RISE MENTORS

Gloria S. McCutcheon, PhD
Professor of Biology
Principal Investigator and Director
Claflin University Research Initiatives for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Samina N. Assanie-Shivji, PhD
Professor of Biology
Principal Investigator
Claflin University Research Initiatives for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Professor /Department of Chemistry
Professor of Biology and Director, South Carolina Center for Biotechnology

Anisah Bagasra, PhD
Interim Director of Online Education and an Assistant Professor of Psychology

Tantiana Burns, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Research Interest:
Environmental toxicology, Mycotoxins, Bioremediation
Associate Professor of Biology & Director of the Genomics & Sequencing Lab

Dr. Steffani Driggins
Visiting Associate Professor of Biology
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Camelia-Maria Kantor, PhD
Assistant Professor Geography

Mihail Kantor, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Assistant
Department of Biology

Karina Liles, PhD
Assistant Professor School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

Alison McLetchie, PhD
Anthropology, M.A.
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Associate Professor of Biology

Shrikant Pawar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology

Verlie G. Tisdale, PhD
Dean- School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Advisory Board Member