Dr. Shelley Minteer has earned the 2026 J. Heyrovsky Prize for Molecular Electrochemistry from the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). The prize is awarded each year for notable contributions to the development of this specific field of chemistry.
Minteer, the Dr. Ken Robertson Memorial Professor of Chemistry and director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability at Missouri S&T, was selected for the prize after nominations were evaluated by an ISE committee.
“I am honored to be recognized like this by the ISE,” says Minteer. “The notice of the prize came quite unexpectedly, but I am excited to receive it and look forward to serving ISE more in the future.”
Minteer joined Missouri S&T in 2023 as founding director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability. The center’s mission is to decrease the footprint of mineral and fuel extraction, increase access to clean drinking water, and leverage regional resources for resilient energy, water and materials use. Those materials include critical minerals like cobalt, lithium and nickel, which play a major role in renewable energy and key clean energy technology. She is also responsible for maximizing the capabilities and expertise of S&T’s faculty to strengthen the collaboration with industrial partners and research centers beyond S&T.
“Congratulations to Shelley on receiving this latest recognition from the ISE,” says Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, vice provost and dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education at S&T. “We are incredibly proud of her accomplishments. Since joining S&T, she has distinguished herself year after year, earning major honors that reflect the excellence and impact of her work.”
Minteer is an expert in energy storage and conversion as well as the electrification of chemical manufacturing, a process known as electrosynthesis. She earned a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Iowa in 2000 and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Western Illinois University in 1995. She has authored more than 450 journal articles and presented at conferences around the world.
She began her teaching and research career in 2000 as an assistant professor of chemistry at Saint Louis University, where she held a joint appointment in biomedical engineering. In 2011 she joined the University of Utah as a Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering to lead the USTAR Alternative Energy Cluster. In 2020, she was named director of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry at the University of Utah. She was named a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Utah in 2022.
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