Genetics and Biochemistry News

G&B welcomes new staff and faculty – Summer 2024

Tara Doucet-O’Hare, Ph.D. Dr. Doucet-O’Hare received her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences with a minor in Spanish from Clemson University in 2010. She then attended the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD) and earned a Ph.D. in Human Genetics in 2016 before beginning her first post-doctoral research position at the National Institute of […]

Dr. Shahid Mukhtar leads $6 million study

Professor Dr. Shahid Mukhtar will lead a study aimed to develop sustainable ways to increase soybean yields in heat and drought. The National Science Foundation will fund the research through a $6 million Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grant. Soybeans, which are the second most widely planted crop in the United States, are threatened to decrease […]

Get to know G&B class of 2028

Caroline Graham ’28 Freshman biochemistry major Caroline Graham loves hanging out with friends, getting ice cream, playing soccer and pickleball and being in the water. So, with Clemson as her new home, you may find her frequenting 55 Exchange, the intermural fields, the rowing docks or the Fike pool. Choosing Clemson for its beautiful campus […]

Dr. James Lewis receives NSF CAREER grant

James Lewis, an assistant professor, was awarded a $1.3 million National Science Foundation CAREER grant. The NSF CAREER Award is among the most prestigious in the nation for early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in their field. Dr. Lewis will study Heliconiine butterflies […]