Selma Mededovic Thagard was recently granted tenure and promoted from assistant professor to associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Clarkson University.

Thagard received her bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Zagreb in Croatia and her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Florida State University.

Before coming to Clarkson, Thagard held post-doctoral appointments at Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan and at Colorado State University.

Her area of expertise is in electrical discharge plasma processes with a focus on theoretical and experimental investigations of fundamental plasma chemistry in single and multiphase plasma environments, according to a press release from Clarkson.

Her research group is currently pursuing multiple national and international interdisciplinary research projects, some of which include development and scale-up of chemical reactors for plasma-assisted water treatment, plasma sterilization and food decontamination, and plasma-assisted conversion of liquid fuels into hydrogen-rich gas, the release said.

Thagard has coauthored 30 articles in refereed journals, has three book chapters, and three patents.

She is the recipient of the Tau Beta Pi Faculty Award, NSF BRIGE award, Kristin Craig Memorial Faculty Award, and the Omega Chi Epsilon “Professor of the Year” award.

She has presented her work at numerous national and international meetings and has delivered more than 15 lectures as an invited speaker.