MARC Faculty Mentors
Faculty Mentor | Department | Research Topic |
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Dr. Mark Batzer | Biological Sciences | Comparative and functional genomics |
Dr. Dorian Bolder | Biological Engineering | Processing of biological materials; exploring lignin beads for sustainability of food, energy and water systems |
Dr. Prosanta Chakrabarty | Biological Sciences | Evolution and renovation of species at the LSU Museum of Natural Science |
Dr. Alex Cohen | Psychology | Study of mental illness |
Dr. Stephania Cormier | Biological Sciences | Respiratory immunology & toxicology of the infant |
Dr. Joseph Francis | Comparative Biomedical Sciences | Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Syndrome |
Dr. Fernando Galvez | Biological Sciences | Environmental toxicology & comparative physiology |
Dr. Victor Garcia-Lopez | Chemistry | Synthesis of molecular switches and machines to modulate plasma membrane's structure and dynamics |
Dr. Jayne Garno | Chemistry | Analytical, bioanalytical & surface chemistry; Scanning probe studies |
Dr. Evanna Gleason | Biological Sciences | Regulation of synaptic transmission between retinal amacrine cells |
Dr. Anne Grove | Biological Sciences | Bacterial responses to stress |
Dr. Antonieta Guerrero-Plata | Pathobiological Sciences | Mechanisms of activation and subversion of the host immune response by human respiratory viruses |
Dr. Craig Hart | Biological Sciences | Chromatin and gene regulation |
Dr. Jason Hicks | Psychology | Cognitive science and human memory |
Dr. Weishan Huang | Pathobiological Sciences | Immune homeostasis and therapy |
Dr. Hunter Gilbert | Mechanical Engineering | Medical devices, including sophisticated surgical robots, medical imaging and sensing |
Dr. Brian Irving | Kinesiology | Exercise physiology, aging, and mitochondria bioenergetics |
Dr. Samithamby Jeyaseelan | Pathobiological Sciences | Lung inflammation and host defense |
Dr. Rendy Kartika | Chemistry | Synthetic methods development and biological-active molecule synthesis |
Dr. Morgan Kelly | Biological Sciences | Abiotic stress adaptation in marine invertebrates |
Dr. Gus Kousoulas | Virology and Biotechnology | Molecular biology of human herpes viruses |
Dr. Marlene Janes | Food Science | Rapid methods for detecting foodborne viruses and bacteria |
Dr. Guoqiang Li | Mechanical Engineering | Smart polymer composites |
Dr. Jack Losso | Food Science | Food proteins and enzymes |
Dr. Michael Malisoff | Mathematics | Control systems for COVID19-related models |
Dr. Kenneth Matthews | Physics | Medical physics, radiological imaging |
Dr. Robin McCarley | Chemistry | Development and application of fluorescent probes |
Dr. Adam Melvin | Biochemical Engineering | Peptide-based biosensors and therapeutics; Microfluidic devices for cellular analysis |
Dr. Todd Monroe | Biological Engineering | Microfluidic devices for cellular analysis |
Dr. Kermit Murray | Chemistry | Mass Spectrometry |
Dr. Marcia Newcomer | Biological Sciences | Structural biology of enzymes |
Dr. Wayne Newhauser | Physics | Medical Physics, Oncology |
Dr. Arthur Penn | Comp. Biomed. Sci. | Biological effects of second-hand smoke |
Dr. John Pojman | Chemistry | Chemistry, cure-on demand materials, thiol-acrylate chemistry |
Dr. Justin Ragains | Chemistry | Synthetic method development, carbohydrate chemistry, chemical immunology |
Dr. Jagannathan Ramanujam | CCT, Electrical & Computer Engineering | High-performance computing and data science |
Dr. Fatima Rivas | Chemistry | Chemical biology, synthesis of biologically active organic molecules |
Dr. Mario Rivera | Chemistry | Bioanalytical and microbiological chemistry; drug discovery |
Dr. Cristina Sabliov | Biological Engineering | Nanodelivery systems |
Dr. Guillaume Spielmann | Kinesiology | Stress and immune function |
Dr. Jacqueline Stephens | Biological Sciences, Pennington Biomedical Center | Adipocyte biology |
Dr. Arend Van Gemmert | Kinesiology | Fine motor control and learning; Movement disorders |
Dr. Maria da Graça Vicente | Chemistry | Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and biological evaluation of BODIPYs and related fluorophores |
Dr. Tuo Wang | Chemistry | Screening the cell wall structure and the effect of drug treatment on fungal pathogens |