Education

• Ph.D. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
  Specializing in Biomedical Engineering/Electrokinetics. Aug 2003
• M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
  Specializing in Biomedical Engineering/Nonlinear Frequency Analysis. May 2003
• B.S. Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University
  Summa Cum Laude, May 1998

Positions

Publications & Scholarly Summary

My research and scholarship span technical research, educational pedagogy, and ADVANCE-related publications. A total of 115 peer-reviewed manuscripts or book chapters have been published.

Research Publications

• [43] Chapa, Isabel; Dykstra, Grace; Fungura, Asky; Krakhaleva, Natalia; Minerick, Adrienne; Liu, Yixin, “Aging the Imprint: Enhanced Performance of a Silver Prussian Blue Analogue–MIP Electrochemical Sensor for Sulfamethoxazole Detection in Milk,” ACS Sensors, 2025.
• [42] A. Tahmasebi, S. Habibi, J. Collins, R. An, E. Dehdashti, and A.R. Minerick, "pH Gradients in Spatially Non-uniform AC Electric Fields at or Below the Charging Frequency," Micromachines 2023, 14(9), 1655.
• [41] R. An and A.R. Minerick, "Reaction-free concentration gradient generation in spatially non-uniform AC electric fields," Langmuir, 2022, 38, 19, 5977–5986.
• [40] S. Habibi, H.Y. Lee, H. Moncada-Hernandez, and A.R. Minerick, "Induction and Suppression of Cell Lysis in an Electrokinetic Microfluidic System," Electrophoresis, 2022.
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Educational & ADVANCE Journal Publications

• [16] Colbert, K, B. Lehman, S.M. Goltz, A.R. Minerick. “Exploratory Assessment of Advocates & Allies Workshops at a Midwestern STEM-Focused Institution.” ADVANCE Journal, April 2025.
• [15] Cervato, C.; Peterson, S.; Johnson, C. A.; Bilen-Green, C.; Koretsky, C.; Minerick, A.; Kremer, G. O. “Department Chairs as Change Agents.” Innovative Higher Education 2024.

Honors & Awards

• 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows Inductee (Top 2% of medical and biological engineers)
• 2025 Faculty Distinguished Service Award, Michigan Tech
• Distinguished Professor of Michigan Tech, 2024
• ASEE Hall of Fame, Inducted 2023
• Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Inducted 2023
• AES Lifetime Achievement Award (Electrophoresis Society)
• NSF CAREER Award, 2007

Grants & Contracts

Summary: 58 grants or contracts for a total of $15,309,013 (PI = $6,914,332 and co-PI = $8,394,681).

Student Advising & Mentoring

Key for student demographics: 19 African American, 5 Latin-X, 66 women, 32 Awards earned.

Current PhD Researchers:

• Natalia Krakhaleva – PhD Candidate: Novel detection of Vitamin D from Human Tears
• Purity Obegi Angwenyi – PhD student: Electrokinetic Characterization of Microbiota

Postdoctoral Alums:

• Zainab Alshoug – Postdoctoral Associate 2022-2025
• Hector Moncada-Hernandez – Postdoctoral Associate 2014-2017
• Hwi Yong Lee - Postdoctoral Associate 2014-2018

Service Activities

National Leadership

• President, ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education), 2021-2022
• Chair, Co-Chair Diversity Committee, ASEE, 2014-2015
• Board Member, Friends of the JR Van Pelt Library, 2010-2014

Mentorship Programs

• ELATES Learning Community Advisor (LCA), 2021-2024
• Mentor, AISES (American Indian Society for Engineering and Science), 2014-present
• Mentor, AIChE Future Faculty program, 2015-present