Chemistry

Congrats to our newest graduates!

Following the announcement from the President Clements, we would like to congratulate the graduate students that have finished their Chemistry degrees this semester: PhD Graduates: Beau Brummel: Guanidinium Sulfation Crystallization: Strategy for Enantiomeric Identification and Diastereomeric Resolution (Advisor: Dr. Whitehead) Zhuomin Lu: Preparation and Characterization of a Catalase-Mimic Organoruthenium-Chloride Complex (Advisor: Dr. Tennyson) Chandima Narangoda: Electron-Rich Alkynes and Azodicarboxylates Chemistry […]

2020 Mandel Fellows

The Department of Chemistry would like to announce the recipients of the 2020 Mandel Fellowship, an award made possible by a gift established in honor of Dr. Frederick Mandel: Meenakshi Ranasinghe, Shiyu Zhang, Lucas Ayres, Kaylan Jackson, and Kerrick Rees. These students have achieved an outstanding level of productivity since their arrival to our program. Each of […]

Dr. Mohamed Attia wins the 2020 Distinguished Postdoc Award

Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Attia for winning the 2020 Distinguished Postdoc Award! Mohamed has done a fantastic job working with Dr. Whitehead, having contributed to multiple manuscripts, including a recent cover in Biomaterials Science.

Kaylan Kelsey receives ISEV2020 Young Investigator Award

We are proud to announce that Kaylan Kelsey has received a competitive ISEV2020 Young Investigator Award and Scholarship from the ISEV2020 International Organizing Committee. The ISEV Board developed this opportunity to support young researchers in pursuing their studies in extracellular vesicles through attendance at the ISEV2020 Annual Meeting. As an awardee, she will receive $500 […]

Hannah Rydman is our new Lab Specialist

Please join me welcoming Hannah Rydman to Clemson! Hannah has recently accepted our offer to become a Lab Specialist in our Department and will help us preparing for the General Chemistry and Organic labs. Hannah graduated from Bob Jones University with a BS in Cell Biology and a Chemistry minor. Since 2016 she was a […]

Face masks required in Chemistry

To limit the spread of the virus in our department and in line with the current recommendation from the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html), starting May 6, everyone coming to Hunter Chemistry Lab will be required to wear a face mask and exercise strict social distancing measures. Everyone is also strongly encouraged to follow established prevention measures (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html). […]

Strong presence of Chemistry in Clemson’s Nature Index

The Nature Index 2020 Annual Tables highlight the institutions and countries that dominated high quality research in the natural sciences in 2019 as tracked by Nature Index. The rankings are based on an institution’s or country’s share of articles published in the 82 prestigious scientific journals selected by an independent panel of experts and tracked […]

Information related to visas

Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak On Wednesday, April 22, President Trump signed a proclamation suspending entry into the United States of certain immigrants who present risk to the U.S. labor market during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak.  […]

Research symposium CANCELLED

Although we are very excited about the upcoming events university, recent developments related to the coronavirus have prompted the decision to cancel the visitation weekend and our research symposium. It is important to mention that Clemson remains free of confirmed cases, but we are very sensitive about potential concerns related to the travel to Clemson […]