People

Lab Members

Adam T. Melvin

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
128 Earle Hall
(864) 656-1899
melvina@clemson.edu

Education

• B.S., University of Arizona, 2004
• B.A., University of Arizona, 2004
• M.S., North Carolina State University, 2006
• Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2010
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, 2010-2013

Research Interests

Cancer metastasis and the tumor microenvironment, biosensors, microfluidic devices, single cell analysis, personalized diagnostics, chemical biology, novel cellular co-culture techniques, 3D spheroids, peptide inhibitors, algal migration, and bacterial biofilms

Awards

• Dow Chemical Excellence in Teaching Award (2022)
• LSU COE Longwell Award for Instructor Excellence (2021)
• Dow Chemical Excellence in Teaching Award (2020)
• TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award through the Ogden Honors College (2020)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2019)
• TAF/LSU Discover Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (2019)
• Dow Chemical Excellence in Teaching Award (2019)
• LSU COE Longwell Award for Excellence in Teaching (2018)
• LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation President's Award (2017)
• ASEE Chemical Engineering Summer School Poster Award (2017)
• NIH NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (2011-2013)
• Ubiquitin Drug Discovery and Diagnostics Conference Travel Award (2012)
• ASEE Graduate Student Division Best Student Paper (2008)
• NIH/NCSU Molecular Biotechnology Training Program Fellowship (2005-2007)
• N.C. State University Outstanding TA (2005, 2006)
• N.C. State Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering TA of the Year (2005)

Students

Braulio Ortega Quesada

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
braulio@clemson.edu

Education: B.S. Universidad de Costa Rica, 2019
Project: Microscale technologies to study the effects of fluid shear stress on ER+ breast cancer

Alejandra Ham

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
aham4@lsu.edu

Education: B.S. Louisiana State University, 2018
Project: Investigating the role of fluid shear stress during metastasis on enhanced breast cancer extravasation

Anna Chadwick

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
acchadw@clemson.edu

Education: B.S. Furman University, 2023
Project: High throughput single-cell analysis of multiple myeloma cells utilizing a microfluidics-based platform

Riley Osbourn

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
rosbour@g.clemson.edu

Education: B.S. Francis Marion University, 2023
Project: Development of a microfluidic co-culture device to investigate the role of paracrine signaling in the TME