College Profile 2023

Student Excellence

In the College of Science, student success is at the forefront of everything we do. We are preparing the next generation of scientists through innovative teaching and experiential learning opportunities. Our students are thriving and becoming leaders and game-changers. These students are just a sampling of the remarkable students in Science.

RHODES SCHOLAR

Biochemistry senior receives top undergraduate award

Louise Franke, a Clemson senior from Spartanburg, South Carolina, made University history when she became the first Clemson student named a Rhodes Scholar. Franke, an Honors College student major ing in biochemistry with minors in political science and philosophy, is one of 32 American Rhodes Scholars selected through an intensive application and interview process. “The Rhodes community is an intellectual

community where people care about ideas, about action and about the world,” said Franke. “It’s a group of people that fight the world’s fight, and the fact that I’m now part of that blows my mind. It’s a dream come true.” The Rhodes Scholarship provides for study at the University of Oxford and is recognized worldwide as the top undergraduate award for college students.

BARRY M. GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is the premier and highly competitive national award for students who have the potential to advance research in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.

2022 Grant Wilkins Mathematics

2020 Paul Marston Copeland Physics

2019 Laura McCann Chemistry Erin Mihealsick Genetics and Biochemistry Benjamin Slimmer Physics

Shaoni Dasgupta Biological Sciences Carson Wood Mathematics

NASA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Research focuses on origins of cosmic rays

Clemson University astrophysics graduate student Jordan Eagle has two key priorities as a scientist — research and outreach. Eagle has spent the last two years at the Har vard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on a Chandra X-ray Center predoctoral fellowship. Eagle is complet ing her Ph.D. thesis on pulsar wind nebulae, which are descendants of massive stellar explosions, and the role they play in creating cosmic rays.

Eagle will continue her studies at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a NASA post doctoral fellow. “I am not in the least surprised by Jordan winning a coveted NASA Postdoctoral Pro gram fellowship. From day one at Clemson, she has demonstrated outstanding research skills coupled with a love for science dissemination,” said Marco Ajello, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

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