Kim Weirich
Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Scholar, Clemson University School of Health Research
weirich{at}clemson.edu
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D., Biomolecular Science & Engineering
B.A., Physics and Linguistics
University of Chicago
Postdoc, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the James Franck Institute
Carolyn Feigeles
Graduate Student Researcher,
Materials Science & Engineering
Lafayette College
B.S., Chemical Engineering
DoD SMART Fellowship (2025-), Jennings Fellowship (Clemson MSE, 2024-2025)
Megan Janquart
Graduate Student Researcher,
Materials Science & Engineering
University of Wisconsin, Madison
B.S., Materials Science & Engineering
Graduate Diversity Doctoral Fellowship (Clemson University, 2024-2028)
Isabel Leal
Graduate Student Researcher,
Bioengineering
Clemson University
B.S., Microbiology
Citlaly Cruz Santiago
Undergraduate Researcher,
Bioengineering
Ben Eubanks
Undergraduate Researcher,
Bioengineering
Summer Creative Inquiry and Undergraduate Research Grant (2025)
Camden Lawrence
Undergraduate Researcher,
Chemical Engineering
Hermoine Martinez Zarraga
Undergraduate Researcher,
Civil Engineering
Meredith Norris
Undergraduate Researcher,
Bioengineering
Rami Roushdie
Undergraduate Researcher,
General Engineering
Gabriel Rubio
Undergraduate Researcher,
General Engineering
Lily Villiger
Undergraduate Researcher,
Environmental Engineering
Group Alumni
Sahil Masih, 2020-2021, Undergraduate Researcher,
B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, August 2021; CECAS Undergraduate Research Opportunity Grant (2021)
current: Argonne National Lab
John Nickels, 2021, Undergraduate Researcher,
Materials Science & Engineering,
current: Koycera AVX (Greenville, SC)
Alyssa Lindsey, 2020-2022, Graduate Student Researcher,
Bioengineering
Sophia Link, 2022, Summer NSF Biophysics REU Researcher (from University of Virginia, Physics and Biology) co-advised with Dr. K. Cook
Current: Graduate School (Duke University)
Christian Sarol, 2022, Summer NSF Biophysics REU Researcher (from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign) co-advised with Dr. K. Cook
JohnRichard Ray, 2022-2023, Undergraduate Researcher, Bioengineering
current: Clemson undergrad
Sam Rubin, 2022-2023, Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., Bioengineering, 2023; Summer Creative Inquiry and Undergraduate Research Program (2022), CECAS Undergraduate Research Opportunity Grant (2023)
current: Clemson Graduate School, Bioengineering
Daniel Trost, 2023, Undergraduate Researcher, Mechanical Engineering
current: Clemson undergrad
Shamrat Paul, 2023, Graduate Rotation Student, Medical Biophysics Graduate Program, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, B.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ashley Kull, 2023, Undergraduate Researcher, Bioengineering
current: Clemson Undergrad
Yusuke Homma, 2023, Graduate Student Researcher visiting from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Nkeng Fritz, 2023-2024, Undergraduate Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering, CECAS Undergraduate Research Opportunity Grant (2023-2024) , Current: National Gypsum Company (Tampa, FL)
Isabel Leal, 2024, Undergraduate Researcher, Microbiology,
Current: Clemson Graduate School, Bioengineering
Ashley Blake, 2023-2024, Undergraduate Researcher, Chemical Engineering; CECAS Undergraduate Research Opportunity Grant (2023- 2024)
Allie Cheves, 2022-2024, Undergraduate Researcher, Bioengineering; CECAS Undergraduate Research Opportunity Grant (2022, 2023), CECAS Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2023)
current: Polymed (Greenville, SC)
Cata Santos Anzola, 2023-2024, Undergraduate Researcher, Bioengineering; NSF REU at University of Georgia (2024)
Mark Almazo Rosendo, 2024, Summer NSF Biophysics REU Researcher (from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Biology)
Veronica Armstrong, 2024, Summer NSF Biophysics REU Researcher (from Iowa State University, Chemical Engineering)
Steven Huntley, 2022-2024, Graduate Student Researcher,
M.S. (Thesis), Materials Science & Engineering, Clemson University, May 2024
current: Materials Engineer, Department of the Navy (Washington DC)
Olivia Laukat, 2023-2025, Undergraduate Researcher, Bioengineering; NSF REU at NC State University (2025)
Emma Floyd, 2025, SPRI Summer Researcher, visiting from the SC Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics
Neha Manjunatha, 2025, SPRI Summer Researcher, visiting from the SC Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics
Molly Moylan, 2025, Summer NSF Biophysics REU Researcher (from Elon University, Biochemistry)
Madden Ritzer, 2025, Undergraduate Researcher, Eureka! Program
2025
Summer 2025
2023
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