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
	Michael Berberoglu Visiting Assistant Professor Office : BLD 222-A E-mail : michael.berberoglu@louisiana.edu Areas of Research: Stem Cells & Regeneration; Neurobiology; Developmental Biology; Adult Neurogenesis; Neuronal Function and Disease; Skeletal Muscle; Satellite-Like Cells; Zebrafish
	Heather Olivier Birdsong 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 thekanelab.com Area of Research: Ecological and Evolutionary Biomechanics
	Nic Kooyers Assistant 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 Assistant 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 Office Phone : 337 482 6632 E-mail : Ivan.Moberly1@louisiana.edu
	Brad Moon Professor South Louisiana Mid-Winter Fair/BORSF Professorship in Environmental Science I 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
	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 Schedule an appointment
	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 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
	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 E-mail : andrea.westerband@louisiana.edu 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

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