Department of Chemistry at Clemson University

Congrats to Prof. Andy Tennyson who won the 2025 Alan Schaffer Faculty Senate Service Award. Andy has been a tireless advocate for the department and the College of Science as our lead Faculty Senator.

Congratulations to Dimuthu Edirisinghe, who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. Dimuthu worked in the labs of Prof. George Chumanov.

Please join us in congratulating Prof. Thao Tran Dominy for being named a 2025 Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences. This is an incredible honor recognizing Dr. Tran Dominy's contributions in the field of quantum materials.

Clemson chemist Thao Tran Dominy named Kavli Fellow by National Academy of Sciences Thao Tran Dominy, an assistant professor in the Clemson University Department of Chemistry, has been named a 2025 Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Kavli Fellowship is the latest awards received by Tran Dominy, who researches chemical bonding in quantum materials.

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Congrats to Dr. Samuel Kwain, a jointly advised student in the Whitehead and Dominy labs, on the successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis on Friday.

Congrats to all of the Clemson Chemistry Fall 2024 Ph.D. graduates! Go Tigers!

Congrats to Ralph Aderorho from the Chouinard group, who successfully defended his Ph. D. thesis this week!

Congrats to Abideen Ayangbemi, who earned his MS Degree this week. Abideen is a student in Prof. David Jacobson’s lab and will continue on in the program in pursuit of his Ph.D.

Congrats to Dr. Perla Sauceda (Ph.D., Smith Group), who spoke at the Ph.D. hooding ceremony this week!

Congrats to Dr. Austin Seilkop from Prof. Kim’s group on the successful defense of his thesis!

Congrats to Dr. Madhuka Liyanage from Prof. Chumanov's group on the successful defense of his thesis!

Congrats to Prof. Chris Chouinard, who was recently named an 2024 Emerging Investigator by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry!