Mircea Dincă
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University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D) (2008)
Alan T. Waterman Award (2016)
Dream Chemistry Award (2015)
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2014)
Cottrell Scholar Award (2014)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2014)
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2013)
DOE Young Investigator Award (2011)
Mircea Dincă | |
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 Dincă on receiving the 2016 Alan T. Waterman Award. | |
| Born | Făgăraș, Brașov County, Romania |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (B.A.) (2003) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D) (2008) |
| Awards | ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (2016) Alan T. Waterman Award (2016) Dream Chemistry Award (2015) Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2014) Cottrell Scholar Award (2014) Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2014) 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2013) DOE Young Investigator Award (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Metal-organic frameworks |
| Thesis | Hydrogen Storage in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks with Exposed Metal Sites (2008) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jeffrey R. Long |
| Other academic advisors | Jeffrey Schwartz, Daniel G. Nocera |
| Website | Link |
Mircea Dincă (born 1980) is a Romanian-American inorganic chemist. He is the Andrew Stewart 1886 Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University.[2] At Princeton, Dincă leads a research group that focuses on the synthesis of functional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which possess conductive, catalytic, and other material-favorable properties.
Mircea Dincă was born in Făgăraș, Romania. His passion for chemistry began in his chemistry class in 7th grade, where he had a "dedicated teacher that did spectacular demonstrations with relatively limited regard for safety". In 1998, he represented Romania at the International Science Olympiad (Chemistry) in Yakutsk, Russia, where he won first prize.[3]
After high school, Dincă was offered a scholarship from Princeton University and moved to New Jersey in 1999. At Princeton, he worked with Jeffrey Schwartz, conducting research on materials science. After graduating magna cum laude in 2003, Dincă went on to the University of California, Berkeley to attend the Chemistry doctorate program, where he worked with chemistry professor Jeffrey R. Long on increasing H2 adsorption in metal-organic frameworks with mobile hydrogen storage applications. He graduated with his Ph.D. from Berkeley in 2008.[5]
