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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
Assistant 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
Assistant 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
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
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

Grace Patterson
Instructor

Office: BLD 205-C
E-mail: Grace.Patterson@louisiana.edu

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
Assistant Department Head

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
Department Head

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

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