SC LIFE Undergraduate Research Program Participants 2009-2010 SC LIFE is supported by $5.4 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Education Program. Faculty Mentor College/Department Student Major Florence Anorou Claflin University - Ezinne Okpan Min Cao Clemson University - Biological Ellen Pinto Microbiology Weiguo Cao Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Jennifer Kraft Genetics and Microbiology Chin-Fu Chen Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Jennifer Gavin Genetics Chen Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Lashaina McKnight Genetics and Biochemistry Michael Childress Clemson University - Biological Charles Kaighn Morlok Biological Kamal Chowdhury Claflin University - Ashanti Callender Chowdhury Claflin University - Victoria DeSormeaux Biotechnology Brian Dean Clemson University - School of Computing Shari Carter Mathematical Delphine Dean Clemson University - Bioengineering Aesha Y. Desai Biological Dean Clemson University - Bioengineering James Alaimo Mathematical Dean Clemson University - Bioengineering Andrew L. Marshall Polymer Fiber Chemistry Dean Clemson University - Bioengineering James Chow Bioengineering Dean Clemson University - Bioengineering Laura Wiles Bioengineering Dean Clemson University - Bioengineering Jackson G. Turbeville Bioengineering Dean Clemson University - Bioengineering Matthew Cupelli Bioengineering Dean Clemson University - Bioengineering Carl Lindburg Bioengineering DesJardins Clemson University - Bioengineering Brendan Roach Bioengineering DesJardins Clemson University - Bioengineering Tim Warrick Mechanical Engineering DesJardins Clemson University - Bioengineering Marci Elpers Bioengineering Saara DeWalt Clemson University - Biological Brittany Jones Biological DeWalt Clemson University - Biological Vincent James Biological Yuqing Dong Clemson University - Biological Lee Roggenkamp Biochemistry Caye Drapcho Clemson University - Biosystems Engineering Kara Kopf Biosystems Engineering Shelby Duffy TriCounty Technical College - Science Erica Okwuazi, Microbiology Julia Frugoli Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Austin DeMoss Genetics Randall Harris Claflin University - Lynelle Pompey Twaina Harris Claflin University Coordinator, not a mentor J. Michael Henson Clemson University - Biological Audrey Thompson Microbiology Anand Jayakaran Clemson University -Biosystems Engineering Natasha Bell Biosystems Engineering - Natural Resources and Environment Julia Kerrigan Clemson University - Entomology, Soils, and Plant Jordon Gruber Microbiology Harry D. Kurtz, Jr. Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Krutika N. Mediwala Genetics Kurtz, Jr. Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Nora Livengood Genetics Kurtz, Jr. Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Allyson Somers Genetics Kurtz, Jr. Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Brennen Jenkins Bioengineering Kurtz, Jr. Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Brittany D. Jenkins Genetics Amy Lawton-Rauh Clemson University - Genetics & Biochemistry Kyle Gettler Genetics Lawton-Rauh Clemson University - Genetics & Biochemistry Amanda Allison Genetics Lawton-Rauh Clemson University - Genetics & Biochemistry Jessica Gancar Genetics Hong Luo Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Stephen Bolus Biochemistry Luo Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Jordan Hopkins Genetics Luo Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Shane Reighard Genetics David Magnin Morris College - Natural & Mathematics Morgan Perry Davis, Jr. Mathematics Tamara McNealy Clemson University - Biological Rebecca Thomas Genetics Brandon Moore Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Heather Franklin Biochemistry James Morris Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Sameka Rouse Genetics Morris Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Andrew Sayce Biochemistry, Genetics Morris Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Stephen Carek Genetics Jiro Nagatomi Clemson University - Bioengineering George Fercann Bioengineering Nagatomi Clemson University - Bioengineering Shawn Berker Bioengineering Nagatomi Clemson University - Bioengineering Rachel Ostendorff Bioengineering
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