Collaborative Research Units

The LAGNiAppE training program is a collaborative initiative led by LSU-based mentors and partner co-mentors from various institutions across Louisiana. Discover more details below.

 

Mentors 2024-2025

Jeremy Brown

Dr. Jeremy Brown

 

Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution

Biological Sciences

BROWN LAB

Dr. Rebecca Christofferson

Dr. Rebecca Christofferson

Patterns of Emergence and Transmission of Viruses

School of Veterinary Medicine-Pathobiological Sciences

CHRISTOFFERSON

Dr. Maheshi Dassanayake

Dr. Maheshi Dassanayake

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Biological Sciences

DASSANAYAKE LAB

Jacob Esselstyn

Dr. Jacob Esselstyn

Evolutionary history of small mammals

Biological Sciences - Museum of Natural History

ESSELSTYN LAB

Michael Hellberg

Dr. Michael Hellberg

Speciation on Marine Invertebrates

Biological Sciences

Hellberg Lab

Gaurav Kandlikar

Dr. Gaurav Kandlikar

Origins, Structure, Maintenance, and Consequences of Diversity

Biological Sciences

KANDLIKAR LAB

Morgan Kelly

Dr. Morgan Kelly

Ecology, Evolution and Conservation of Marine Invertebrates

Biological Sciences

KELLY LAB

Laura Lagomarsino

Dr. Laura Lagomarsino

Phylogenetics, Systematics,  and Macroevolution of Angiosperms

Biological Sciences

LAGOMARSINO LAB

Christine Lattin

Dr. Christine Lattin

Neurotransmitters, Hormones, Neophobia and Environmental Stress

Biological Sciences

LATTIN LAB

Nicholas Mason

Dr. Nicholas Mason

Avian Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation

Biological Sciences - Museum of Natural History

Mason lab

 
 
 

Past Mentors

 

Brant Faircloth

Dr. Brant Faircloth

Evolutionary History of Species, Populations, Individuals and Molecular Evolution

Biological Sciences

FAIRCLOTH LAB

michael polito

Dr. Michael Polito

Environmental Change within Marine and Coastal Communities

Ocean Sciences Department at the University of California Santa Cruz

POLITO LAB

 

 

igor schneider

Dr. Igor Schneider

Appendage Regeneration

Biological Sciences

SCHNEIDER LAB

patricia schneider

Dr. Patricia Schneider

Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Biological Sciences

SCHNEIDER LAB

 

 

Co-mentors 2024-2025

We are working to determine who will join us as co-mentors for the new cohort. Stay tuned. 

 

 

Past Co-mentors

Dr. Loren Cassin Sackett

Evolutionary Diversity Across Spatial and Temporal Spaces

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

 

Dr. Kathleen Ferris

Genetic, Phenotypic and Environmental Basis of Adaption and Speciation

Tulane University


Dr. Alex Gunderson

Physiological and Evolutionary Ecology in a Changing World

Tulane University

 

Dr. Nastassia Jones

Teaching and Learning for Underrepresented Minorities in STEM 

Southern University

 

Dr. Francesca Mellieon-Williams

Education of Young People

Southern University

 

Dr. Catherin Newman

Genetic and Epigenetic Responses to Substances Abuse

University of Louisiana at Monroe

 

Dr. Jordan Dowell

Evolution of Chemical Diversity and Effects on Organisms Interactions
Louisiana State University

 

Dr. Allyn Shoeffler

Structure-Function Relationships in Biological Macromolecules

Loyola University New Orleans

 

Dr. Hector Douglas

Integrative Biology and Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences

Grambling State University

 

Dr. Samantha Gerlanch

Natural Products Discovery and Purification of Cyclotides and Other Phytochemicals 

Dillard University

 

 

Program Coordinator

Dr. Ana Salgado

Dr. Ana Salgado

Plant-Herbivore Interactions, Environmental Stress and Ecology

Biological Sciences

Email: amald@lsu.edu