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Faculty

Photo	Name	Title	Area of Expertise
	Dr. Quang Cao	Professor	Forest Biometrics, Mensuration
	Dr. Sun J. Chang	Professor	Forest Management, Forest Economics, Wood Products Utilization And Marketing
	Dr. Bret Collier	Research Professor	Wildlife Ecology
	Dr. Thomas Dean	Professor	Quantitative Silviculture, Production Ecology, Stand Dynamics
	Dr. Cornelis de Hoop	Associate Professor	Environmental Safety, Timber Harvesting, Business In Forest Products
	Dr. Hallie Dozier	Associate Professor	Forest and Natural Resource Ecology, Ecology and Management Of Biological Invasions, Invasive Plants, Urban & Community Forestry
	Dr. Drew Fowler	Adjunct Assistant Professor Unit Leader USGS Louisiana Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Unit	Waterfowl ecology, wetland habitat management, wildlife management, landscape ecology
	Dr. Maria Gutierrez-Wing	Associate Professor - Research	Biological Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, Coastal Reconstruction, Marine Biotechnology, Aquaculture.
	Dr. Garrett Hopper	Assistant Professor	Identifying processes driving species diversity and habitat associations; how global change influences the relationship between animal diversity and freshwater ecosystem function.
	Dr. Michael Kaller	Professor George William Barineau Professor Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies	Fisheries, Aquatic Insects and Invertebrates, and Aquatic Ecology
	Dr. Sammy King	Adjunct Professor Regional Supervisor – Northeast Region - Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units	Wetland Ecology, Forested Wetlands, Wetland Habitat Management, Wetland Wildlife
	Dr. Luke Laborde	Instructor	Waterfowl, Public Policy, and Human Dimensions of Wildlife
	Dr. Megan La Peyre	Adjunct Professor: Leader, USGS Louisiana Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Unit	Wetland Fisheries Ecology, Plant Ecology, Wetland Ecology, Coastal Marsh Management
	Dr. Romain Lavaud	Assistant Professor - Research	Fundamental and applied physiology of aquatic species, Bioenergetic modeling, Dynamic energy budget theory, Effects of environmental changes on organisms and populations, aquaculture
	Dr. Yue Liu	Assistant Professor - Research	Germplasm Repositories, Interdisciplinary Technologies, Biology of Aquatic Species, Cryobiology, Open Hardware, Genetic Resource Management, Open-source Ecosystem
	Dr. Zhijun Liu	Professor	Medicinal Plant Physiology, Natural Solubilizers and Bioactives
	Dr. Julie Anderson Lively	Associate Professor Executive Director, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program	Chemical Cue Ecology, Crab Biology, and Fisheries
	Dr. Charles Lutz	Professor	Quantitative Genetics, Alternative Species Commercialization, Practical Genetic Evaluation Through Field Trials
	Dr. Andy Nyman	Professor Robert H. Chabreck Professorship in Coastal Wildlife Resource Management	Wetland Wildlife Management, Wetland Ecology, Coastal Marsh Management
	Dr. Jeffrey Plumlee	Assistant Professor Fisheries Specialist – Louisiana Sea Grant	Phenology and movement of fishery species, linking habitat and fisheries productivity, Biogeochemistry and natural tracers for movement and feeding ecology, Expanding and promoting novel fisheries and fishery species, Fisheries sustainability
	Dr. Christopher S. Reid	Senior Instructor	Plant Systematics/Taxonomy, Grassland Ecology and Restoration
	Dr. Allen Rutherford	Professor Director and Bryant A. Bateman Distinguished Professor of Renewable Natural Resources Director, School of Renewable Natural Resources	Natural Fisheries, Stream Habitats and Lotic Fish Assemblages, Freshwater Aquatic Ecology, Ecology of Larval and Juvenile Fishes
	Jackie Satter	Instructor	Waterfowl Ecology, Niche Theory, Community Dynamics, Ornithology, Wetland Science, Wildlife Management and Conservation
	Dr. Philip Stouffer	Professor Lee F. Mason Professor	Avian Ecology, Conservation Biology, Tropical Ecology, Community Ecology
	Dr. Sabrina Taylor	Professor Weaver Brothers Distinguished Professor	Conservation Genetics, Population Genetics, Ancient DNA
	Dr. Terry Tiersch	Professor	Genetic Improvement of Aquatic Organisms, Molecular Genetics, Hybridization, Polyploidy, Cryopreservation
	Dr. Richard Vlosky	Professor Crosby Land and Resources Professor in Forest Sector Business Development Director Louisiana Forest Products Development Center	Domestic and International Wood Products Marketing, Technology Applications to Improve Wood Products Business Competitiveness
	Dr. Brett Wolfe	Associate Professor	Forest Ecology, Plant Ecophysiology, Plant-Water Relations, Tropical Forests
	Dr. Qinglin Wu	Professor Cain Chair and Roy O. Martin Sr. Professor Composites/Engineered Wood Products	Engineered Wood/Plastic Composites, Nanomaterial Synthesis and Applications, Wood/Composite
	Maurice Wolcott	Instructor Coastal GIS Specialist	Coastal GIS Specialist
	Dr. Yi-Jun Xu	Professor	Hydrology, Watersheds, Water Quality, Biogeochemistry, Fluvial Geomorphology

Administrative Staff

Name	Office/Phone	Email	Position
Nedra M. Raven	227 RNR Bldg 225-578-5712	nwilso7@lsu.edu	Assistant to the Director
Joy Fisher	121 RNR Bldg 225-578-5783	jfisher@agcenter.lsu.edu	Administrative Coordinator 4
Nhi Le	227 RNR Bldg	nhle@agcenter.lsu.edu	Accountant 1
Heather Lyons	227 RNR Bldg	hlyons@agcenter.lsu.edu	Program Specialist - HRM
Vicki Minor	227 RNR Bldg	vminor@agcenter.lsu.edu	Administrative Coordinator 3
LaTonya Harrell	227 RNR Bldg	lharrell@agcenter.lsu.edu	Administrative Coordinator 3

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Title	Contact
Dr. Alan Afton	Adjunct Professor	aafton@lsu.edu
Dr. Stephanie Archer	Adjunct Professor	sarcher@lumcon.edu
Dr. Christopher Bonvillain	Adjunct Professor	cbonvi3@lsu.edu
Dr. Bret Collier	Adjunct Professor	bcollier@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Kristen DeMarco	Adjunct Professor	kdemarco@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Ken Krauss	Adjunct Professor	kkrauss@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Megan La Peyre	Adjunct Professor	mlapeyre@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Romain Lavaud	Adjunct Professor	rlavaud@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Ashley Long	Adjunct Professor	amlong@lsu.edu
Dr. Shannon Martin	Adjunct Professor	smartin1@lsu.edu
Dr. Bryan Piazza	Adjunct Professor	bpiazza@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Charles Randell	Adjunct Professor	crandel@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Kevin Ringelman	Adjunct Professor	kringleman@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Frank Rohwer	Adjunct Professor	frohwer@lsu.edu
Dr. Cameron Rutt	Adjunct Professor	crutt@agcenter.lsu.edu

Emeritus & Retired Faculty

Name	Title	Contact
Dr. Bob Blackmon	Professor and Director, Retired	still.life.guy@gmail.com website: www.blackmonstudio.com
Dr. Jim Chambers	Professor, Emeritus Weaver Brothers Professor of Forestry	Room 206A RNR Bldg 225-936-7205 jchamb@lsu.edu
Dr. Richard Keim	Professor, Emeritus Forestry	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology richard.keim@list.lu
Dr. William Kelso	Professor, Emeritus	wkelso@lsu.edu
Dr. Don Reed	Professor, Emeritus Wildlife Extension Specialist
Dr. Robert Reigh	Professor, Emeritus
Dr. Robert Romaire	Professor, Emeritus	Aquaculture Research Station

Postdoctoral Associates

Name	Principal Investigator	Contact
Dr. Claudia Juliana Garnica Diaz	Dr. Drew Fowler	cgarnicadiaz@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Thaiza Rodrigues de Freitas	Dr. Terry Tiersch	trodriguesdefreitas@agcenter.lsu.edu

Research Associates

Name	Email	Principal Investigator
Katelyn Blackwell	kblackwell@agcenter.lsu.edu	Dr. Michael Kaller
Nicholas Coxe	ncoxe1@lsu.edu	Dr. Terry Tiersch
Rachel Crafford	rcrafford@agcenter.lsu.edu	Dr. Drew Fowler
Jay Curole	jcurol3@lsu.edu	Dr. Qinglin Wu
Elise Harmon	eharmon@agcenter.lsu.edu	Dr. Terry Tiersch
Owen Henderson	ohende1@lsu.edu	Dr. Jeff Plumlee
Meensung Koo	mkoo@agcenter.lsu.edu	Dr. Qinglin Wu
Vianne Leblanc Duplantis	vleblanc@agcenter.lsu.edu	Dr. Qinglin Wu
Mallory Miller	mallorymiller@agcenter.lsu.edu	Dr. Jeff Plumlee
Joe Nehlig	jnehlig@lsu.edu	Dr. Tom Dean
James Rodgers	jrodgers@agcenter.lsu.edu	Dr. Kaelyn Fogelman
Tyler Thibodeaux	ththibodeaux@agcenter.lsu.edu	Joe Nehlig