Diana Bebek Ivankovic Author

George Plopper is a Senior Lead Scientist at the management, information technology, and strategic consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton in the Washington, D.C. area. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of California, San Diego and his Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to joining Booz Allen Hamilton, Dr. Plopper was a professor of biological sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. During his 20-year career in academia he received four teaching awards and was named an Education Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences. Diana Bebek Ivankovic is the Director of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) and Professor at Anderson University in Anderson, SC. She received an International Baccalaureate degree from the United World College of the Adriatic in Duino, Italy, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Lander University, Greenwood, SC. She has a master’s degree in zoology and a doctorate degree in microbiology from Clemson University, in Clemson, SC. Dr. Ivankovic has taught biology at Clemson University from 1989 to 2004 before coming to Anderson University. She is a cancer survivor, the founder of the Anderson University CCR and has been teaching biology, microbiology, cell biology and genetics since 2004. Dr. Ivankovic has received several teaching and leadership awards.