The American Chemical Society (ACS) has elected Dr. Shelley Minteer, director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability and a professor of chemistry at Missouri S&T, as a fellow as part of its 2024 class.

“I would like to thank my nominators for highlighting my research and educational initiatives to the ACS,” says Minteer. “I am so honored to receive this distinction and join a group of scientists that are truly working toward making the world a better place through chemistry.”

Minteer joined Missouri S&T in 2023 as founding director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability. She develops the center’s vision and strategic plan in accordance with its mission 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.

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 and 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 NSF 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.

Founded in 1876, the American Chemical Society has more than 155,000 members in 150 countries. Its mission is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of humanity. The group aims to improve people’s lives through the power of chemistry.

About Missouri S&T

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students located in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top public universities for salary impact, according to the Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.