998)
Margaret and Herman Sokol Award in the Sciences, for founding DNA nanotechnology (1999)
Margaret and Herman Sokol Chair in Chemistry, New York University (2001-)
Tulip Award in DNA-Based Computation (2004)
Elected Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2005)
NIH MERIT Award (2005)
Nanotech Briefs Nano50 Innovator Award for DNA nanotechnology (2005)
World Technology Network Biotechnology Award (2005)
Festschrift Volume, Nanotechnology: Science and Computation, (J.Chen, N.Jonoska, G.Rozenberg, Eds), Springer-Verlag, Berlin (2006)
Nichols Medal from NY Section of Am. Chem. Soc. (2008)
Frontiers of Science Award, from the Society of Cosmetic Chemists (2009)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, (2010-2011)
Elected Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science & Letters (2010)
Alexander Rich Medal, from MIT (2010)
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2010)
ISNSCE Award, from ISNSCE, (2011)
Chinese Academy of Sciences Albert Einstein Professorship Award (2012)
Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Pittsburgh (2012)
Thomson-Reuters Citation Laureate (2013)
Elected Fellow of the American Crystallographic Association (2014)
Jagadish Chandra Bose Triennial Gold Medal, Bose Institute, Kolkata (2014)
Wellcome Lecturer, DNA at 70, India (2014-2015)
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia (2016)
Prose Award in Biological Sciences, Am. Publishers Awards (2016)
Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)
N.C. Seeman, DNA Nanotechnology at 40, NanoLetts. 20, in press (2020).
P.S. Kwon, S. Ren, S.-J. Kwon, M.E. Kizer, L. Kuo, M. Xie1, D. Zhu1, F. Zhou, F. Zhang, D. Kim, K. Fraser, L.D. Kramer, N.C. Seeman, J.S. Dordick, R.J. Linhardt, Jie Chao, X. Wang, Designer DNA architecture offers precise and multivalent spatial pattern-recognition for viral sensing and inhibition, Nature Chem. 12, 26-35 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0369-8
Z. Li, L.Liu, M. Zheng, J. Zhao, N.C. Seeman & C. Mao, Making Engineered 3D Crystals Robust, J. Am. Chem. Soc.141, 15850-15855 (2019), doi/10.1021/jacs.9b06613.
S. Naskar, H. Joshi, B. Chakraborty, N.C. Seeman, P.K. Maiti, Atomic Structures of RNA Nanotubes and Comparison with DNA Nanotubes, Nanoscale 11, 14863-14878 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C9NR00786E
H. Pei, R. Sha, X. Wang, M. Zheng, C. Fan, J.W. Canary, N.C. Seeman, Organizing End-Site-Specific SWCNTs in Specific Loci Using DNA, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 11923-11928 (2019) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b03432.
Y. Ohayon, C. Hernandez, A.R. Chandrasekaran, X. Wang, H. Abdullah, M. Jong, M. Mohsen. R. Sha, J. Birktoft, P. Lukeman, P. Chaikin, S. Ginell, C. Mao, N.C. Seeman, Designing Higher Resolution Self-Assembled 3D DNA Crystals via Strand Terminus Modifications, ACS Nano 13, 7957-7965 (2019) DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b02430.
Y. Krishnan & N.C. Seeman, Introduction: Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology, Chem. Rev. 119, 6271-6272 (2019).
X. Wang, A. R. Chandrasekaran, Z.Y. R. Shen, Y.P. Ohayon, T. Wang, M.E. Kizer, R. Sha, C. Mao, H. Yan, X. Zhang, S.P. Liao, B.Q. Ding, B. Chakraborty, N. Jonoska, D. Niu, H.Z. Gu, J. Chao, X. Gao, Y.H. Li, T. Ciengshin & N. C. Seeman, Paranemic Crossover DNA: There and Back Again, Chem Rev. 119, 6273-6279 (2019). DOI:doi/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00207.
N.C. Seeman, C.H. Fan, S. Wang, K. Schanze, L. Fernandez, Forum on Translational DNA Nanotechnology, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11, 13833-13824 (2019). DOI: 10.121/acsami9b04482.
N.C. Seeman, Five Years with Alex Rich, in The Excitementn of Discovery, A Tribute to Alexander Rich, ed. by Shuguang Zhang, World Scientific, Inc., London, pp 238-239 (2019).
X. Gao, M. Gethers, S.-p Han, W.A. Goddard, III, R. Sha, R.P. Cunningham, N.C. Seeman, The PX Motif of DNA Binds Specifically to Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase I, Biochem 58, 575-581 (2019).
R. Zhuo, F. Zhao, X. He, R. Sha, N.C. Seeman, PM. Chaikin, Litters of Self-Replicating Origami Cross-Tiles, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 116,1952-1957 (2019).
J. Zhao, Y. Zhao, Z. Li, Y. Wang, R. Sha, N.C. Seeman, C. Mao, Modulating Self-Assembly of DNA Crystals with Rationally Designed Agents, Angew. Chemie , https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201809757 (2018).
Y. Zhang, X. He, R. Zhuo, R. Sha, J. Brujic, N.C. Seeman, P.M. Chaikin, Multi-valent, Multi-flavored Droplets by Design, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 115, 9086-9091 (2018).
N.C. Seeman, DNA Nanotechnology: From the Pub to Information-Based Chemistry, Meth. Mol. Biol. 1811, 1-9 (2018).
X. Wang, A.R. Chandrasekaran, Z. Shen, Y. Ohayon, T. Wang, M.E. Kizer, R. Sha, C. Mao, H. Yan, X. Zhang, S. Liao, B. Ding, B. Chakraborty, N. Jonoska, D. Niu, H. Gu, Jie Chao, Xiang Gao, Y. Li, T. Ciengshin, N.C. Seeman, Paranemic Crossover DNA: There and Back Again, Chem. Rev. in press, (2018). DOI:doi/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00207
R. Sha, L. Xiang, C. Liu, A. Balaeff, Y. Zhang, P. Zhang, Y. Li, D.N. Beratan, N.J. Tao, N.C. Seeman, Charge Splitters and Charge Transport Junctions Based on Guanine Quadruplexes, Nature Nanotech. 13, 316-321 (2018).
X. Wang, C. Li, D. Niu, R. Sha, N.C. Seeman, J.W. Canary, The Construction of a DNA Origami Based Molecular Electro-Optical Modulator, NanoLett. 18, 2112-2115 (2018).
M.M. Ferrari, A. Cook, A. Houlihan, R. Rouleau, N.C. Seeman, G. Pangborn, J. Ellis-Monaghan, Design Formalism for DNA Self-Assembly of Polyhedral Skeletons using Rigid Tiles, J. Math. Chem., 56, 1365-1392 (2018), DOI 10.1007/s10910-018-0858-9.