Assistant Professor
112 CETL
442 Brackett Hall
864.656.1001
E-mail: dvanega@clemson.edu
Ph.D. Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, 2015
M.Sc. Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, 2014
B.S. Food Engineering, Universidad del Valle, 2010
Classes | Publications | CV
Faculty Overview
Dr. Vanegas is interested in engineering solutions to technological challenges related to food and agriculture in settings of low resources and marginalization. Dr. Vanegas is focused on integrating and adapting technologies to support sustainable food systems, and her program spans the United States, Colombia and China. Current projects involve the development of low-cost nanosensors for detecting environmental contaminants affecting rural communities in South America (e.g. mercury from artisanal gold mining and glyphosate from large-scale monoculture agriculture), as well as the development of low-cost hydroponic systems for restoring food sovereignty in places where lack of space, and access to healthy soil are limiting the ability of ancestral communities to grow culturally-relevant crops. Due to the nature of her research, Dr. Vanegas’ team is highly transdisciplinary.
Class Information
For current syllabi, please search the Clemson University Syllabus Repository.
BE 3100 Biosystems Engineering Thermodynamics
Selected Publications
Cannon, A.E., Vanegas, D.C., Sabharwal, T., Salmi, M.L., Wang, J., Clark, G., McLamore, E.S. and Roux, S.J. 2023. Polarized distribution of extracellular nucleotides promotes gravity-directed polarization of development in spores of Ceratopteris richardii. Frontiers in Plant Science 14.
Hjort, R.G., Pola, C.C., Casso-Hartmann, L., Vanegas, D.C., McLamore, E. and Gomes, C.L. 2023. Carbon dots using a household cleaning liquid as a dopant for iron detection in hydroponic systems. RSC Adv 13(25), 17244- 17252.
McCourt, K., Sautter, G., Estes, S.L., McMahan, C., Lee, C., Carraway, E.R., Vélez-Torres, I. and Vanegas, D. 2024. Participatory assessment of pollution and health risk in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Colombia. Groundwater for Sustainable Development 25, 101158.
Moreira, G., Qian, H., Datta, S.P.A., Bliznyuk, N., Carpenter, J., Dean, D., McLamore, E. and Vanegas, D. 2023. A capacitive laser-induced graphene-based aptasensor for SARS-CoV-2 detection in human saliva. PLOS ONE 18(8), e0290256.
Qian, H., Moreira, G., Vanegas, D., Tang, Y., Pola, C., Gomes, C., McLamore, E. and Bliznyuk, N. 2024. Improving high throughput manufacture of laser-inscribed graphene electrodes via hierarchical clustering. Scientific Reports 14(1), 7980. (McCourt et al., 2024)
Casso-Hartmann, L., Rojas-Lamos, P., McCourt, K., Vélez-Torres, I., Barba-Ho, L.E., Bolaños, B.W., Montes, C.L., Mosquera, J., Vanegas, D., 2022. Water pollution and environmental policy in artisanal gold mining frontiers: The case of La Toma, Colombia. Sci. Total Environ. 852, 158417. doi:10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.158417
Jiao, C., Guo, Z., Gong, J., Zuo, Y., Li, S., Vanegas, D., McLamore, E.S., Shen, Y., 2022. CML8 and GAD4 function in (Z)–3–hexenol–mediated defense by regulating γ–aminobutyric acid accumulation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 186, 135–144. doi:10.1016/J.PLAPHY.2022.06.023
McCourt, K.M., Cochran, J., Abdelbasir, S.M., Carraway, E.R., Tzeng, T.R.J., Tsyusko, O. V., Vanegas, D.C., 2022. Potential Environmental and Health Implications from the Scaled-Up Production and Disposal of Nanomaterials Used in Biosensors. Biosensors 12, 1082. doi:10.3390/BIOS12121082/S1
Moreira, G., Casso-Hartmann, L., Datta, S.P.A., Dean, D., McLamore, E., Vanegas, D., 2022. Development of a Biosensor Based on Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme II for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Detection in Human Saliva. Front. Sensors 3, 917380. doi:10.3389/FSENS.2022.917380
Bahamon-Pinzon, D., Moreira, G., Obare, S., Vanegas, D., 2022. Development of a nanocopper-decorated laser-scribed sensor for organophosphorus pesticide monitoring in aqueous samples. Microchim. Acta 189, 1–11. doi:10.1007/S00604-022-05355-W/TABLES/2
Vélez-Torres, I., Vanegas, D., 2022. Contentious environmental governance in polluted gold mining geographies: The case of La Toma, Colombia. World Dev. 157, 105953. doi:10.1016/J.WORLDDEV.2022.105953
Payumo, J., Alocilja, E., Boodoo, C., Luchini-Colbry, K., Ruegg, P., McLamore, E., Vanegas, D., Briceno, R.K., Castaneda-Sabogal, A., Watanabe, K., Gordoncillo, M.J., Amalin, D., Fernando, L., Bhusal, N., 2021. Next Generation of AMR Network. Encycl. 2021, Vol. 1, Pages 871-892 1, 871–892. doi:10.3390/ENCYCLOPEDIA1030067
Vélez-Torres, I., Torres, A.M., Bernal-Galeano, S., Muriel, I., Moreno, H.F., Alzate Lozano, S., Bahamon-Pinzon, D., Vanegas, D.C., 2021. Afrocolombian Struggles for Food, Land, and Culture: The Case of El Tiple. Environ. Eng. Sci. 38, 340–354.
Abdelbasir, S.M., McCourt, K.M., Lee, C.M., Vanegas, D.C., 2020. Waste-Derived Nanoparticles: Synthesis Approaches, Environmental Applications, and Sustainability Considerations. Front. Chem. 0, 782. doi:10.3389/FCHEM.2020.00782
Datta, S.P.A., Saleem, T.J., Barati, M., López, M.V.L., Furgala, M.-L., Vanegas, D.C., Santucci, G., Khargonekar, P.P., McLamore, E.S., 2021. Data, Analytics and Interoperability Between Systems (IoT) is Incongruous with the Economics of Technology. Big Data Anal. Internet Things 7–88. doi:10.1002/9781119740780.CH2
