Arohi Singhal, Ph.D. student in Dr. Kerry Smith’s lab, placed 1st in Clemson’s iGRADS competition, which aims to help graduate students effectively communicate their research to an audience. In addition, she received the People’s Choice Award.
Dr. Haiying Laing was presented a Clemson University Library Open Access Publishing Fund Award earlier this summer for her article “Histology of Adventitious Root Formation and Phytohormone Analysis of American Chestnut Cuttings,” published in the Journal of Environmental Horticulture.
Senior biochemistry student Ryan Mehlem was part of a group that won the Pay it Forward competition, sponsored by South Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives.
Dr. Stephen Dolan appointed as a member of the Editorial Board of Microbiology.
Sabrina Pizarro was awarded a Graduate Translational Research Assistantship for Fall ’24/Spring ’25 that will provide a research assistantship and enable the addition of a translational component to her project in collaboration with the Clemson University Research and Education in Disease Diagnosis and Intervention (REDDI) Lab.
Dr. Hong Luo received the 2024 President’s Award from the Society for In Vitro Biology at their annual meeting in June.
Josh Turner, a Ph.D student in Dr. Jennifer Mason’s lab, received a travel award from the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society to attend the annual meeting in Palm Springs, CA
Teaching Lab Manager Bradley Rauh recieved the 2024 Outstanding Department Safety Coordinator Award from Clemson University’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety.
Graduate student with Dr. Haiying Laing Sky Lu received two awards, the Hope E. Hopps Award and the SIVB Student Travel Award. These assisted her in traveling to present her research in the 2024 World Congress on In Vitro Biology Conference.
Staff scientist Vijay Shankar received the inaugural Award of Excellence from the Clemson University Center for Human Genetics.
Dr. Jim Morris received the 2024 University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award (URSAAA). The URSAAA Awards serve as a platform to acknowledge and commend the rare career milestones achieved by Clemson University faculty members.
