Category: Faculty & Staff

Paula Beecher, Director Alumni and Career Services in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences at Clemson University, returns to the Executive Committee to serve as the President on the Board of Directors for the National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association (NAADA).  Beecher leads the national nonprofit’s executive team and board of more than […]

The 2025 Upstate Heart Ball, held at the Greenville Convention Center, brought together nearly 300 community leaders, survivors and advocates for an evening of elegance and purpose. The event raised critical funds for the American Heart Association, supporting its century-long mission to combat heart disease and stroke. Among the evening’s highlights was the announcement of […]

Sruthi Narayanan, associate professor of crop ecophysiology in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, was named Junior Researcher of the Year during the 2025 Clemson University Research Symposium on May 7. Narayanan’s research aims to unravel the resilience mechanisms agronomic crops use to manage abiotic stress from heat, drought and other climate conditions. This […]

Alexis Stamatikos, a faculty scholar in the Clemson University Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department and the School of Health Research, has been elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA). The Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology conferred Stamatikos’s fellowship on March 30. The FAHA track he applied through was the Scientist/Researcher Track. […]

Sachin Rustgi directs the molecular breeding program at Clemson University’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence, South Carolina, where his work in the Advanced Plant Technology Program seeks to improve the nutritional profile of small grains and legumes. Rustgi’s small grains and legumes research targets antinutritional elements. His team is developing peanut and […]

Raghupathy “Karthi” Karthikeyan is an agricultural engineer from Tamil Nadu, India, who has transformed the field he was assigned in college into a career he loves. Karthikeyan is the Charles Carter Newman Endowed Chair Professor of Natural Resources Engineering in Clemson’s Agricultural Sciences Department. He began his journey in agricultural engineering after taking a college […]

As previously announced, we are embarking on a comprehensive strategic planning process that will set an aggressive path for the college for years to come. As an initial step, Emergent Method, our strategic planning consulting team, is holding listening sessions across the state to share more about the process, hear your perspectives, and provide ways […]

I am excited to announce the launch of a strategic planning process to guide our College’s future and align with our goals for growth, innovation, and impact. This process will help us create a focused roadmap, set priorities, and identify opportunities to further our mission across campus and the state. We are partnering with Emergent Method, a […]

Vidya Samadi, assistant professor of water resources engineering and director of the Hydrosystem and Hydroinformatics Research (HHR) Group in the Clemson University – College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences, has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Mid-Career Award for Applied Research from the Universities Council on Water Resources for her research focusing on leveraging […]

Clemson University is taking steps to prioritize the well-being of its students, faculty, staff, and community members. Clemson defines well-being as an optimal and dynamic state that allows people to achieve their full potential.  To spearhead this initiative, Anna Fitch Courie, DNP, has been appointed as the new Chief Well-Being Officer. She will support the Clemson […]