ChBE Undergraduate, Hayden Tharpe, was recently selected as a Clemson University Beckman Scholar to further her research for “Engineering a Highly Sensitive and Modular Reaction Cascade Biosensor.”
The Beckman Scholars program offers an intense and prolonged immersion in research to students under the guidance of one of fifteen faculty mentors in the College of Science and the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Science.
Hayden will receive funding from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for 15 months of laboratory research. In addition to this prestigious award, Hayden is also a Department of Defense SMART Scholar Semifinalist and has been an undergraduate research assistant since summer 2019.