top of page

Principal Investigator

Angela Alexander-Bryant-PIC1.jpg
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn

Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant

Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Materials Science & Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her Ph.D. in the Clemson-MUSC Joint Bioengineering Program in Charleston, SC in 2015. She has received many honors and awards, including the Gates Millennium Scholarship, honorary membership in the National Academy of Inventors, and a Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award from the American Association for Cancer Research. She has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University since 2017. As PI of the Nanobiotechnology Lab, she leads her research team on the development of novel self-assembled biomaterials for delivery of chemotherapy and nucleic acid-based therapies to improve targeted treatment of aggressive and drug-resistant cancers. Dr. Alexander-Bryant was appointed Director of Diversity and Inclusion in the department in January 2018. In this role, she works to increase recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented groups and foster an inclusive environment to contribute to a more diverse student body, promoting collegiality and engagement of students across all backgrounds.

Graduate Students & Postdocs

Undergraduate Students

Graduate Alumni

1 / Arica Gregory

B.S./M.S. Bioengineering, 2018

Thesis: "Implantable peptide hydrogel drug delivery systems for treating glioblastoma multiforme"

Current Position: Medical Student, Medical University of South Carolina

2 / Emily Miller

M.S. Bioengineering, 2019

Thesis: "Development of a liposomal delivery system for combinations therapy of paclitaxel and siRNA for treatment of drug-resistant ovarian cancer"

Current Position:

3 / Timothy Samec

Ph.D. Bioengineering, 2021

Thesis: "Multifunctional peptide-mediated delivery of a siRNAs for treatment of ovarian cancer"

Current Position: Medical Writer, Caris Life Sciences

4 / Jim Kalogeros

M.S. Bioengineering, 2023

Thesis: "Novel fusogenic peptide nanoparticles for delivery of CD44-targeting siRNA into HER2+ breast cancer cells in vitro"

Current Position: 

Undergraduate
Alumni

1 / Kayla Shine

B.S. Microbiology, 2020

Current Position: MD Student at Medical University of South Carolina

2 / Emily Grant

B.S. Bioengineering, 2020

Current Position: MD student at Medical University of South Carolina

3 / Maggie Elpers

B.S. Bioengineering, 2020

Current Position: Ph.D. student at Cornell University

NSF GRFP Recipient

4 / Alex Nukovic

B.S. Bioengineering, 2021

Current Position: Ph.D. student at Northeastern University

5 / Sam Gardner

B.S. Bioengineering, 2021

Current Position: DO/PhD Student at McGovern Medical School

6 / Serena Gilmore

B.S. Bioengineering, 2022

Current Position: MD student at University of California San Francisco

7 / Anthony Hazelton

B.S. Biochemistry, 2021

Current Position: PhD student at UNC Chapel Hill

8 / Sarah Wilde

B.S. Bioengineering, 2022

Current Position: Sales Representative, Bamberger Polymers

9 / Joe Abadeer

B.S. Bioengineering, 2022

Current Position: MD student at Medical University of South Carolina

10 / Carleigh Coffin

B.S. Bioengineering, 2023

Current Position: PhD student at University of Florida

11 / Amanda Murray

B.S. Bioengineering, 2023

Current Position: PhD student at University of Pennsylvania

12 / Abby Sottile

B.S. Bioengineering, 2023

Current Position: Associate Clinical Specialist, Abbott Laboratories

13 / Aaron Williams

B.S. Bioengineering, 2023

Current Position: Medical student, UNC Chapel Hill

14 / Tyler Willis

B.S. Biochemistry, 2023

Current Position: NIH PREP Fellow, UNC Chapel Hill

bottom of page