Dr. Amy Lawton-Rauh, senior associate provost and professor in the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which is one of the highest honors in the scientific community.
Students Alayna Khoja, genetics major, and Kristen Evans, biochemistry major, have been inducted into the new Honors College initiative, the Action Scholars Program. This new program brings together a group of first- and second-year Honors students to research, build and implement plans to address community needs or challenges.
The Microbiology Society, together with the British Mycological Society recently announced that Dr. Stephen Dolan and graduate student Shafi Mondal as the joint winners of the 2026 Tony Trinci Award. The award is given annually to a researcher deemed to be presenting the best mycological science at one of each Society’s main scientific meetings.
The Biochemistry Bachelor of Science program at Clemson University has been fully re-accredited by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for another 7-year cycle.
Dr. Meredith Morris has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist grant to strengthen international research and training partnerships between the Institute of Parasitology in the Czech Republic and the Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) at Clemson University. This project brings together two globally recognized centers focused on understanding parasites that impact human and animal health.
Graduate student John McCoy presented at the South Carolina Academy of Science Meeting and won an award for first place for best graduate student presentation. John’s poster presentation was titled “Investigation of Endogenous Retrovirus in Connective Tissue Disorders.”
Dr. Shahid Mukhtar was awarded both the 2026 Bradley Faculty Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry and the 2026 Carr Endowed Creative Inquiry Designation.
