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Faculty Research
Dr. Raj Boopathy
- Biodegradation of hazardous chemicals
- Isolation and identification of novel bacteria
- Anaerobic degradation of explosive chemicals and oil Spills
- Microbial decomposition of post-harvest sugarcane residue
- Influence of anaerobic bacteria on periodontal disease
- Microbial ecology
Dr. John Doucet
- Genetic diseases in Louisiana populations
- Molecular anthropology of Louisiana populations
- Environmental and human disease
- Chromosome architecture
- Genetics and Louisiana families
Dr. Allyse Ferrara
- Fish population dynamics
- Age and growth of fishes
- Management and conservation of long-lived organisms
- Metapopulation modeling
Dr. Quenton Fontenot
- Fish age and growth
- Fish otolith microstructure analysis
- Fish physiology
- Culture of aquatic organisms
- Large river floodplain ecology
Dr. Marilyn Kilgen
- Seafood safety and technology
- Water quality indicators and pathogens
- Environmental microbiology and virology
Dr. Gary LaFleur Jr.
- Physiological mechanisms of reproduction and early development
- Experimentation with invertebrate and lower vertebrate models
- Molecular mechanisms of oogenesis and fertilization
Dr. Alex Lasseigne Jr.
- Wetland plants
- Louisiana plants
- Legumes
- Weeds
Dr. Earl Melancon Jr.
- Estuarine ecology, especially commercial shellfish, oysters, blue-crabs, shrimp and crawfish
- Coastal restoration
Dr. Rajukmar Nathaniel
- Host/pathogen interactions
- Enteric pathogen virulence
- Mechanisms of immune evasion by pathogens
Dr. Lois Nelson
- Aquatic insects (taxonomy and ecology)
- Treefrogs of Louisiana
Dr. S. Michele Robichaux
- Molecular genetics of regionally indigenous human diseases
- Effects of anaerobic bacteria on periodontitis
Dr. David Schultz
- Fish ecology
- Life history evolution
- Population biology
- Mathematical biology
Dr. Tom Soniat
- Oyster biology
- Estuarine ecology
Dr. Alice Templet
- Foliar fungal disease of sugarcane
- Ratoon stunt disease of sugarcane
- Heirloom plants in southern landscapes
Dr. Enmin Zou
- Impact of environmental agents on hormonally mediated processes in aquatic animals
- Environmental etiology of hormonally related cancers such as breast and ovarian cancers in humans
