Dr. Anita Nag

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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USC Upstate is a Primarily Undergraduate Institute (PUI)

4-6 Undergraduates and Scholars Academy students each year

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4 Publications with undergraduate students

NIH R15 and DRP (SC INBRE) Funding support

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4 Students in Graduate School (UofUS, Clemson, UNC-Chapel Hill, U Mass Boston)

1 Student in Medical School

3 Students in industry

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Team Makeup:

1 Postdoctoral Fellow (max: 1)

6 Ph.D. Students (max: 9) ~50:50 BioE:ChBE

• 4 independently advised
• 2 co-advised

20 Undergraduate Researchers (max: 27!)

Carol and John ’63 Cromer Family Endowed Associate Professor

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Bioengineering

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Pathway to Academia: B.S. Chemical Engineering, UVA 2012

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Auburn 2017

Assistant Professor Clemson University 2017

Dr. Jessica Larsen, Ph.D.

Clemson is an R1 Institution.

12 Active Projects from Diverse Sources

• NIH R21 (DP2 and R01 recommended)
• NSF (CAREER, IUCIC, ART)
• National Tay Sachs & Allied Disease Foundation
• NASA

24 laboratory publications

>170 presentations

Dr. Heather Dunn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Current Lab Members:

3 Ph.D. Students

2 M.S. Students

5 Undergraduate Researchers

Research focus:

TNBC and genetic diversity

• AI analysis of tumor morphology
• Tumor & ECM interface
• SHG collagen patterns.& breast density
• Spatial analysis of ex-vivo tumors

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Faculty-Led Study Abroad:

• Germany & France destinations
• Biomedical focus
• European healthcare
• Global professional development

Data dissemination:

• International conferences
• State & regional presentations
• Peer review publications

(many with UG’s as 1^st author)