College of Science

After earning her degree at Clemson University in 2020, she went on to earn a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from the University of South Carolina’s School of Medicine and is now in her second year of medical school at MUSC in Charleston.

She completed her Ph.D. in Zoology at the University of Florida in 2021 and is working as a contractor with NOAA’s U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). She is a physical scientist and supports IOOS’s data management and marine life programs.

Lauren Stoczynski started a new position as an assistant professor of ecology at Le Mayne College. 

Claudia Heinsohn has been honored with one of this year’s PCT (Pest Control Technology) Syngenta Crown Leadership Awards for lifetime and career contributions to and achievements in the Pest Management Industry. This award will be presented at the annual National Pest Management Association’s (PestWorld) Convention to be held in Denver, Colorado, on October 23.

Michael E. Newman (B.S. Microbiology, 1978) is serving as the 2024-2025 president of the D.C. Science Writers Association (DCSWA), the nation’s largest regional organization bringing together science, medical and technology journalists, writers, public information officers, and audio and video producers through socializing, networking, science-based tours and events, and professional development workshops. Newman, who is the senior public affairs officer and medical communicator for Johns Hopkins Medicine, also has been selected to co-chair the Science Writers Congress, a network of regional science writers associations across the country, for the next two years.

Jennifer Manning ’95 KOMO’s mission is to enable accelerated development and manufacturing of life-saving therapeutics by translating the utility of high-efficiency integrases to high-efficiency therapeutic development and manufacturing processes. 

In November 2023, Chandra Hampson and her husband opened their first restaurant in the Chicago suburbs, Antioch Pizza. They have a Tiger Paw proudly hanging in the entryway.