Meet the Team

Shelley D. Minteer

Director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability

Specialization: Analytical chemistry, materials science and engineering, energy, sustainability.

 

Dr. Shelley Minteer is a Professor of Chemistry and the Director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She is also the Director of the NSF Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry. She received her PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Iowa in 2000 under the direction of Professor Johna Leddy. After receiving her PhD, she spent 11 years as a faculty in the Department of Chemistry at Saint Louis University before moving to the University of Utah in 2011 to lead the USTAR Alternative Energy Cluster. She was a Technical Editor for the Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2013-2016) and also an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Chemical Society (2016-2020) before becoming the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the ACS Au Journals. She has published greater than 450 publications and greater than 550 presentations at national and international conferences and universities. She has won several awards including the Luigi Galvani Prize of the Bioelectrochemical Society,  International Society of Electrochemistry Tajima Prize and Bioelectrochemistry Prize, Grahame Award of the Electrochemical Society, Fellow of the Electrochemical Society and the International Society of Electrochemistry, American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry, and the Society of Electroanalytical Chemists’ Young Investigator Award and Reilley Award. Her research interests are focused on electrocatalysis and bioanalytical electrochemistry. She has expertise in biosensors, biofuel cells, electrosynthesis, and bioelectronics.

Staff
Cherise T. Fung

Office Support Associate

573-341-4435 | cfykd@mst.edu |

201 Interdisciplinary Engineering

Responsibilities
  • Support front office operations & reception activities
  • Serve as first point of contact for visitors, guests, and staff
  • Support HR functions
    • Onboarding & offboarding coordination
    • Process ePAFs creation & updates
  • Coordinate events & support guest logistics
  • Perform additional tasks as needed
Lab Manager

Position Currently Vacant

573-341-4435 |

Thi My Huong Dinh

Lab Technician

573-341-4435 | td8mk@mst.edu |

239 Schrenk Hall

Responsibilities

coming soon
Dedie Wilson

Director of Program Operations

573-341-4229 | dediewilson@mst.edu |

201B Interdisciplinary Engineering

Responsibilities
  • Office Manager overseeing day-to-day operations
  • Supervise staff and student employees
  • Oversee financial management and budget planning
  • Support HR Functions
    • Serving as approver & timekeeper
    • Creating job descriptions
    • Serving as committee support
  • Maintain & update website
  • Support marketing & communications, including social media
  • Manage and support special projects

Managing Director
Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry

  • Supervise staff and student employees
  • Coordinate & participate in weekly CSOE meetings
  • Participate in monthly NSF-CCI meetings, preparing and reporting on program updates and progress
  • Coordinate & participate in the annual CSOE all-hands meeting
  • Plan & support the biennial NSF site visits
  • Participate in the biennial NSF reporting and training conference
  • Coordinate & support the External CSOE Advisory Board
  • Prepare required reports and documentation
  • Oversee financial management and budget planning
  • Track, manage, and upload CSOE publications
  • Maintain & update website
  • Support marketing & communications, including social media
  • Manage and support special projects
Staff Office Hours
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Cherise: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Dinh: Mon & Wed: 1:00-5:00 PM
Tue, Thu & Fri: 9:30-11:30am & 1:30-3:30pm
Dedie: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Post Doctoral Fellows
Monica Brachi

Post Doctoral Fellow

mbbwv@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Specialization

Works on promoting biocatalytic reactions via electrochemical cofactor regeneration and electrode modification for the green synthesis of chemicals and energy generation. Joined KICRS, February 2024.
Rohit Jadhav

Post Doctoral Fellow

rjm6q@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Vamshi Krishna Kamaja

Post Doctoral Fellow

vkd37@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Wassim El Housseini

Post Doctoral Fellow

we369@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Nathan Ricks

Post Doctoral Fellow

nr36b@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Specialization

Engineering new redox-active enzymes and protein to enable catalysis and sustainable chemical synthesis
Michael Pence

Post Doctoral Fellow

mpync@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Specialization

Works on incorporating electrochemistry with machine learning and automation to enable new interfaces for sensing and synthesis.

Graduate Researchers
Ashwini Dantanarayana

Graduate Researcher

sdx62@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Specialization

Works on microbial electrochemical systems for electrosynthesis and bioremediation as a sustainable strategy towards bio production, and environmental remediation.  Joined KICRS, March 2024.
Heath St. Dennis

Graduate Researcher

hbsfgp@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Huaijun Guan

Graduate Researcher

hgcbz@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Linda Ifediora

Graduate Researcher

lpi832@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Maryam Karimi

Graduate Researcher

mkxfk@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Sa'adat Usman

Graduate Researcher

su4h8@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Trevor Larkin

Graduate Researcher

trlndv@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Visiting Researchers
Vacant

Undergraduate Researchers
Hossein Libre

Undergraduate Researcher

hlibre@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall

Miles Roberts

Undergraduate Researcher

mbr4db@mst.edu |

Schrenk Hall