Adrienne Minerick, PhD
Department Head
Professor
Contact
- Building & Room:
- 212 SEO
- Address:
- 851 S Morgan St, MC 063, Chicago, IL 60607
- Office Phone:
- 312-996-2335
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About
Adrienne R. Minerick, PhD, visiting professor and interim head of UIC’s Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering, earned her PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2003. She was a faculty member at Mississippi State University and, most recently, a Distinguished Professor at Michigan Technological University before joining UIC in 2026.
Dr. Minerick’s NSF, NIH, and DOE-supported research in nonlinear electrokinetics, dielectrophoresis, and isoelectric focusing adapted into microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices has been widely recognized via NSF’s CAREER Award, AES Electrophoresis Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and an inductee in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Hall of Fame, demonstrating her passion for leveraging research to advance student growth and societal progress. Her team delved into research commercialization via NSF and NIH I-Corps, earning STTR Ph I and II funding when she served as Chief Technology Officer of a start-up company, Microdevice Engineering, Inc., which grew out of NSF CAREER research into portable ABO-Rh blood diagnostic devices. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), ASEE, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and, most recently, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.
Dr. Minerick has served in several administrative roles. She completed her Presidential terms with the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), founded Michigan Tech’s College of Computing, led two NSF ADVANCE grants, and piloted, then institutionalized Early Career Management (ECM) Committees and Advanced Career Management (ACM) Committees to position faculty for success. She succeeded Dr. Tom Royston after his retirement after 17 years of service as head of UIC biomedical engineering.
Education
Bachelor of Science from Michigan Technological University
Master of Science and PhD from University of Notre Dame