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E. Jeffery Rhodehamel

Associate Director
jrhode@clemson.edu
864-656-1211

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Bobby Congdon

Assistant Director
rcongdo@clemson.edu
864-650-2762

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Shane Hutchings

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

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Kenny Tucker

Project Coordinator
vtucker@clemson.edu
864-340-0034

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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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Haley Appleby

Lecturer
Packaging Science
heapple@clemson.edu

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Shu Chang

Associate Professor
Graphic Communications
schang2@clemson.edu
864-656-3646

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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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Liam O'Hara

Associate Professor
Graphic Communications
lohara@clemson.edu
864-656-6897

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Nona Woolbright

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

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