September 7, 2022
Like every year, the Department of Chemistry and The Chemistry Graduate Student Organization (CGSO) organized a picnic at the outdoor lab to welcome our new group of graduate students. We all know how hard you have worked to get here and wish you nothing but success in this new stage!
August 31, 2022
It’s great to see another year starting with classrooms full of students… Good luck to all of them!
August 12, 2022
The Department of Chemistry would like to announce the recipients of the 2022 Interdisciplinary Fellowships. These fellowships, which provide $2000 per student, are supported by a quasi-endowment managed by the Clemson Graduate School and aiming to support interdisciplinary graduate work focused on defined University emphasis areas. This year’s recipients are:
Research topic: African sleeping sickness, caused by the eukaryotic parasite Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by blood-feeding tsetse flies, is endemic to 36 sub-Sahara African countries and, if untreated, is typically fatal. This research focuses on treating African sleeping sickness by inhibiting the enzymes responsible for energy generation in T. brucei. Benzamidobenzoic acids (BABA) were found to be particularly effective in inhibiting these enzymes, and the BABA scaffold is being further optimized using structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies, not only to improve its efficacy but also to gain a better understanding of the cellular mechanisms governing the delivery and the uptake of these compounds in Trypanosomes.
Read more about his contributions at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=2CUlktQAAAAJ
Sarah K. WysorResearch topic: Sarah is currently working with two-dimensional liquid chromatography to isolate, quantify, and determine charge variants of immunoglobulin G using protein A and weak cation exchange chromatography. This project looks at incorporating a low-cost workflow in a single platform for biopharmaceutical manufacturing by using cost-effective capillary-channeled polymer fiber stationary phases (< $5/column) as compared to expensive commercial columns ($100s – $1000s).
Read more about her contributions at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RM_-B4UAAAAJ&hl=en
Vigjna AbbarajuResearch topic: We are developing a novel Ultrasound Luminescent Chemical Imaging (ULCI) system to monitor biochemical changes in pH or oxygen in the microenvironment of bacteria infected orthopedic implant/ tumor tissue. For this purpose, a sensor is prepared that shows different emission characteristics with changing chemical concentrations where the detected photons are used for mapping the chemical concentrations using matlab.
Chuanlei WangResearch topic: Monoclonal antibody-modified buoyant beads and magnetic beads are used to form a Buoyant and Magnetic (BAM) complex by specifically targeting and binding to SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein. The Matlab program tracks the BAM complex’s motion under a magnetic field’s influence for further quantitative analysis.
Read more about his contributions at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LLS5u10AAAAJ&hl=en
April 14, 2022
This award honors an outstanding graduate in discovery with a theoretical/computational emphasis. Andrew J. Peloquin is from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Peloquin joined Clemson in 2019 under an arrangement with the U.S. Air Force and a prestigious Air Force fellowship. In 2008, he obtained his M.S. at the University of Florida under a similar program. His research focuses on incorporating halogen bonding interactions in solution and the solid state to both influence and direct reactivity and stabilize very unstable products such as hydrazines. He has published 16 papers on the subject and is the first author of 13. Peloquin will defend his dissertation in May. After being promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 1, his first assignment will be as deputy division chief for the Test Sciences Division at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. After that, he is expected to join the department of chemistry at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Clemson Department of Chemistry Chair William Pennington said Andrew is “quite simply the most intelligent, creative, organized and productive person I know.”
Learn about all awardees at: https://news.clemson.edu/top-students-honored-in-the-college-of-science
February 8, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Anker, Professor of Analytical Chemistry in our Department, for his selection for the Fulbright award to Finland in the academic year 2022-2023. Led by the United States government in partnership with more than 160 countries worldwide, the Fulbright Program offers international educational and cultural exchange programs for passionate and accomplished students, scholars, artists, teachers, and professionals of all backgrounds to study, teach, or pursue important research and professional projects.
December 30, 2021
Please join me in congratulating the recipients of the 2022 Mandel Fellowships, an award made possible by a gift established in honor of Dr. Frederick Mandel. This year’s recipients are:
We are thankful for their contribution and we expect that this award contributes to their professional development and success.
June 10, 2021
Dr. Richard F. Stockel, age 85, died Saturday, May 15, 2021 at his home in Bridgewater, NJ.
Dr. Richard Stockel, recipient of the department’s first PhD and one of the first two PhD’s granted at Clemson, was also a member of the Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Scientists and Engineers. After receiving his PhD in 1962 working under the direction of Professor Emeritus John Huffman, Dr. Stockel began a very successful 46-year industrial career which continues to this day as Vice President of Technology at Novaflux Technologies. He was a 50-year-plus member of the American Chemical Society where he was very active in the Division of Business Development and Management, and he is a member of The Society of Plastics Engineers, Licensing Executive Society, and Commercial Development Association. Dr. Stockel was a recipient of the American Chemical Society Distinguished Service Award and the Small Business Administration Innovator Award.
Richard was a devoted and cherished husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his three children, Richard F. Stockel Jr. from Mechanicsville, VA., his loving wife Linda and their beloved son Richard F. Stockel III; His daughter, Kristina Crawford from High Bridge NJ and her beloved children, Drew Jr. and Katharina; and his daughter, Colleen E. Stockel and her loving husband Glenn Kirsinger and their beloved children, Abigail, Sophia and Phoebe Anne.
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April 13, 2021
Victoria Iannelli, a chemistry major at Clemson University and winner of the 2021 Warwick Chemical Foundation Award in Chemistry, has earned a summer internship with Elemental Scientific, Inc. (ESI) that will begin in May. Elemental Scientific is a market leader in mass spectrometry automation and sample introduction. Elemental Scientific is headquartered in Omaha, NE and recognized internationally for its innovative products. Victoria will join the team in Omaha where she will be working with state-of-the-art instrumentation to solve customer-related problems. These projects will include creating new analytical instruments related to the detection of nanoparticles and process monitoring in the production of solar energy materials.
“Being a former graduate student of Prof. Ken Marcus, I am extremely honored to be able to give back to the current students at Clemson University. We are very excited about this opportunity and hope this is just the start of a long-standing relationship between Clemson and ESI”, says Dr. Derrick Quarles, a Product Manager Elemental Scientific, Inc.
April 13, 2021
Please join us in congratulating the 2021 Chemistry Department Student Awardees. Since we are unable to hold our annual honors and awards ceremony this year, I hope you will take the time to congratulate any of the honorees that you might know, so that they will understand that their accomplishments are still being celebrated within the department. We would also like to thank the work of the selection committee (Drs. Stephen Schvaneveldt, Vivian Ezeh, Byoungmoo Kim, James Plampin, Rhett Smith, Thao Tran, and Modi Wetzler).
1. Outstanding Student in General Chemistry Award
2. Outstanding Student in Introductory Chemistry Award
3. Chemical Rubber Company Award
4. Outstanding Student in Organic Chemistry Award
5. Houghton Mifflin/ICUC First Year Chemistry Award
6. Outstanding Sophomore Chemistry Major Award
7. Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
8. Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry
9. Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry
10. Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry
11. American Institute of Chemists Award
12. Merck Index Award
13. Senior Researcher Award
14. Chemistry Faculty Award
15. American Chemical Society Award
16. Chemistry Outreach Award
17. Graduate Faculty Award
18. Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in Chemistry
19. Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award in Chemistry
20. Warwick Chemical Foundation Award in Chemistry
21. Mark Bernhard Hardin Award in Chemistry
Harrison Howell
April 13, 2021
Learn about the impressive work done by Paula Cable-Dunlap and her team in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division. Dr. Cable-Dunlap graduated in 1995 after defending her thesis “Development of Radio Frequency Powered Glow Discharge Devices for Applications in Mass Spectrometry”, performed under the supervision of Dr. Marcus.
Read more at https://www.ornl.gov/news/paula-cable-dunlap-assembling-nuclear-mosaic
