Adrienne Minerick awarded NSF CAREER Award
February 2, 2007
Adrienne Minerick, Assistant Professor of chemical engineering at Mississippi State University, was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award for her research in dielectrophoresis. The grant amount totals $401,921 and will be officially awarded May 1, 2007.
Cornelius F. Ivory, Councilor for the American Electrophoresis Society, in which Minerick is also a member, commented on the intense competition for the awards. “ I have served on several CAREER panels and know the competition for the awards is intense; fewer than ten 10% of submitted CAREER grant applications are funded. A successful application requires not only an extraordinary research proposal with extensive educational outreach but also strong support from the candidate’s department in terms of mentoring, startup, infrastructure and morale.”
Minerick’s grant research, “ABO Blood Antigen Dielectrophoresis for Medical Diagnostics: Synergy with Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos),” centers around faster and more efficient blood testing.
Minerick received her bachelor’s degree in 1998 from Michigan Technological Institute. In 2003 she completed the feat of acquiring both her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University Notre Dame du lac. Her professional memberships include National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), American Electrophoresis Society and the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers. She is also involved in numerous university, public and community service activities.