Podium Presenters

Stimulus Research Program

Name with link to biosketch Institution TItle
Team Twiss: Jeff Twiss USC Intersection of Epigenetic Regulation and Mitochrondrial Function in Autism
Team Husson: Scott Husson Clemson Anaerobic membrane bioreactors as a next-generation technology to address the food-energy water nexus
Team Carver: Wayne Carver USC Data-driven optimization of bioengineered vascular scaffolds for small-diameter blood vessel replacement
Team Rao: Apparao Rao Clemson High Performance Li-S Batteries

MADE in SC

Introduction and New Faculty

Name with link to biosketch Institution TItle
Raj Bordia, Scientific Director Clemson MADE in SC – A Transformative Program for Research on Advanced Materials
Jessica Kelly Clemson Engineering Biologically-Relevant Drug Delivery Systems
Ge Tao MUSC Cellular homeostasis and lineage maintenance during cardiac regeneration

Project Illustrations

Modeling and Computation Core (MCC), Optical and Magnetic Materials (Thrust 1), Stimuli Responsive Polymers (Thrust 2) and Interactive Biomaterials (Thrust 3)

Name with link to biosketch Institution Participation Area TItle
Sapna Sarupria Clemson MCC Advanced molecular simulations and methods to study self-assembly processes
Jianjun Hu USC MCC Automated Phase Mapping for Large-Scale X-ray Diffraction Data Using a Graph-Based Phase Segmentation Algorithm
Thomas Crawford USC Thrust 1 Magnetic nanoparticle assembly in extreme force gradients
Hui Wang USC Thrust 1 Dynamic Interfacial Behaviors and Photocatalytic Transformations of Ligands on Engineered Plasmonic Nanoparticle Surfaces
Brian Benicewicz USC Thrust 2 Recent Advances in Responsive Polymeric Materials
Olga Kuksenok Clemson Thrust 2 Designing polymer-based biomimetic materials: from active gels to highly thermostable biocatalytic systems
Ying Mei Clemson Thrust 3 Development of Interactive Biomaterials for Vascular Morphogenesis
Michael Yost MUSC Thrust 3 MADE in SC Thrust III Rational Design of Interactive Biomaterials