Dr. Delphine Dean - Chair
Delphine Dean, Ron and Jane Lindsay Family Innovation Professor of Bioengineering and Chair of the Bioengineering Department, joined Clemson in 2007. She has mentored hundreds of students in Creative Inquiry research projects and advocated for more diversity in the faculty at Clemson and statewide. Dean's reach focuses on providing solutions to meet medical needs around the world through varied medical devices that aid healthcare providers and communities in rural settings. Her areas of interest include cardiovascular cell biomechanics, biological effects of radiation and medical device design. She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005.
- Member of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's College of Fellows
- 2020 InnoVision Award winner of the Ibrahim Janajreh Young Innovators Award: The Clemson COVID Challenge Program
- 2020 winner of the Class of '39 Award for Excellence
- 2018 winner of the Esin Gulari Leadership and Service Award
- Co-authored 55 journal paper publications and two book chapters and is an inventor on three patents licensed and practiced
- Served on SC COVID-19 Serological and Diagnostics Testing Taskforce
Meet Our Faculty & Staff
The Department of Bioengineering has nearly 70 faculty, researchers, and staff members, and our student population consists of more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students. With research opportunities across the state, from Greenville to Charleston, we expect continued growth in faculty and students over the next few years.
Faculty

Angela Alexander-Bryant
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-5232
angelaa@clemson.edu

Brian W. Booth
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-4693
brbooth@clemson.edu

Renee Cottle
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-3071
rcottle@clemson.edu

Delphine Dean
PROFESSOR/CHAIR
Ron and Jane Lindsay Family Innovation Professor
(864) 656-2611
finou@clemson.edu

John D. DesJardins
PROFESSOR
Hambright Distinguished Professor in Engineering Leadership
(864) 656-4178
jdesjar@clemson.edu

Heather Dunn
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-8623
walkerd@clemson.edu

Ann C. Foley
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(843) 876-2393
acfoley@clemson.edu

Bruce Z. Gao
PROFESSOR
S.C. SmartState Endowed Chair in Biofabrication
(864) 656-0185
zgao@clemson.edu

Jeremy Gilbert
PROFESSOR
Hansjorg Wyss Endowed Chair for Regenerative Medicine
(843) 876-2235
jlgilbe@clemson.edu

Jordon Gilmore
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-4262
jagilmo@clemson.edu

Reed Gurchiek
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-5552
rgurchi@clemson.edu

Sarah Harcum
PROFESSOR
(864) 656-6865
harcum@clemson.edu

Melinda K. Harman
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-4140
harman2@clemson.edu

Janine Hoelscher
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-0978
janineh@clemson.edu

David Karig
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-5003
dkarig@clemson.edu

Martine LaBerge
PROFESSOR
(864) 656-5557
laberge@clemson.edu

Jeoung Soo Lee
PROFESSOR
Gilpin MD'82 Distinguished Professor
(864) 656-3212
ljspia@clemson.edu

Ying Mei
PROFESSOR
(843) 876-2548
mei@clemson.edu

Jeremy Mercuri
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
John Witherspoon Gilpin, M.D. '82 Endowed Associate Professor of Bioengineering
(864) 656-0978
jmercur@clemson.edu

Jiro Nagatomi
PROFESSOR
(864) 656-5193
jnagato@clemson.edu

Agneta Simionescu
PROFESSOR
(864) 650-2575
agneta@clemson.edu

Dan Simionescu
PROFESSOR
Jerry E. and Harriet Calvert Dempsey, Professor
(864) 656-5559
dsimion@clemson.edu

Joseph Singapogu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-5395
joseph@clemson.edu

Alexey Vertegel
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(864) 656-0801
vertege@clemson.edu

Naren Vyavahare
PROFESSOR
Hunter Endowed Chair
(864) 656-5558
narenv@clemson.edu

Shangping Wang
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(864) 656-2779
shangpw@clemson.edu

Ken Webb
PROFESSOR
Associate Chair of Undergraduate Affairs
(864) 656-7603
kwebb@clemson.edu

Yongren Wu
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(843) 876-2305
yongren@clemson.edu

Hai Yao
PROFESSOR
Associate Vice President for Biomedical Innovation Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering
(843) 876-2380
haiyao@clemson.edu

Tong Ye
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(843) 876-2314
ye7@clemson.edu
Research Faculty

Shivani Arora
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
shivana@clemson.edu
Kelvin Brockbank
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
kbrockb@clemson.edu

Terri Bruce
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Clemson Light Imaging Facility Director
terri@clemson.edu

Diptee Chaulagain
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
dchaula@clemson.edu

Susana Cerqueira
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
scerque@clemson.edu

Brooke Damon
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
bdamon@clemson.edu

Richard H. Gross
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
grossr@musc.edu

Congyue Annie Peng
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
REDDI Lab, Technical Director
congyup@clemson.edu

Austin Smothers
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
REDDI Lab, Director of Strategic Operations
(843) 457-6960
arsmoth@clemson.edu
Lecturer

Margarita Bruce
LECTURER
mportil@clemson.edu

Tyler Harvey
LECTURER
tgharve@clemson.edu

Lucas Schmidt
LECTURER
lschmid@clemson.edu

Hobey Tam
LECTURER
htam@clemson.edu

Laura Tam
LECTURER
lemccal@clemson.edu

Vishal Thomas
LECTURER
vishalt@clemson.edu
Professor of Practice

Lawrence Boyd
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE

Richard diMonda
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE

Mike Gara
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE

Steve Johnson
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE

Scott Robirds
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE

Dave Shalaby
PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE
Joint Faculty

Jeff Anker
PROFESSOR
College of Science Dean's Distinguished Professor
(864) 656-1726
janker@clemson.edu

Gregory Batt
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Director of the Sonoco Package Testing Laboratory
(864) 723-0740
gbatt@clemson.edu

Lisa Benson
PROFESSOR
Department of Engineering and Science Education
(864) 656-0417
lbenson@clemson.edu

Marc Birtwistle
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(864) 656-4557
mbirtwi@clemson.edu

David M. Feliciano
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Biological Sciences
(864) 656-1415
dfelici@clemson.edu

Stephen H. Foulger
PROFESSOR
Greg-Graniteville Endowed Chair, Materials Science and Engineering
(864) 656-1045
foulger@clemson.edu

Ethan Kung
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Mechanical Engineering
(864) 656-4435
ekung@clemson.edu

Jessica Larsen
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Carol and John Cromer '63 Family Endowed Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(864) 656-2621
larsenj@clemson.edu

Catherine Majors
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
(864) 656-1182
majors3@clemson.edu

Ge Lv
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Mechanical Engineering
(864) 656-4435
glv@clemson.edu

O. Thompson Mefford
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Materials Science and Engineering
(864) 656-2486
mefford@clemson.edu

David Neyens
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Industrial Engineering
(864) 656-0920
dneyens@clemson.edu

Divya Srinivasan
PROFESSOR
McQueen Quattlebaum Professor, Industrial Engineering
(864) 656-5645
sriniv5@clemson.edu

Hai Xiao
PROFESSOR
Samuel Lewis Bell Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chair
haix@clemson.edu
Staff

Steven Chambers
HISTOLOGY LAB MANAGER
(864) 656-5553
chambe8@clemson.edu

Tommy Gallien
PROGRAM MANAGER (MUSC)
(843) 876-2409
tgallie@clemson.edu

Cassie Gregory
CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE LAB MANAGER
(864) 656-1710
cassieg@clemson.edu

Anna Hart
ACCNT/FISCAL ANALYST II
(864) 656-8901
akcraft@clemson.edu

Jennifer R. Hogan
COORDINATOR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(864) 656-0746
jrhogan@clemson.edu

Michelle Kirby
FINANCIAL BUSINESS MANAGER
(864) 656-5561
mlang@clemson.edu

Amanda Mullen
HUMAN RESOURCES/PAYROLL LIAISON
(864) 656-5556
afmulle@clemson.edu

Khristy Parham
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SERVICES MANAGER
(864) 656-0308
khristp@clemson.edu

Skylar Powell
ACCNT/FISCAL ANALYST II
(864) 656-1788
sbp4@clemson.edu

Dayan Ranwala
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
(864) 656-1737
dayanr@clemson.edu

Olga Reukova
PUBLICATION DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC PUBLICIST
(864) 656-3051
olgar@clemson.edu

Tammy H. Rothell
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SERVICES COORDINATOR
(864) 656-9843
tammy@clemson.edu

Lauren St Clair
GRADUATE STUDENT SERVICES COORDINATOR
(864) 656-7276
lstclai@clemson.edu
Emeritus Faculty

Karen J.L. Burg
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
kburg@clemson.edu

R. Larry Dooley
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
dooley@clemson.edu

Robert Latour
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
latourr@clemson.edu

Richard Swaja
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
reswaja@gmail.com
In Memoriam
Jonathan Black (1939-2020)
Jonathan Black served at Clemson University as a professor of biomaterials from 1988-93. Black joined the faculty as the inaugural Hunter Endowed Chair in Bioengineering, the first chair worldwide devoted to biomaterials science and engineering. From 1993-2020, he served as professor emeritus in bioengineering. In 2011, the department recognized Black's legacy in the world of biomaterials and innovation by establishing the Jonathan Black Undergraduate Leadership Award. It is given annually to an outstanding undergraduate student for leadership and service in addition to scholastic excellence, exemplifying Black's craftsmanship as an educator, leader, author and philosopher.