Principal Investigator

Yao
Hai Yao, Ph.D.

Professor and Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering
Director, NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Translational Research Improving Musculoskeletal Health (TRIMH)
Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University
Professor and Director of Dental Scientist Training Program (NIDCR T32)
Department of Oral Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina

Office: Bioengineering Building BE202, 68 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843)876-2380
Email: haiyao@clemson.edu; yaoh@musc.edu

Hai Yao, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University, and Associate Department Chair for the Clemson University-Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Joint Bioengineering Program. Dr. Yao also holds a dual appointment in the Departments of Oral Health Sciences and Orthopaedics at MUSC in Charleston, SC. He currently serves as Associate Vice President for Biomedical Innovation at Clemson.

Education 
-B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University (China), 1991  
-Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University (China), 1996  
-Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami (FL), 2004
-Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005 

 

Co-Principal Investigator

Richard

Richard H. Gross, M.D.

Research Professor, Clemson-MUSC Bioengineering Program, Clemson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Orthopaedics, MUSC


Office: BE312, 68 President Street, MSC 501, Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843)876-2395
Email: grossr@musc.edu



Research Associate

Brooke
Brooke Damon, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
bdamon@clemson.edu

Joann
Joann Sullivan, Ph.D.

Research Development Officer
joannw@clemson.edu

Administrative Assistant

tommy
Tommy Gallien

Administrative Assistant
tgallie@clemson.edu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Hepfer
R. Glenn Hepfer, Ph.D.


hepfer@musc.edu

Peng
Peng Chen, Ph.D.


pchen4@clemson.edu

Shuchun
Shuchun Sun, Ph.D.


shuchus@clemson.edu

Graduate Students

Marshall
Marshall Wilson

Ph.D. Student
mbw5@clemson.edu

Dustin
Dustin Mueller

D.M.D/Ph.D. Student
muelledu@musc.edu

jiaxin
Jiaxin Chai

Ph.D. Student
jchai@clemson.edu

Farhad
Farhad Ahmadi

Ph.D. Student
fahmadi@clemson.edu

Abirami
Abirami Soundararajan

Ph.D. Student
abirams@clemson.edu

nasim
Nasim Cheraghi-Venovel

Ph.D. Student
ncherag@clemson.edu

jichao
Jichao Zhao

Ph.D. Student
jichaoz@clemson.edu

yaqian
Yaqian Sun

Ph.D. Student
yaqians@clemson.edu

jianchen
Jian Chen

Ph.D. Student
jian4@clemson.edu