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Faculty and Staff

Active Faculty

James Albert
Professor

Office : VLW 410
Office Phone : 337 482 6627
Lab : VLW 410
Lab Phone : 337 482 1045
E-mail : james.albert@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Phylogeny of Teleost Fishes, Fish Diversity and Biology

Jaymes Awbrey
Instructor

Office : BLD 205

E-mail : jaymes.awbrey1@louisiana.edu

Heather Olivier Birdsong
Senior Instructor

Office : BLD 108-E
Office Phone : 337 482 5236
E-mail : heather.birdsong@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Amphibian conservation, contaminants, ecotoxicology

Loren Cassin Sackett
Associate Professor

South Louisiana Mid-Winter Fair/BORSF Professorship in Environmental Science II

Office : VLW 510
Office Phone : 337 482 5916
Lab : VLW 519B
E-mail : Loren Cassin Sackett

Area of Research:
Evolution in small populations, conservation genomics, ecology and evolution of infectious diseases

Andrei Chistoserdov
Professor

Office : VLW 526
Office Phone : 337 482 1330
Lab : VLW 505
Lab Phone : 337 482 5056
E-mail : Andrei.Chistoserdov@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Microorganisms, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Processes

Suzanne Fredericq
Professor

Freeport McMoRan/BORSF Professorship for Coastal Biodiversity Research Development

Office : VLW 519-A
Office Phone : NA
Lab : VLW 524
Lab Phone : 337 482 5057
E-mail : suzanne.fredericq@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Systematics and Molecular Evolution of the Red Algae, Algal Morphology

Mark Genung
Associate Professor

James H. Harper South Louisiana Mid-Winter Fair Association/BORSF Professor of Biology

Office : BLD 224
Office Phone : 337 482 6277
Lab : BLD 225
Lab Phone : 337 482 6527
E-mail : mark.genung@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Community and theoretical ecology, plant and pollinator ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem services

Marla Gomez Perez
Senior Instructor

Office : BLD 104
Office Phone : 337 482 5153
E-mail : Marla Gomez

Brandon Hendrickson
Visiting Assistant Professor

Office : BLD 228
E-mail : brandon.hendrickson@louisiana.edu

Emily Kane
Assistant Professor

Office : BLD 215
Office Phone : 337 482 5246
Lab : BLD 226
Lab Phone : 337 482 5231
E-mail : Emily.Kane@louisiana.edu

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Area of Research:
Ecological and Evolutionary Biomechanics

Nic Kooyers
Associate Professor

Harold and Adele Comeaux/BORSF Professor of Biology

Office : VLW 506A
Office Phone : 337 482 1258
Lab : VLW 506
Lab Phone : 337 482 5661
E-mail : Nicholas.Kooyers@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Plant ecological genetics and genomics, adaptation, plant evolutionary ecology, global change biology

Sherry Krayesky

Executive Director of the Student Center for Research, Creativity, and Scholarship

Adjunct Faculty

Director of the Student Center for Research, Creativity, and Scholarship (SCRCS)

Office : BLD 103
Office Phone :482.6754
E-mail : Sherry.Krayesky@louisiana.edu
 

Ritwij Kulkarni
Associate Professor

Drs. Roderick & Tina Clark/BORSF Endowed Professorship in The Ray P. Authement College of Sciences for Pre-Professional Advising Center

Office : VLW 519
Office Phone : 337 482 6263
Lab : VLW 417
Lab Phone : 337 482
E-mail : ritwij.kulkarni@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Effects of Environmental Pollutants on the Immuno-Pathogenesis of Respiratory Infections; Role of Inflammasomes in Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections

Paul Leberg
Professor

John E. and Joretta Achee Chance Professor of Biology

Office : BLD 142
Office Phone : 337 482 1068
Lab : VLW 528

E-mail : paul.leberg@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Population Biology of Vertebrates, Conservation Biology and Genetics

Sohyoung Lee
Assistant Professor

Office : VLW 520
Office Phone : 337 482 5008
Lab : VLW 522

E-mail : sohyoung.lee@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Glycan-mediated host-pathogen interactions

Caroline Matkin
Instructor

Office : BLD 108-G
Office Phone: 337.482.6751

E-mail : caroline.matkin@louisiana.edu

 

Mirna Marinic
Assistant Professor

Office : VLW 530
Office Phone : 337.482.6640
Lab : VLW 518
Lab Phone : TBD
E-mail : mirna.marinic@louisiana.edu


Area of Research:
Using cell culture-based methodologies to study developmental and genetic basis of mammalian pregnancy, and evolution of placentation variations across eutherian mammals

Craig R. McClain
Professor

Office : BLD 111
Office Phone : TBD
Lab : BLD 112
Lab Phone : TBD
E-mail: craig.mcclain@louisiana.edu
Website: craigmcclain.com


Area of Research:
Marine biodiversity, body size and energetics.

Beth A. Middleton
Adjunct Faculty

Research Ecologist

USGS National Wetlands Research Center
E-mail : middletonb@usgs.gov

Area of Research:
Wetland plant ecology, and wetland restoration

Ivan Moberly
Instructor

Office : BLD 105
E-mail : Ivan.Moberly1@louisiana.edu

Brad Moon
Professor

Graduate Coordinator

Office : VLW 509
Office Phone : 337 482 5662
Lab : VLW 507
Lab Phone : 337 482 1375
E-mail : brad.moon@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Vertebrate Functional Morphology and Physiology, Muscle Structure and Function

Ian Patterson
Assistant Professor

Office: VLW 519-D
Lab: VLW 516
E-mail: Ian.Patterson@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Transmission of viruses in mosquitoes

Thomas C. Pesacreta
Associate Professor

Director, ULL Microscopy Center

Office : BLD 134
Office Phone : 337 482 5233
Lab : BLD 137
Lab Phone : 337 482 5769
E-mail : thomas.pesacreta@louisiana.edu

Sophie Plouviez
Interim Assistant Director

Office : BLD 108
Office Phone : 337 230 5698
E-mail : sophie.plouviez@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Molecular Evolution, Population Genetics/Genomics, Bioinformatics

Daniel J. Povinelli
Professor

Office : BLD 228
E-mail : daniel.povinellli@louisiana.edu
Website: www.danielpovinelli.com

Area of Research:
Evolution of Learning and Cognition

Penny E. Powell
Master Instructor

Microbiology and A&P Lab Coordinator

Office : VLW 417-A
Office Phone : 337 482 6634
E-mail : penny.powell@louisiana.edu

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Joseph Richards
Instructor

Office : BLD 217
Office Phone : TBD
E-mail : Joseph.Richards@louisiana.edu

Guillaume Rieucau
Adjunct Faculty

Assistant Professor, LUMCON

Phone : 985 223 7421
E-mail : grieucau@lumcon.edu

Area of Research:
Marine and estuarine behavioral ecology, fish collective behavior, predator-prey interaction, ecology of fear.

Kelly L. Robinson
Associate Professor

South Louisiana Mid-Winter Fair #1 Endowed Professorship in Renewable Resources I

Office : BLD 234
Office Phone : 337 482 5705
Lab: BLD 250
E-mail : kelly.robinson@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Zooplankton ecology; Climate Change; Marine Food Webs

 

Kenneth Rogers
Adjunct Faculty

Office :VLW 520
Office Phone : 482-5008

E-mail : Kenneth.Rogers@louisiana.edu

William E. Schmidt
Senior Instructor

Office : VLW 524
Office Phone : 337 482 5057
E-mail : william.schmidt@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Red Algal Systematics and Biogeography, Plastid Genomes, Metagenomes and Rhodoliths

Karen M. Smith
Interim Director

Lafayette Parish Medical Society Endowed Professorship in Biology

Office : VLW 452
Office Phone : 337 482 6755
Lab : VLW 512
Lab Phone : 337 482 1759
E-mail : karen.smith@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Neurobiology and development

Beth Stauffer
Associate Professor

SLEMCO/BORSF Professorship in General Studies (Science II)

Office : BLD 141
Office Phone : 337 482 5232
Lab : BLD 120
Lab Phone : 337 482 6717
E-mail : beth.stauffer@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Phytoplankton/Protistan Ecology, Coastal Water Quality Issues

 

Michael Sulak
Visiting Assistant Professor

Office : BLD 222A
E-mail : michael.sulak@louisiana.edu

Yoichiro Tamori
Assistant Professor
 

Office : VLW 508-B
Lab : VLW 528
E-mail : Yoichiro.Tamori@louisiana.edu

https://www.morphomeostasis.com/

Area of Research:
Evolution of cancer cells

Melissa Toups
Assistant Professor

Office : BLD 235
Office Phone : 337 482 6636
E-mail : melissa.toups@louisiana.edu

https://melissaatoups.wordpress.com/

Area of Research:
sex-chromosome evolution, transitions between sexual systems, polyploidy, genome evolution

Francois Villinger
Professor

Director of the New Iberia Research Center

Office : New Iberia Research Center
Office Phone : 337 482 0225
E-mail : Fjv5939@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Immune response and vaccine development

Yi-Hong Wang
Associate Professor

Office : BLD 242
Office Phone : 337 482 6756
Lab : BLD 249
Lab Phone : 337 482 5229
E-mail : yihong.wang@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Genetics and Biotechnology

Andrea Westerband
Assistant Professor

Office : BLD 205

https://www.andreawesterband.com/

Area of Research:
Plant functional ecology and ecophysiology, population dynamics, invasion

Robyn Zerebecki
Assistant Professor

Office : BLD 243
Office Phone :
Lab: BLD 226
Lab Phone:

E-mail : Robyn.Zerebecki@louisiana.edu

 

Staff

 

Ryan Groh
Administrative Assistant

Office : BLD 108
Office Phone : 337 482 6748
E-mail : Ryan.Groh@louisiana.edu

 

Lily Ann Hume
Microscopy Center Coordinator

Office : BLD 137
Office Phone : 337 482 5769
E-mail : Lily.Hume@louisiana.edu

Sondra D. Meyers
Administrative Assistant 3

Office : VLW 402
Office Phone : 337 482 6626
E-mail : sondra.meyers@louisiana.edu

 

Stacy Porter
Administrative Coordinator

Office : BLD 108
Office Phone : 337 482 5228
E-mail : C00256122@louisiana.edu

 

Michael Van Brocklin
Maintenance Repairer 2

Office : BLD 108
Office Phone : 337 482 6748
E-mail : michael.vanbrocklin@louisiana.edu

 

Emeritus Faculty

Raymond Bauer
Professor Emeritus

Office : BLD 205-E
E-mail : raymond.bauer1@louisiana.edu

Research Website: https://userweb.ucs.louisiana.edu/~c00288293/


Area of Research:
Crustacean Biology, Reproduction, and Evolution

Roy C. Brown
Professor Emeritus

Office : BLD 142
Office Phone : 337 482 6987
E-mail : rcb6459@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Microbe Interaction

Darryl L. Felder
Professor Emeritus

Office : BLD 251
Office Phone : 337 482 6753
Lab : BLD 227/228
Lab Phone : 337 482 5403
E-mail : dfelder@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Decapod Crustacean Diversity, Larval and Postlarval Development

Scott C. France
Professor Emeritus

Office : BLD 213
Office Phone : 337 482 6320
Lab : BLD 212/216
Lab Phone : 337 482 6494
E-mail : scott.france@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Evolution of Deep-sea Corals and other Marine Invertebrates, Genetic Structure of Deep-sea Populations

Karl H. Hasenstein
Professor Emeritus

Ramon E. Billeaud/BORSF Endowed Professorship

Office : BLD 206
Office Phone : 337 482 6750
Lab : BLD 207, 203, 204
Lab Phone : 337 482 5199
E-mail : karl.hasenstein@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Plant Physiology, Phytohormones, Plant Movements

Paul Klerks
Professor Emeritus

Lab : BLD 218
Lab Phone : 337 482 5152
E-mail : paul.klerks@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Environmental Toxicology, Detoxification Mechanisms

 

Betty Lemmon
Professor Emeritus

Office : BLD 142
Office Phone : 337 482 6987
E-mail : rcb@louisiana.edu

Susan Mopper
Professor Emeritus

Office :
Office Phone :
E-mail : sxm1886@louisiana.edu
 

Joseph Neigel
Professor Emeritus

Office : 35 Silvia Dr., Cazadero, CA 95421
Office Phone :
E-mail : jneigel_ull@agelus.net
Website: neigellab.agelus.net

Area of Research:
Population Genetics, Evolution of Marine Animals

 

Glen Watson
Professor Emeritus

Office : BLD 111
Office Phone : 337 482 5237
E-mail : gmw5722@louisiana.edu

Area of Research:
Cellular and Developmental Biology of Sea Anemones

 

Affiliated Faculty

 

Caryl Chlan
Adjunct Faculty, retired

E-mail : cchlan@louisiana.edu

 

Garrie P. Landry
Departmental Affiliate and Herbarium Curator
Botanist

McIlhenny Company
E-mail : cycad@louisiana.edu

 

Patricia L. Mire
Affiliate Faculty, retired

E-mail : pmire@louisiana.edu

 

James Nelson
Associate Professor

E-mail : jimmy.nelson@uga.edu

 

Erin M. Sigel
Adjunct Faculty

University of New Hampshire
E-mail : erin.sigel@louisiana.edu