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Chip Tonkin, Ph.D.
Co-Director
tonkin@clemson.edu
864-656-5686

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Haley Appleby
Co-Director
Packaging Science
heapple@clemson.edu

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E. Jeffery Rhodehamel
Associate Director
jrhode@clemson.edu
864-656-1211

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Kenny Tucker
Assistant Director
vtucker@clemson.edu
864-340-0034

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Shane Hutchings
Lab Manager
chutchi@clemson.edu
864-723-0739

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Nate Newsome
Virtual Reality Developer
nathann@clemson.edu
864-380-1811

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Kristy Pickurel
Marketing & Events Manager
kpickur@clemson.edu
864-607-3968

Sonoco FRESH Staff

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Anne Barr
Executive Director
eabarr@clemson.edu
864-918-2930

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Jeff Rhodehamel, Ph.D.
Research Program
jrhode@clemson.edu
864-787-8360

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Kristy Pickurel
Marketing & Events Manager
kpickur@clemson.edu
864-607-3968

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Taylor Haynes
Operations Coordinator
tmhayne@clemson.edu
864-634-4657

Partner Faculty

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Kern Cox
Senior Lecturer
Graphic Communications
kernc@clemson.edu
864-656-7646

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Duncan Darby
Associate Professor
Food, Nutrition, and Packaging
ddarby@clemson.edu
864-656-6937

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Steve Foulger
Endowed Chair
Materials Science and Engineering

864-656-1045

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Andrew Hurley
Associate Professor
Packaging Science
ruperth@clemson.edu
864-650-4954

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Nona Woolbright
Associate Professor
Graphic Communications
nwoolbr@clemson.edu
864-656-0105

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