Summer CI + UR Mentor Information
The Summer CI + UR Program offers Clemson undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in research for 10 weeks over the summer under the guidance of a faculty mentor. To apply for this competitive award, students must be nominated by CI mentors and then are asked to complete an application. Student recipients of the Summer CI + UR award receive a stipend for their summer work. Nominations are closed..

2025 Summer CI + UR Mentors

- College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life SciencesOmer Sadak, PhD
Food, Nutrition, and Packaging SciencesErin Buchholtz, PhD
Forestry and Environmental ConservationAlthea Hagan, PhD
Forestry and Environmental ConservationCatherine Jachowski, PhD
Forestry and Environmental ConservationDavid Jachowski, PhD
Forestry and Environmental ConservationBrandon Peoples, PhD
Forestry and Environmental ConservationCo-Mentors
Crystal Anderson
Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest ScienceMiriam Boucher
Forestry and Environmental ConservationJacob Daley
Forestry and Environmental ConservationHannah Meredith
RPSP Labs - College of Behavioral, Social & Health SciencesShubham Agrawal, PhD
PsychologyMarissa Porter, PhD
PsychologyAllison Traylor, PhD
PsychologyJenna Van Fossen, PhD
PsychologyHeidi Zinzow, PhD
PsychologyCo-Mentors
Tiffany Merucci
Psychology - College of BusinessLily Shen, PhD
Department of Financial ManagementAnastasia Thyroff Fitzwater, PhD
Department of Marketing - College of Engineering, Computing & Applied SciencesAngela Alexander, PhD
BioengineeringDelphine Dean, PhD
BioengineeringJohn D Desjardins, PhD
BioengineeringHeather Dunn, PhD
BioengineeringJordon Gilmore, PhD
BioengineeringReed Gurchiek, PhD
BioengineeringJiro Nagatomi, PhD
BioengineeringCongyue Peng, PhD
BioengineeringSusana Ribeiro Cerqueira, PhD
BioengineeringAna Alba Rubio, PhD
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringScott M Husson, PhD
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringJessica Larsen, PhD
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringCatherine Majors, PhD
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringAdam Melvin, PhD
Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringJon Calhoun, PhD
Electrical and Computer EngineeringTao Wei, PhD
Electrical and Computer EngineeringEliza Gallagher, PhD
Engineering and Science EducationKonstantin Kornev, PhD
Materials Science and EngineeringScott E Brame, PhD
School of CE & EEESCaye Drapcho, PhD
School of CE & EEESMert Pese, PhD
School of ComputingYuhao Xu, PhD
School of ME and AuECo-Mentors
Aya Naser
BioengineeringMadison Sexton
BioengineeringAbigail Smith
Bioengineering - College of ScienceSharon Bewick, PhD
Biological SciencesKara Powder, PhD
Biological SciencesKylie Rock, PhD
Biological SciencesAnna Seekatz, PhD
Biological SciencesMatthew Turnbull, PhD
Biological SciencesKristi Whitehead, PhD
Biological SciencesJulia Brumaghim, PhD
ChemistryLeah Casabianca, PhD
ChemistryElliot Ennis, PhD
ChemistryShanna Estes, PhD
ChemistryDavid Jacobson, PhD
ChemistryWilliam T Pennington Jr, PhD
ChemistryStephen Dolan, PhD
Genetics and BiochemistryHaiying Liang, PhD
Genetics and BiochemistryJames Morris, PhD
Genetics and BiochemistryMichael Sehorn, PhD
Genetics and BiochemistryKerry Smith, PhD
Genetics and BiochemistryFeng Ding, PhD
Physics and AstronomyStephen Kaeppler, PhD
Physics and AstronomyJoan Marler, PhD
Physics and AstronomyRamakrishna Podila, PhD
Physics and AstronomyHugo Sanabria Hernandez, PhD
Physics and AstronomyChad Sosolik, PhD
Physics and AstronomyLih-sin The, PhD
Physics and AstronomyIrina Viktorova, PhD
School of Mathematical and Statistical SciencesCo-Mentors
Timothy Cronin
Biological SciencesVictor Munteanu
Biological SciencesSarah Rider
Biological SciencesLuke Stoeber
Biological SciencesCamille White
Biological SciencesRhonda Powell
Clemson Light Imaging Facility - Provost/Other
Co-Mentors
Cora Allard
Watt Family Innovation CenterFanchen Meng
Watt Family Innovation CenterAnne Rogers
Watt Family Innovation CenterRuoyu Yang
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