{"id":3663,"date":"2021-08-30T15:01:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T19:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/?page_id=3663"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:33:15","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>The BeakerBox Team<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_4043\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4043\" class=\"wp-image-4043 lazyload\" title=\"Screen Shot 2023 03 12 at 4.46.45 PM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-4.46.45-PM-298x300.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Kara Powder.\" width=\"160\" height=\"161\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-4.46.45-PM-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-4.46.45-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-4.46.45-PM-768x774.png 768w, https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-4.46.45-PM.png 968w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 160px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 160\/161;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kara Powder<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><b>Kara E. Powder, Ph.D.<br \/>\n<em>BeakerBox co-founder<\/em><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kara is an Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Clemson University. Her research interests are in craniofacial evolution and development and her education interests are in improving enthusiasm and engagement for all future scientists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Kara:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:kpowder@clemson.edu\">kpowder[at]clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4039\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4039\" class=\"wp-image-4039 lazyload\" title=\"Screen Shot 2023 03 12 at 4.27.51 PM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-4.27.51-PM-291x300.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Katherine Mulholland.\" width=\"159\" height=\"164\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-4.27.51-PM-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-12-at-4.27.51-PM.png 740w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 159px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 159\/164;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine Mulholland<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><b>Katherine Mulholland<br \/>\n<em>BeakerBox co-founder<\/em><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katherine is a Ph.D. student in Learning Sciences at Clemson University. A former staff member at the Clemson Science Outreach Center, Katherine is now the Executive Director of the South Carolina Coalition of Math and Science. Her research interests are in transforming knowledge into educational materials, as well as the impact of leading outreach on undergraduate students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Katherine:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:krfreem@clemson.edu\">krfreem[at]clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Undergrad team<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BeakerBox couldn\u2019t happen without a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary team of undergraduate students at Clemson University. This includes students majoring across STEM fields such as Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Genetics, and Mathematical Sciences as well as those in Marketing and Brand Communications. This team designs, generates, and implements activities for K12 outreach.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact the BeakerBox team:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:BeakerBox@clemson.edu\">BeakerBox[at]clemson.edu<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4071&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] The BeakerBox Team Kara E. Powder, Ph.D. BeakerBox co-founder Kara is an Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Clemson University. Her research interests are in craniofacial evolution and development and her education interests are in improving enthusiasm and engagement for all future scientists. Contact Kara: kpowder[at]clemson.edu &nbsp; Katherine Mulholland BeakerBox co-founder Katherine is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3663","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/beakerbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}