Dr. Cherese Winstead Casson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Science and Technology and a Professor of Chemistry, has been appointed to serve as a member of the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science.

This Committee evaluates the nominees for the National Medal of Science, a Presidential Award to recognize individuals for their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, engineering, as well as social and behavioral sciences.

Prior to becoming a College Dean, Dr. Winstead was the Chair of the Department of Chemistry. Under her leadership, the University is currently moving toward the construction of a new building for its Cooperative Extension Program.

She is a member of the Delaware NASA Space Grant, Delaware Comprehensive Sickle Cell Research Center, Material Research Society, American Chemical Society, and the Delaware Science Coalition. Dr. Winstead Casson is the Founder and the President of the Young Chemists Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the early education of underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Dean Winstead Casson has been a Del State faculty member since 2008.

Since its establishment, the National Medal of Science has been awarded to 506 distinguished scientists and engineers whose careers spanned decades of research and development.