Overview and Award Winners
The Clemson Research Fellows initiative assists faculty, academic departments, colleges, centers, and institutes in the hiring and training of qualified new research faculty and postdoctoral researchers. Researchers may be hired to promote collaborative and creative interdisciplinary activities, research, and demonstration projects with the goal of pursuing a large funding opportunity and/or building a major research program or research center. The award period for the CU FELLOWS initiative is up to two years. At the end of the award period, the position is expected to be fully supported by externally funded grants and/or the department(s)/colleges.
The program deadline for 2024-2025 is Monday, October 28, 2024
2024 CLEMSON RESEARCH FELLOWS
CU FELLOWS: Systems-Approach for Integrating Clinical Decision Support Systems for Sepsis Care
| PI: Jackie Cha | Industrial Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Shyam Ranganathan | Mathematical and Statistical Sciences |
| Divya Srinivasan | Industrial Engineering |
CU FELLOWS: Developing and implementing a research agenda for an innovative care model for pregnant individuals with substance use disorders
| PI: Lori Dickies | Political Science |
| Project Team: | |
| Kacey Eichelberger | Prisma Health OB-GYN |
| Rachel Mayo | Public Health |
| Windsor Sherrill | Public Health |
| Amanda Stover | Public Health |
CU FELLOWS: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Advanced High-Power Optical Fiber Lasers
| PI: Wade Hawkins | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Liang Dong | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| John Ballato | Electrical and Computer Engineering/Materials Science and Engineering |
CU Fellows: Integration of Upstream and Downstream Elements of Biotherapeutic
| PI: Ken Marcus | Chemistry |
| Project Team: | |
| Sarah Harcum | BioEngineering |
CU Fellows: Controlling ABC-transporter overexpression: the final frontier in atherosclerosis research
| PI: Alexis Stamatikos | Food, Nutirition and Packaging Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Rene Cottle | Bioengineering |
CU FELLOWS: Valorization of Sweet Potato Waste: Biocomposites for Sustainable Packaging Applications
| PI: Scott Whiteside | Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Sneh Bangar | Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences |
| Zhaoxu Meng | Mechanical Engineering |
CU Fellows: Pioneering Artificial Intelligence to Discover Massive Black Holes and Understand New Planetary Worlds
| PI: Jonathan Zrake | Physics and Astronomy |
| Project Team: | |
| Andrew Brown | Physics and Astronomy |
| Jeffrey Fung | Physics and Astronomy |
| Melissa Smith | ECE |
| Xiaoqian Sun | Mathematical and Statistical Sciences |
| Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez | Computing |
2023 CLEMSON RESEARCH FELLOWS
CU FELLOWS: Building a Multidisciplinary Team to Develop Smart Implanted Medical Devices with Integrated Chemical Sensors/Actuators (I-MeDICS)
| PI: Dr. Jeffrey Anker | Department of Chemistry |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Apparao Rao | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Dr. Tzuen-Rong (Jeremy) Tzeng | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. Goutam Koley | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Dr. Hai Xiao | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Dr. JD Adams | Prisma Health |
CU FELLOWS: Postdoctoral Researcher for Establishing an Interdisciplinary Center on 5Genabled Autonomous Vehicle Systems
| PI: Dr. Fatemeh Afghah | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Linke Guo | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Dr. Thomas Hazlett | Department of Economics |
| Dr. Qi Luo | Department of Industrial Engineering |
| Dr. KC Wang | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
CU FELLOWS: Sustaining the Teacher Workforce: The Formation of Professional Learning Networks through the ECHO Model®
| PI: Dr. Shanna Hirsch | Department of Education and Human Development |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Catherine Griffith | Department of Education and Human Development |
| Dr. Christy Brown | Department of Education and Human Development |
| Dr. Amanda Rumsey | Department of Education and Human Development |
| Dr. Mark Samudre | The University of South Carolina |
CU FELLOWS: Development of Disinfection Procedures for Use in Food Establishments, Healthcare Facilities, and Public Spaces
| PI: Dr. Xiuping Jiang | Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Angela Fraser | Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences |
| Dr. Duncan Darby | Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences |
| Dr. Kaustubha "Kos" Qanungo | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. David Buckley | Diversity Holdings, Ltd. |
| Dr. Dale Grinstead | Mountain Top Microbiology |
CU FELLOWS: Advancing Research in Mental Health through Digital and Built Environment
| PI: Dr. Anjali Josheph | School of Architecture |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Kapil Chalil Madthil | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dr. Lyndsey Deaton | School of Architecture |
| Dr. Chao Fan | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dr. Heidi Zinzow | Department of Psychology |
CU FELLOWS: Prediction modeling to support Health and Medical Research
| PI: Dr. Lior Rennert | Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Christopher McMahan | School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences |
| Dr. Emily Tucker | Department of Industrial Engineering |
| Dr. Sarah Griffin | Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Dr. David Griffin | Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Dr. Lori Dickes | Department of Political Science |
| Dr. Ron Gimbel | Department of Public Health Sciences |
2022 CLEMSON RESEARCH FELLOWS AWARD WINNERS
CU FELLOWS: A Novel Mathematical Model of siRNA Endosomal Escape Mediated by Peptides
| PI: Dr. Keisha Cook | Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant | Department of Bioengineering |
CU FELLOWS: Facilitation of biotic homogenization by generalist pollinators in the Callery pear system
| PI: Dr. Jessica Hartshorn | Department of Forestry & Environmental Conservation |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Matthew Koski | Department of Biological Sciences |
CU FELLOWS: Establishing an Interdisciplinary Resilience Village at Clemson
| PI: Dr. Pamela Murray-Tuite | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Thomas Sharkey | Department of Industrial Engineering |
| Dr. Lori Dickes | Department of Political Science |
| Dr. Thomas Britt | Department of Psychology |
| Dr. Mark Small | Department of Psychology |
CU FELLOWS: Postdoctoral Fellowships in ADRD Research Dissemination
| PI: Dr. Lesley Ross | Department of Psychology |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Nicole Davis | Department of Psychology |
| Dr. Christine Phillips | Department of Psychology |
| Dr. Kapil Madathil | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dr. Winifred Elyse Newman | School of Architecture |
| Dr. Khoa Truong | Department of Health Sciences |
| Dr. Melissa Bailey | Department of Health Sciences |
CU FELLOWS: Building Standardized Measures for Understanding Coordinated Social Media Information Operations across Platforms
| PI: Dr. Patrick Warren | Department of Economics |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Darren Linvill | Department of Communication |
| Dr. Hudson Smith | Watt Family Innovation Center |
2021 CLEMSON RESEARCH FELLOWS AWARD WINNERS
CU FELLOWS: Development of novel oncolytic microbial immunomodulators for controlling cancer development
| PI: Dr. Zhicheng Dou | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Yanzhang Wei | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Dr. Daniel Whitehead | Department of Chemistry |
CU FELLOWS: Postdoctoral Researcher for Leveraging NSF Smart Manufacturing programs to support an NSF Future Manufacturing Research Grant and ERC proposal
| PI: Dr. Laine Mears | Department of Automotive Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Marissa Shuffler Porter | Department of Psychology |
| Dr. Danielle Herro | Department of Education and Human Development |
| Dr. Matthew Krugh | Department of Automotive Engineering |
CU FELLOWS: Advancing research in coastal ecology and sustainable agroecosystems
| PI: Dr. Thomas O’Halloran | Department of Forestry & Environmental Conservation |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Alex Chow | Department of Forestry & Environmental Conservation |
| Dr. Amy Scaroni | Department of Forestry & Environmental Conservation |
| Dr. Brian Ward | Plant and Environmental Sciences |
| Dr. Rongzhong Ye | Plant and Environmental Sciences |
| Dr. Raghupathy Karthikeyan | Agricultural Sciences |
| Dr. Huan Chen | Environmental Engineering |
| Dr. Barbara Campbell | Biological Sciences |
CU FELLOWS: Social Justice Research and Advocacy Hub – Transforming Ideas into Action
| PI: Dr. Katherine Weisensee | Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Catherine Mobley | Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice |
| Dr. Ye Luo | Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice |
| Dr. Heather Kettrey | Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice |
| Dr. Natallia Sianko | Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice |
| Dr. Eliza Gallagher | Department of Engineering and Science Education |
| Dr. Arelis Moore de Peralta | Department of Languages |
| Dr. David Markus | Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice |
2019 CLEMSON RESEARCH FELLOWS AWARD WINNERS
CU FELLOWS: Research Initiatives in Engineering, Computing, and Applied Science Pedagogy
| PI: Dr. Christopher Kitchens | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Brad Putman | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dr. Doug Hirt | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
| Dr. Cindy Lee | Department of Engineering & Science Education |
CU FELLOWS: Radiosensitive Biosensors: Towards a Consortium for In-Situ Monitoring
| PI: Dr. Nicole Martinez | Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Mark Blenner | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
CU FELLOWS: Public Humanities and African-American Life in Upstate South Carolina
| PI: Dr. Lee Morrissey | Department of English |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Rhondda Robinson Thomas | Department of English |
CU FELLOWS: Postdoctoral Researcher for Advancing Atherosclerosis Research
| PI: Dr. Alexis Stamatikos | Department of Food, Nutrition, & Packaging Science |
CU FELLOWS: CUSHR Embedded Postdoctoral Scholars - Collaborations in Health Innovation (Health Organizational Science)
| PI: Dr. Thomas Britt | Department of Psychology |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Windsor W. Sherrill (Co-PI) | Clemson University School of Health Research/ Public Health Sciences |
| Dr. Marissa Shuffler | Department of Psychology |
| Dr. Donald Wiper, MD | Prisma Health |
CU FELLOWS: CUSHR Embedded Postdoctoral Scholars - Collaborations in Health Innovation (Health Data Analytics)
| PI: Dr. Windsor W. Sherrill | Clemson University School of Health Research/ Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Thomas Britt (Co-PI) | Department of Psychology |
| Dr. Moonseong Heo | Department of Public Health Sciences |
| Dr. Alex Ewing | Prisma Health |
2018 CLEMSON RESEARCH FELLOWS AWARD WINNERS
Postdoctoral Researcher in Parks and Sustainable Environments
| PI: Dr. Robert Powell | Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Matthew Brownlee | Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management |
CURI Postdoctoral in Visual Computing
| PI: Dr. Ioannis Karamouzas | School of Computing |
| Project Team: | |
| Co-PI: Dr. Victory Zordan | School of Computing |
Enabling Industry 4.0 to Advance Clemson Composites Center
| PI: Dr. Srikanth Pilla | Campbell Graduate Engineering Program |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Gang Li | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Dr. Ardalan Vahidi | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Dr. Feng Luo | School of Computing |
| Dr. Huijuan Zhao | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Dr. Hongseok Choi | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Study of Structural Dynamics and DNA Binding of FoxP Transcription Factors
| PI: Dr. Hugo Sanabria | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Weiguo Cao | Department of Genetics and Biochemistry |
| Dr. Emil Alexov | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Discovering Biophysical Mechanisms of Pathogenic Parasites
| PI: Dr. Joshua Alper | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Kimberly Paul | Department of Genetics and Biochemistry |
| Dr. Lukasz Kosubowski | Department of Genetics and Biochemistry |
International Industry-Institute Collaboration
| PI: Dr. Amy Lawton-Rauh | Department of Genetics and Biochemistry |
Strengthening Methods for Modeling Sorption at Solid/Water Interfaces
| PI: Dr. Rachel Getman |
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Brian Powell | Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences |
| Dr. Sapna Sarupria | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Dr. Lindsey Shuller-Nickles | Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences |
Lunar Occultation Explorer Simulations
| PI: Dr. Mark Leising | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Marco Ajello | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Dr. Dieter Hartmann | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Dr. Lih-Sin | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Polymersome Delivery of CRISPRBbased Therapies for Brain Diseases: Towards a Center for Nanobiopharmaceutical Systems
| PI: Dr. Mark Blenner |
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant | Department of Bioengineering |
| Dr. Jessica Kelly | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Plutonium Solubility: Behavior of Pu Under Legacy Nuclear Waste Disposition Conditions
| PI: Dr. Brian Powell | Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Rachel Getman | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Dr. Joseph Kolis | Department of Chemistry |
2017 CLEMSON RESEARCH FELLOWS AWARD WINNERS
Support of Postdoctoral Researcher for Launching the Robotics Institute and Assembly Center
| PI: Dr. Laine Mears | Department of Automotive Engineering |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. Joshua Summers | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Dr. Venkat Krovi | Department of Automotive Engineering |
Anaerobic membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment: Enhanced performance through novel process improvements and low-fouling membranes
| PI: Dr. Sudeep Popat | Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences |
| Project Team: | |
| Dr. David Ladner | Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences |
| Dr. Gary Amy | Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences |
| Dr. Scott Husson | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
