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Liviu M. Mirica

Liviu M. Mirica

· William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor of ChemistryVerified

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Chemistry

Active 2002–2026

h-index47
Citations7.4k
Papers219146 last 5y
Funding$14.4M1 active
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About

Professor Liviu M. Mirica is the William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from California Institute of Technology in 1999 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University in 2005. After working as an NIH postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, he started his independent career in the Department of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis in 2008. In January 2019, he joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois. His research interests include synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry applied to renewable energy catalysis and oxidative organic transformations. He also develops bifunctional therapeutic and diagnostic agents for amyloid peptide disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and studies the role of transition metal ions in neurodegenerative diseases. His research program involves the synthesis and characterization of novel transition metal complexes that mediate multi-electron redox processes relevant to energy applications and organic transformations, including reactions catalyzed by high-valent late transition metal complexes. Additionally, he investigates the role of transition metal ions in the aggregation of amyloid β peptides and develops bifunctional compounds as potential therapeutic and diagnostic agents for Alzheimer’s disease.

Research topics

  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Optics
  • Chromatography
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Biophysics
  • Atomic physics
  • Crystallography
  • Physics
  • Biology
  • Organic chemistry
  • Pathology

Selected publications

  • CCDC 2382753: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-02-09

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

  • CCDC 2382771: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-02-09

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

  • CCDC 2382770: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-02-09

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

  • CCDC 2382755: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-02-09

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

  • CCDC 2382772: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-02-09

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

  • CCDC 2382760: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-02-09

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

  • Mn(II) MRI Contrast Agents Supported by Unsymmetric Pyridinophane-picolinate Ligands

    ChemRxiv · 2026-05-15

    articleOpen accessSenior author

    Gadolinium-based contrast agents are widely used in MRI, but manganese-based agents have recently gained attention for their favorable relaxation properties and biocompatibility. In this study, we developed a series of chelators based on the 2,11-diaza[3.3](2,6)pyridinophane macrocycle to improve the relaxivity of the corresponding Mn(II) complexes. We evaluated how coordination number and pendant arm selection influence the efficiency of these Mn-based MRI contrast agents. Spectrophotometric titrations showed that 7-coordinate complexes are more thermodynamically stable than 6-coordinate complexes, as expected for Mn(II). However,

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  • CCDC 2382757: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-02-09

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

  • CCDC 2382777: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-02-09

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

  • CCDC 2402816: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

    The Cambridge Structural Database · 2026-05-01

    datasetOpen accessSenior author

    An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available from the CCDC and typically includes 3D coordinates, cell parameters, space group, experimental conditions and quality measures.

    PublisherDOI

Recent grants

Frequent coauthors

  • Nigam P. Rath

    University of Missouri–St. Louis

    168 shared

  • Julia R. Khusnutdinova

    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

    72 shared

  • Jason W. Schultz

    47 shared

  • T. Daniel P. Stack

    Stanford University

    42 shared

  • Fengzhi Tang

    Shanxi Datong University

    42 shared

  • Giang N. Tran

    41 shared

  • Hanah Na

    Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

    38 shared

  • Buck E. Rogers

    Washington University in St. Louis

    37 shared

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Awards & honors

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018
  • BK21–KAIST Lectureship Award, Korea Advanced Institute of Sc…
  • Innovation Award, St. Louis Academy of Sciences, 2017
  • Saint Louis Award, ACS St. Louis Section, 2016
  • Organometallics Young Investigator Fellowship, ACS Division…
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