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Project Grants
Each semester, LSU Discover funds at least 10 undergraduate student research or creative projects. The purpose of these grants is to provide students a learning opportunity through participation in faculty-mentored projects. Students from any major are welcome to apply. With an LSU Discover Undergraduate Research Project Grant, currently enrolled, full-time LSU undergraduate students can receive funding for hourly wages, supplies, and travel related to an undergraduate research or creative project. Students must have an LSU employed faculty member serve as their supervisor and sign their time-sheets.
A list of the current semester's grant recipients and previously funded students are at the bottom of this page.
Looking for funding to present at a conference? Apply for an LSU Discover Conference Travel stipend.
Funding Limits
- Fall – $1,500
- Spring – $1,500
- Summer – $2,500
Funding Cycle Dates
Application Information
Recipient Responsibilities
Guidelines for acknowledging our support in publications and presentations
Primary Support – for research fully-funded by LSU Discover
- “This research was funded by an Undergraduate Research Grant from the Discover Undergraduate Research Program at Louisiana State University.”
Partial Support – for research partially funded by LSU Discover
- “This research was funded in part by an Undergraduate Research Grant from the Discover Undergraduate Research Program at Louisiana State University.”
* For posters and presentation slides, please include the LSU Discover logo (either the horizontal or vertical versions of our logo):
Research Grant Recipients
Spring 2022 Recipients
Name | Major | Department in which research is conducted | Mentor | Research |
Katie Miranda | Natural Resource Ecology & Management | Renewable Natural Resources | Dr. Kevin Ringleman | Ecology of Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) In Louisiana |
Samuel Camacho | Economics | Economics | Dr. Abigail Peralta | Efficiency Challenges of Managed Retreat: Evidence from FEMA Buyouts of Flood-prone Properties |
Kameelah Hollis | Coastal Environmental Science | Environmental Sciences | Dr. Brian Snyder | Sustainable Floating Wetland Construction |
Elizabeth Reich & Mustafa Alam | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering | Dr. Todd Monroe | Preventing Fouling in Cellular Diagnostic Microdevices |
Michael Martin | Computer Engineering | Construction Management | Dr. Ali Kazemian | Extrudate Scanning Techniques for Construction 3D Printing |
Abigail Baumgartner | English | Education | Dr. Robyn Ansermann | Relating to Reading: A Case Study of 10th Grade English Literature Students |
Kennedy Butler | Biological Sciences | Communication Sciences & Disorders | Dr. Julie Schneider | A Regional Specific Analysis of Brain Structure based on Food Deserts and Other Compounding Risk Factors Across Low SES Communities using sMRI |
Fredlicia Phillips | Mass Communication | Political Communication | Dr. Meghan Sanders | African Americans' Perception of Cultural Appropriation by Whites in the Media |
Marie Drozda | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | Dr. Karen Maruska | Variations in Sex-Steriod Receptor Levels in the Jaw Muscle Across Reproductive States in the Mouthbrooding Cichlid Fish, Astatotilapia burtoni |
Anna Borne | Biological Sciences | Natural Science | Dr. Nicholas Mason | Integrative Taxonomy of Polylepis Sky-island Birds: Quantifying Variation in Morphometrics, Song, and Plumage |
Bryan Edwards | Biological Engineering | Comparative Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Ahmed Abdelmoneim | System for Automated Dechorionation of Zebrafish Embryos for High Throughput Applications |
Anna Guidry | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering | Dr. Philip Jung | Accelerated wound healing by oxygen-generating tissue scaffolds |
JaNiece Campbell | Studio Art | Studio Art | Dr. Hye Yeon Nam | STEM Accessibility through Creative Coding |
Madison LeBlanc | Physics | Physics & Astronomy | Dr. Tabetha Boyajian | Transit Model Fitting of Tabby’s Star |
Jacob Reinhardt | Coastal Environmental Science | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences | Dr. Matthew Hiatt | The Effects of Cold Fronts on Currents in Barataria Bay |
Anna Stebbins | Anthropology | Geography & Anthropology | Dr. Kristine DeLong | Barium/Calcium Ratios in Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) as a Potential Environmental Proxy: Examining the Effects of Anthropogenic Freshwater Flooding on Development and Mortality of Oysters in the Pontchartrain Basin |
Claire Sullivan & Ria Salway | Coastal Environmental Science & Biological Sciences | Environmental Sciences | Dr. Linda Hooper-Bui | Louisiana’s Cancer Alley: The Fight Against Formosa |
Zahra Vafaei Naeini | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Dr. SeYeon Chung | Revealing the role of Puratrophin-1 like in Drosophila salivary gland formation |
Fall 2021 Recipients
Name | Major | Department in which research is conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Anang Bungwon | Microbiology | Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine | Dr. Antonietta Guero-Plata | Regulation of the Immune Response by Viral-Induced Non-Coding RNA |
Emily Garcia | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. William Doerrler | Role of a conserved membrane protein family in antibiotic sensitivity and virulence of the multidrug resistant human pathogen Klebsiella Pneumoniae |
Anna Guidry | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering; College of Engineering | Dr. Philip Jung | Accelerated wound healing by oxygen-generating tissue scaffolds |
Sean Hager | Geology | Geology & Geophysics; College of Science | Dr. Adam Forte | Appraising the Accuracy of Junction Angle Measurements from Automatically Extraced Drainage Networks |
Olivia Hurley | Coastal Environmental Science | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Austin Lynn | Sexual Reproduction and Recruitment Potential Following Phragmites australis Die-back in the Mississippi River Delta |
Kyleigh Jackson | Communication Disorders | Communication Sciences & Disorders; College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Hyunju Chung | Analysis of acoustic and articulatory characteristics of English lateral /l/ produced by Korean-English Bilingual Children |
Madison LeBlanc | Physics | Physics & Astronomy; College of Science | Dr. Tabetha Boyajian | Transit Model Fitting of Tabby’s Star |
Evan Leonhard | English and Philosophy | Philosophy & Religious Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Dr. Carmela Mattza | Transcending the Artist: A Neo-Thomistic Inquiry into the Autonomy of Art |
Stephanie Lofton | Biochemistry | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Adam Melvin | 3D Plate Insert Co-culture with Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells |
Jackson Martingayle | Natural Resource Ecology & Management | Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture | Dr. John Nyman | Nutrient Availability, Flooding Stress, and Salinity Stress Interaction in Growth of Avicennia germinans (L.) L. Seedlings |
Abigail Mechatto | Microbiology | Entomology; College of Agriculture | Dr. Michael Stout | The Relationship Between Deterrence and Toxicity of Plant Secondary Metabolites against the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda |
Marz Newman | Physics | Physics & Astronomy; College of Science | Dr. Matthew Penny | Deep Learning to Identify Objects in Telescope Images Proposal |
Jacob Reinhardt | Coastal Environmental Science | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences; School of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Matthew Hiatt | The Effects of Cold Fronts on Currents in Barataria Bay |
Ria Salway | Biological Sciences | Environmental Sciences; College of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Linda Bui | Louisiana’s Cancer Alley: The Fight Against Formosa |
Anna Stebbins | Anthropology | Geography & Anthropology; College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Kristine DeLong | Barium/Calcium Ratios in Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) as a Potential Environmental Proxy: Examining the Effects of Anthropogenic Freshwater Flooding on Development and Mortality of Oysters in the Pontchartrain Basin |
Claire Sullivan | Coastal Environmental Science | Environmental Sciences; College of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Linda Bui | Louisiana’s Cancer Alley: The Fight Against Formosa |
Madeline Thomas | Computer Engineering | Computer Engineering; College of Science | Dr. Amirhosein Jafari | Establishing an energy-Smart Office lab by Developing an Occupant-Centric Energy Management System |
Zahara Vafaei Naeini | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences; College of Science | Dr. SeYeon Chung | Revealing the role of Puratrophin-1 like in Drosophila salivary gland formation |
Hongjie Zhu | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Aly-Mousaad Aly | Design of Coastal Buildings for Hurricanes: Innovative Large-Scale Testing |
Summer 2021 Recipients
Name | Major | Department in which research is conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Sanaa Alam | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | The Effect of Acute Oxidative Stress on Tubular Lysosome Formation and Lifespan Extension in C. elegans |
Cecilia Aucoin | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Huangen Ding | Iron homeostasis in Escherichia coli cells: A Study of Fur and Anaerobiosis Modifications |
Kortni Blalock | Agricultural Business | Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, College of Agriculture | Dr. Danyi Qi | Get New Life in Stay-at-Home Economy? Estimating the consumer preferences for meal kit delivery during COVID-19 Pandemic |
Jena Bordelon | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Chen Chen | Generation of Staphylococcal Superantigen-like Protein to Inhibit Neutrophil Infiltration in Murine Pneumonia Models |
Allie Brooks | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Dorin Boldor | Multiphysics Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic-Driven Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass |
Anang Bungwon | Microbiology | Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine | Dr. Antonietta Guero-Plata | Regulation of the Immune Response by Viral-Induced Non-Coding RNA |
Allison Cannon | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Christine Lattin | Testing cytokines as the link between the HPA axis and immune responses to avian malaria |
Timothy Chen | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. James Moroney | Assaying plant carbonic anhydrase activity using the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant ΔNCE103 |
Pearce Copeland | Biological Sciences | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Yongchan Kwon | Cell-free reprogramming monolignol biosynthetic pathway |
Gabriela Coronel Hernandez | Chemistry | Chemistry, College of Science | Dr. Victor Garcia-Lopez | Molecular Machines Modulate Plasma Membrane Structure and Dynamics |
Miller Dickerson | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Philip Jung | Screening and selection of chimeras from non-contiguous recombination of laminin globular domains by applying random forest machine learning |
Evan Dore | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Karen Maruska | How do visual and chemosensory stimuli during malemale aggression affect behaviors and neural activation patterns in an African cichlid fish? |
Joshua Fabre | Physics | Physics & Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Omar Magana-Loaiza | Real time quantum imaging with few photons |
Emily Garcia | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. William Doerrler | Role of a conserved membrane protein family in antibiotic sensitivity and virulence of the multidrug resistant human pathogen Klebsiella Pneumoniae |
Chris Gupta | Mathematics | Chemistry, College of Science | Dr. Revati Kumar | Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Sodium Triflate and TFSI with Mixed Glyme Solvents |
Parker Hannan | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Yongchan Kwon | Cell-free reprogramming monolignol biosynthetic pathway |
Chloe Heitmeier | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Yongchan Kwon | Cell-free reprogramming monolignol biosynthetic pathway |
Olivia Hurley | Coastal Environmental Science | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Austin Lynn | Sexual Reproduction and Recruitment Potential Following Phragmites australis Die-back in the Mississippi River Delta |
Sarah Lackey | Animal Sciences | Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture | Dr. Erin Oberhaus | Whole blood transcriptome analysis of insulin sensitive and insulin dysregulated horses |
Parker Lawrence | Biochemistry | Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment | Dr. Jennifer Brum | Investigating Unique Viral Communities Within Diverse Marine ‘Dead Zones’ |
Cale Locicero | Chemistry | Chemistry, College of Science | Dr. Rendy Kartika | Synthesis of α, α’-Bis-Quarternary Hydroxy Ketones |
Stephanie Lofton | Biochemistry | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Adam Melvin | 3D Plate Insert Co-culture with Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells |
Jackson Martingayle | Natural Resource Ecology & Management | Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture | Dr. John Nyman | Nutrient Availability, Flooding Stress, and Salinity Stress Interaction in Growth of Avicennia germinans (L.) L. Seedlings |
Grayce Mores | Microbiology | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Mark Batzer | Discovery and Analysis of Unique Alu Insertions in the Capuchin Species Sapajus apella |
Ashley Patron | Physics | Physics and Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez | Providing Statistics on Earthquakes and Detector Lockloss |
Ignatius Semmes | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Todd Monroe | Development of a 3-D printed open-source sperm counting chamber |
Hunter Stewart | Biological Sciences | Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine | Dr. Alexandra Noel | Effects of in utero exposures to nicotine salt mint-flavored Puff Bar aerosols on lung function and immune responses in neonate mice. |
Madeline Thomas | Computer Engineering | Computer Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Amirhosein Jafari | Establishing an energy-Smart Office lab by Developing an Occupant-Centric Energy Management System |
College of Agriculture
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Nathan Le | Spring 2021 | Biological Sciences | Entomology, College of Agriculture | Dr. Qian Sun | Exploration by Smell: The Impact of Orco Gene on Tunneling Behavior in Termites |
Peyton Mercola | Spring 2021 | Nutrition and Food Sciences | Nutrition and Food Sciences, College of Agriculture | Dr. Erin McKinley | An Analysis of Pandemic Panic Buying Motivators among College Students using Mind Genomics Cognitive Science |
Alexis Theriot | Spring 2021 | Nutrition and Food Sciences | Nutrition and Food Sciences, College of Agriculture | Dr. Erin McKinley | An Analysis of Pandemic Panic Buying Motivators among College Students using Mind Genomics Cognitive Science |
Natlia Urrutia-Alvarez | Spring 2021 | Nutrition and Food Sciences | Nutrition and Food Sciences, College of Agriculture | Dr. Erin McKinley | An Analysis of Pandemic Panic Buying Motivators among College Students using Mind Genomics Cognitive Science |
Ashlyn Sak | Fall 2020 | Natural Resource Ecology and Management | Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture | Dr. Phil Stouffer | Nest Box Preference and Nest Temperature Effects on Breeding Success and Nestling Growth Rate in Prothonotary Warblers in Louisiana |
William Dunford | Summer 2020 | Microbiology | Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture | Dr. Vinson Doyle | A Guide to the Toxic Mushrooms of East Baton Rouge Parish |
Alexis Boyd | Fall 2019 | Plant & Soil Systems | Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, College of Agriculture | Dr. Christopher Clark | Improving the Long-Term Protocol for Sweet Potato Tissue Cultures |
Haley Jeneske | Spring 2020 & Spring 2021 | Animal, Dairy & Poultry Sciences | Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture | Dr. Kenneth McMillin | Potential Factors Related to Muscle Degeneration in White Striping Chicken Breast |
Keyla Pruett | Summer 2019 | Natural Resource Ecology & Management | Entomology, College of Agriculture | Dr. Rodrigo Diaz | Developing PCR Primers to Assess Parasitism Rates and Spatial Distributions of Parasitoids of the Roseau Cane Scale |
Kathryn Davis | Spring 2019 | Natural Resource Ecology and Management & Spanish | Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture | Dr. Sabrina Taylor | Assessing population structure in subspecies of Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima) |
Alexandra Perez | Fall 2018 | Coastal Environmental Science | Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture | Dr. Megan La Peyre | Improving energy models of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica |
Stefanie Foreman | Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 | Natural Resource Ecology & Management | Linda Hooper-Bui | Impact of Red Foxes on Live Oaks | |
Lesley Twiner | Spring 2018 | Natural Resource Ecology & Management | Maurice Wolcott | Using GIS to Compare Coastal Wetland Loss Between Managed and Unmanaged Sites |
College of Art & Design
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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JaNiece Campbell | Spring 2021 | Studio Art | Digital Art, College of Art & Design | Dr. Hye Yeon Nam | STEM Accessibility through Creative Coding |
Tanner Theisen | Summer 2020 | Architecture | Architecture, College of Art & Design | Dr. Niloufar Emami | Investigation of Additive Manufacturing for the Design and Fabrication of Facade Paneling Systems |
Andrea Miller | Summer 2019 & Fall 2019 | Studio Art – Photography | Art, College of Art & Design | Dr. Johanna Warwick | Reflections on Regional Identity and Exclusivity |
Peter Tinker | Summer 2019 | Architecture | Architecture, College of Art & Design | Dr. Niloufar Emami | Employing Virtual Reality for Digital Design and Fabrication Verification |
Arden McMillin | Spring 2019 | Studio Art – Photography | Art, College of Art & Design | Dr. Kristine Thompson | Home and History: an investigation into the complexity of small southern towns that never left the Civil War |
Laura Devalcourt | Fall 2017 | Studio Art | Lynne Baggett | Design and Production for a Traveling Exhibition: “Letterform Characters: From Stone
Carver to Type Designer” |
E.J. Ourso College of Business
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Jared Cyprian | Fall 2020 | Finance | Finance, E.J. Ourso College of Business | Dr. Kurtay Ognuc | The Performance of Hedge Fund Strategies |
Rion Askin | Summer 2020 | Management | Management, E.J. Ourso College of Business | Dr. Andrew Loignon | Uncovering the Strengths of Black Women in Senior Leadership Positions |
Ariana Buckner | Fall 2019 | Information Systems & Decision Sciences | Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems, E.J. Ourso | Dr. Reg Tucker | Peer Influence Effects on the Spread of Disinformation |
Sean Krieg | Summer 2019 | Economics | Economics, E.J. Ourso College of Business | Dr. Dek Terrell | The Impact of a Carbon Tax and Dividend Policy on Louisiana’s Consumption Spending |
Abimbola Ogundare | Spring 2019 | International Trade and Finance | Economics, E.J. Ourso College of Business | Dr. Daniel Keniston | Uncovering the Roots of the Black-White Wealth Gap: The Freedman’s Bank Crash |
Lauren Agrigento | Spring 2018 | Economics | Joni Shreve | Prediction of Potential Opiate Addiction |
College of Coast & Environment
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Parker Lawrence | Spring 2021 | Biochemistry | Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast and Environment | Dr. Jennifer Brum | Investigating Unique Viral Communities Within Diverse Marine ‘Dead Zones’ |
Lauren Lewellen | Fall 2020 | Biochemistry | Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast and Environment | Dr. Sibel Bargu Ates | Survival and Toxicity of Overwintering Cyanobacteria in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana |
Victoria Rittell | Fall 2020 | Biochemistry | Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of Coast and Environment | Dr. Jennifer Brum | Composition of Fish Cut Microbiomes in LSU Lakes and their Application in Fisheries Research |
Josef Schuster | Fall 2020 | Natural Resource Ecology & Management | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of Coast and Environment | Dr. Michael Dance | Diet Composition of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Gulf of Mexico |
Danielle Soileau | Fall 2020 | Coastal Environmental Science | Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, College of Coast and Environment | Dr. Tracy Quirk | Photosynthetic Response of a Cladium jamaicense-dominated Marsh Community to Pulsed and Prolonged Saltwater Intrusion |
Denise Poveda | Spring 2020 | Coastal Environmental Science | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Robert Twilley | Effects Of Hydroperiod On The Productivity And Decomposition Rate Of Below Ground Biomass Of Coastal Marshes In Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana |
Josef Schuster | Spring 2020 | Natural Resource Ecology & Management | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Michael Dance | Diet Composition of Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Gulf of Mexico |
Callie Snow | Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 | Coastal Environmental Science | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Sibel Bargu | Studying the Succession of 2019 Toxic Cyanobacteria Bloom (CyanoHAB) Development in Lake Pontchartrain Project Progress |
Jenna Cheramie | Fall 2019 | Wildlife Ecology | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Michael Dance | Stomach Content Analysis of Tertiary and Quaternary Marine Predators for Micro Plastics |
Katerine Kjos | Summer 2019 | Chemistry | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Revati Kumar | Neural Network Potentials to Simulate Graphene Oxide -Water Interfaces |
Nadia Romero | Spring 2019 | Coastal Environmental Science | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Victor Rivera-Monroy | Evaluating Mangrove Wetland Productivity as Ecosystem Service under Climate Change in Coastal Louisiana |
Rohit Kalvakaalva | Fall 2018 | Coastal Environmental Science | Environmental Sciences, School of the Coast & Environment | Dr. Brian Snyder | Biogas Conversion of Native Gulf of Mexico Macroalgae via Anaerobic Digestion |
Katelyn Lamb | Spring 2018 | Coastal Environmental Sciences | Michael Polito | Mercury Biomagnification in Coastal Louisiana Food Webs Immediately Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill |
College of Engineering
Name(s) | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Lizabeth Breaux | Spring 2021 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Phillip Jung | Multifactorial optimization and optogenetic stimulation to promote Schwann cell proliferation to accelerate axonal repair |
Kara Liimatta | Spring 2021 | Biological Sciences | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Elizabeth Martin | Effect of Inflammatory Cytokines on Endocrine Response in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer |
Ignatius Semmes | Spring 2021 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Todd Monroe | Development of a 3-D printed open-source sperm counting chamber |
Aliza Siddiqui | Spring 2021 | Computer Science | Computer Science, College of Engineering | Dr. Mark Wilde | Optimizing Bidirectional Quantum Teleportation |
Hongjie Zhu | Spring 2021 | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Aly-Mousaad Aly | Design of Coastal Buildings for Hurricanes: Innovative Large-Scale Testing |
Morgan Doyle | Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Elizabeth Martin | Mimicking Tumor Matrix Composition and Fiber Alignment in vitro |
Grace Lowry and Monica Sarmiento | Fall 2020 | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Samuel Snow | Viruses Disinfection and Regrowth |
Alexis Booe | Summer 2020 | Biological Sciences | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Adam Melvin | Biophysical Analysis of the Phototactic Response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using a 3D-Printed Microfluidic Device |
Jake Fontenot & Adam Bao | Summer 2020 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering , College of Engineering | Dr. Philip Jung | 3D Bio-printing of Myocardial Infarction Guided by Bayesian Optimization |
Siarra Gremillion | Summer 2020 | Computer Science | Computer Science, College of Engineering | Dr. Anas Mahmoud | Engineering a User-Friendly LSU Course Offering App |
Dylan Stephens | Summer 2020 | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Corina Barbalata | Underwater Robotic Control Systems |
Gabrielle Langlois and Grace Lowry | Spring 2020 | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Samuel Snow | Viruses Disinfection and Regrowth |
Jarod Larriviere | Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 | Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. James Dorman | Molten Salt Synthesis Process for the Doping of Ceria-based Perovskites Will Induce strain Within a Dense Cubic Structure with Conductive Pathways Through Oxide Ion Vacancies |
Maryn Cavalier | Summer 2019 & Fall 2019 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Elizabeth Martin | Involvement of Stromal Age in Breast Cancer Endocrine Response |
Timothy King & Meggie Lam | Spring 2019 & Fall 2019 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Elizabeth Martin | An Improved Understanding of the Mechanisms Driving Breast Cancer Recurrence and Drug Resistance Will Facilitate More Novel Therapy Options |
Gabrielle Langlois | Fall 2019 | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Samuel Snow | Investigating the Role of Halide Radicals in Photochemical Inaction of Viruses |
Duyen Thuy Lam | Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. John Pardue | Plant uptake and metabolism of the pharmaceutical carbamazepine (CBZ) in constructed wetland systems” |
Sven Saemundsson | Fall 2018 & Spring 2019 | Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Mike Benton | Genetic modification of cyanobacteria cultures and further modifications of HB101 E. Coli |
Charles Kearney | Fall 2018 | Electrical Engineering | Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Jin-Woo Choi | Processing Pressure Data from a Fourteen-Point Pressure-Sensing Glove in Real-Time |
Meagan Moore | Fall 2018 | Biological Engineering | Physics & Astronomy, College of Engineering | Dr. Wayne Newhauser | Continued Methodology and Testing for the First 3D-Printed Whole Body Anthropomorphic Phantom for Radiation Therapy |
Shivani Pandya | Summer 2018 | Biological Engineering | Biological & Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Pranjali Muley | Optimization of Gasification Parameters |
Brandon Tramontana | Fall 2018 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Marybeth Lima | Creation of a low-cost device to aid in construction of playground surface textures for the visually impaired |
Adam Bao | Summer 2018 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Shisheng Li | The Effects of Histone Amino Acid Substitutions on UV Induced DNA Mutations in Yeast Cells |
Joshua Campbell | Summer 2018 | Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering | Dr. Adam Melvin | A Microfluidic device to Characterize the Effect of Orthogonal Chemical Gradients on 3D Cancer Cell Migration |
Laura Moldovan | Summer 2018 | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering, College of Engineering | Cristina Sabliov | Nanoparticle Tracking in Ocular Tissues Following In vivo Application |
Raymond Poche | Summer 2018 | Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering, College of Engineering | Aly Mousaad-Aly | The Effects of Significant Wind Loads on Self Ballasting Solar Panel Arrays on Low Slope Roofs |
Olivia Hunt | Spring 2018 | Civil Engineering | Michele Barbato | Development of a Lightweight Fluorogypsum-based Blend for the Construction of Artificial Reefs and Coastal Protection Structures | |
Chandler Landrum | Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 | Environmental Engineering | Zimeng Wang | Creating a Database for the Adsorption Affinity of Uranium to a Variety of Adsorbents | |
Breanna Lee | Spring 2018 | Chemical Engineering | LaVonda Brown | Mobile App with ROBOTIS-OP2 for Use with Super PopmVR | |
Michael Quigley | Spring 2018 | Mechanical Engineering | Shyam Menon | A distributed liquid fuel injection system to achieve low emission gas turbine engines for aircraft propulsion | |
Katie Render | Fall 2017 | Biological Engineering | Adam Melvin | Microfluidic Co-Culture of Breast Cancer Cells and Adipose Stem Cells |
College of Human Sciences & Education
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Abigail Lafleur | Spring 2021 | Kinesiology | Kinesiology, College of Human Sciences and Education | Dr. Brian Irving | The Impact of Exercise Training on Mitochondria in Drosophila Melanogaster |
Brandon Phillips | Fall 2019 | Kinesiology | Kinesiology, College of Human Sciences & Education | Dr. Marc Dalecki | Do Dimensions Matter? Development of an Eye-hand Coordination Test in Virtual Reality |
Abigail Caffey | Spring 2019 & Summer 2019 | Kinesiology | Kinesiology, College of Human Sciences & Education | Dr. Marc Dalecki | Cognitive Functioning in Young Adults with a History of a Concussion |
Karmen Ancar | Spring 2018 | Kinesiology | Nikita Kuznetsov | Can We Move our Fingers Independently? | |
Madison Liggio | Spring 2018 | HSE-PK-3 Teacher Certification | Cynthia DiCarlo | Using Social Stories to Increase Appropriate Social Initiations in a Pre-kindergarten Child |
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Frankey Leggio | Spring 2021 | Anthropology | Geography & Anthropology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Dr. Teresa Wilson | The Identification of Burned Human Teeth in Forensic Anthropology |
Evan Leonhard | Spring 2021 | English and Philosophy | Philosophy & Religious Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Dr. Carmela Mattza | Transcending the Artist: A Neo-Thomistic Inquiry into the Autonomy of Art |
Amber Alford | Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 | Sociology | Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Dr. Heather Lucas | Learning Under Stress: The Effect of Acute Stress on Learners’ Use of Effective Study Strategies |
Katherine Nugent | Fall 2020 | Sociology | Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Dr. Mathew Valasik | Demographics, Locations, and Behavior Featured in COPS |
Marina Bianchi | Summer 2020 & Spring 2021 | Political Science | Political Science, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Jeong H. Kim | Masculine Gender Characteristic Effects on Political Efficacy |
Kendall Brome | Spring 2020 & Summer 2020 | Coastal Environmental Science | Geography & Anthropology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Kristine DeLong | Paleoclimatic Reconstructions in the Gulf of Mexico Using Fossilized Coral Proxies (Siderastrea siderea) |
Horatio Traylor | Spring 2020 & Summer 2020 | Psychology | Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Rachel Williamson Smith | Do Minority Women In Managerial Positions Experience A Greater Propulsion To Voluntary Turnover? |
Kaela Powery | Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 | Communication Disorders | Communication Sciences & Disorders, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Hyunju Chung | English /l/ and /w/ Sound Development in Young Children With and Without Speech Sound Disorders |
Zachary Traylor | Summer 2019 & Spring 2020 | Psychology | Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Steven Greening | Cheap Thrills: An Affordable and Effective Fear Conditioning Device |
Charles Desobry | Fall 2019 | Philosophy | Philosophy & Religious Studies, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Jon Cogburn | The Temporal Aspect of the Principle of Sufficient Reason from Leibniz to Schopenhauer |
Dwayne Hinton | Summer 2019 & Fall 2019 | Anthropology | Geography & Anthropology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Heather McKillop | The Role of Forest Management in the Classic Maya Collapse |
Lauren Vidrine | Spring 2019 | English | English, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Gregory Johnson | A Syntactic Analysis of Cajun English Disjunctive Pronouns |
Katherine Vukovics | Summer 2018 & Spring 2019 | Music Education | Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences | Dr. Emily Elliott | The relationship between aural skills experience and our measures of tonal working memory and musical sophistication as well as the relationship between aural skills proficiency and musical experience by means of genre preference |
Madeline Meyer | Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 | Psychology | Jason Harman | The Effect of Information Availability and Ownership on Group Creativity |
Manship School of Mass Communication
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Renee Lucas | Summer 2020 | Mass Communication | Public Relations, Manship School of Mass Communication | Dr. David Stamps | Black and Essential – Relational Maintenance and Coping Strategies Among Black Populations during COVID-19 |
Loreal Johnson | Spring 2019 | Mass Communication | Digital Advertising, Manship School of Mass Communication | Dr. Erin Coyle | Sharing more than expected: Exploring whether and how young people have privacy concerns related to social media advertising |
Katherine Gagliano | Spring 2018 | Mass Communication | Joshua Grimm | When One Door Closes: The Evolution of Journalists’ Gatekeeping Role |
College of Music & Dramatic Arts
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Anthony Doyle | Spring 2020 | Theatre | Theatre, College of Music & Dramatic Arts | Dr. Shannon Walso | Creating and Producing Immersive Theatre Performances in Found Spaces |
Seth Guerra | Spring 2020 | Music (B.M.) | Music, College of Music & Dramatic Arts | Dr.Mara Gibson | Hidden Spirituals: Rekindling Avery Island’s Forgotten Music |
College of Science
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Lauren Lewellen | Spring 2021 | Biochemistry | Biochemistry, College of Science | Dr. Sibel Bargu Ates | Survival and Toxicity of Overwintering Cyanobacteria in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana |
Julio Mora Urbina | Spring 2021 | Physics | Physics and Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Matthew Penny | Predicting Duration of Microlensing Events |
Ashley Patron | Spring 2021 | Physics | Physics and Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez | Providing Statistics on Earthquakes and Detector Lockloss |
Victoria Rittell | Spring 2021 | Biochemistry | Biochemistry, College of Science | Dr. Jennifer Brum | Composition of Fish Cut Microbiomes in LSU Lakes and their Application in Fisheries Research |
Kaitlin Couvillion | Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Christine Lattin | Developing a Map of Predator Call Perception in the Songbird Brain |
Isabella LaBruzzo | Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Seyeon Chung | Creation of transgenic animals for Puratrophin-1-like, a RhoGEF Protein critical for tubular organ formation in Drosophila |
Aliza Siddiqui | Fall 2020 | Computer Science | Physics and Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Mark Wilde | Optimizing Bidirectional Quantum Teleportation |
Han-Hsuan Wu | Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 | Physics | Physics and Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Mohammad Saghayezhian | Quantum Materials Spin Texture Probing by Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect |
Evan Dore | Summer 2020 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Karen Maruska | How do visual and chemosensory stimuli during malemale aggression affect behaviors and neural activation patterns in an African cichlid fish? |
Alexander Paul-Torres | Summer 2020 & Fall 2020 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Martin Tzanov | Characterizing the effects of Neutron Interactions in Neutrino Detectors |
Danielle Tyler | Spring 2020 & Summer 2020 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Arthur Penn | Effects Of In-Utero Second-Hand Smoke (SHS) Exposure And Adult High Fat Diet (HFD) On Development Of COPD |
Jordan Wall | Spring 2020 & Summer 2020 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | Using CRISPR Engineered Flies to Study VCP Disease Mutations |
Rebecca Krueger | Summer 2019 & Fall 2019 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | Understanding the Biogenesis of Tubular Lysosomes During Animal Development |
Hayden Guidry | Spring 2019 & Summer 2019 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Adam Bohnert | Exploring Possible Lifespan-Extending Effects of Botanical Extracts |
Lukas Kim | Summer 2019 | Chemistry | Chemistry, College of Science | Dr. Revati Kumar | Neural Network Potentials to Simulate Graphene Oxide -Water Interfaces |
Cy Bryson | Spring 2019 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Karen Maruska | Neural activation patterns in female African cichlid fish when receiving multimodal versus unimodal male courtship signals |
Oleksandr Molchanov | Spring 2019 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Kristina Launey | Nuclear Modeling from Machine Learning |
Mykola Sereda | Spring 2019 | Biological Engineering | Chemistry, College of Science | Dr. Kenneth Lopata | Accelerating Computation of Electronic Absorption Spectra in Large Molecules |
Emily Brown | Fall 2018 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. David Vinyard | A low energy input photobioreactor for maximizing algal biomass yields |
Henry Crull | Fall 2018 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Laura Lagomarsino | Investigation of Sicklebill Hummingbird Niche Expansion Through Analysis of Centropogon and Heliconia Pollen, and Centropogan Pollen Reference Catalog |
Rebecca DiTusa | Fall 2018 | Physics | Physics & Astronomy, College of Science | Dr. Kenneth Matthews | Evaluation of Stability of 3D Printed Materials During Radiological Use |
Annaliesa Fanguy | Fall 2018 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. David Vinyard | Role of PratA in the Photo-Assembly of the Active Site of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation |
Matthew Junot | Fall 2018 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Adam Bohnert | Investigating how the protein CLU-1/Clueless exerts mitochondrial quality control during reproduction |
Roman Hundley | Summer 2018 | Biological Engineering | Chemistry, College of Science | Dr. Lavrent Khachatryan | Identifying Food Court Waste Decomposition Products in Electromagnetically Heated Reactors |
Spencer Lemoine | Summer 2018 | Biological Engineering | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. James Moroney | Localization of HCO3- Transport Proteins “Bestrophins” in C.reinhardtii |
Alyssa Lobello | Fall 2018 | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. SeYeon Chung | Spatial Regulation of Apical Constriction in Drosophila Salivary Gland Invagination |
Stephen Lopez | Fall 2018 | Kinesiology | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Alyssa Johnson | Understanding how a human short sleep mutation offsets negative effects of Sleep Deprication |
Chase Anselmo | Summer 2018 | Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. Karen Maruska | What role do social signals detected by the mechanosnesory lateral like system have on neural activation patterns in an African cichlid fish? |
Caitlin Billiot | Summer 2018 | Microbiology | Biological Sciences, College of Science | Dr. William Doerr | DedA Protein Functions in Conferring Colistin Resistance to the Gram-negative Bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae |
Logan Hart | Summer 2018 | Mathematics | Mathematics, College of Science | Frank Neubrander | Superstability of Semigroups |
Taylor Sigur | Summer 2018 | Kinesiology | Chemistry, College of Science | Justin Regains | Synthesis of 1,2-cis-Glycoside through Alpha-Selective Glycosylation |
Manjot Singh | Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 | Biochemistry | Guillaume Spielmann | Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Bio-markers of B-Cell Function and Overall Inflammation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes | |
Hailey Teachout | Spring 2018 & Summer 2018 | Biological Sciences | Michelle Meyer | Understanding What Motivates People to join the Cajun navy and Volunteer for Disaster |
School of Veterinary Medicine
Name | Semester(s) | Major | Department research was conducted | Mentor | Research |
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Hunter Stewart | Spring 2021 | Biological Sciences | Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine | Dr. Alexandra Noel | Effects of in utero exposures to nicotine salt mint-flavored Puff Bar aerosols on lung function and immune responses in neonate mice |
Hannah Guidry | Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020 & Fall 2020 | Animal, Dairy & Poultry Sciences | Comparative Biomedical Research, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine | Dr. Henrique Cheng | Endocrine Regulation of Stem Cell Differentiation |
Jake Fontenot | Summer 2019 | Biological Engineering | Comparative Biomedical Sciences, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine | Dr. Shaomian Yao | Assessment of Human Tissue-derived Cells for Bone Bio-Engineering |