About our mentors
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
Dr. Stephen Baca
Aquatic Beetle Diversity and Evolution
Dr. Jordan Dowell
Evolution of Chemical Diversity and organismal interactions
Dr. Gaurav Kandlikar
Origins, Structure, Maintenance, and Consequences of Diversity
Dr. Christine Lattin
Neurotransmitters, Hormones, Neophobia and Environmental Stress
Dr. Nicholas Mason
Avian Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
Dr. Flavia Montaño
Tropical Ecology and Conservation
Dr. Sydney Moyo
Food Webs, Ecosystem Connections and Conservation
Dr. Igor Schneider
Cellular and Molecular Components of Regeneration
Dr. Greg Thom
Bird Speciation in the Tropics
Past Mentors
- Dr. Jeremy Brown
- Dr. Maheshi Dassanayake
- Dr. Morgan Kelly
- Dr. Laura Lagomarsino
- Dr. Christine Lattin
- Dr. Nicholas Mason
- Dr. Igor Schneider
- Dr. Patricia Schneider
- Dr. Jeremy Brown
- Dr. Gaurav Kandlikar
- Dr. Morgan Kelly
- Dr. Laura Lagomarsino
- Dr. Christine Lattin
- Dr. Nicholas Mason
Co-mentors 2024-2025
Dr. Anny Chung
Plant & Microbial Ecology
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Georgia
Dr. Catherin Newman
Genetic & Epigenetic Responses to Substances Abuse
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Emily Kane
Biomechanics of Fishes
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Louisiana at Lafayette
Dr. Erik Johnson
Avian Ecology, Conservation & Management
Louisiana State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
Dr. Havalend Steinmuller
Biogeochemical Cycling &
Coastal Geomorphology
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Dr. Hector Douglas
Stables Isotopes, & Avian Ecology
Grambling State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
Dr. Laura Frost
Generation & Maintenance of Biodiversity
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Alabama
Dr. Mary Miller
Freshwater Sponges & Microbiology
Baton Rouge Community College
past-comentors
- Dr. Loren Cassin Sackett
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Dr. Hector Douglas
Grambling State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Jordan Dowell
Louisiana State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Kathleen Ferris
Tulane ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Samantha Gerlanch
Dillard ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Alex Gunderson
Tulane ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Nastassia Jones
Southern ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø A&M
- Dr. Francesca Mellieon-Williams
Southern ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø A&M
- Dr. Catherin Newman
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Alabama at Birmingham
- Dr. Allyn Shoeffler
Loyola ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø New Orleans
- Dr. Hector Douglas
Grambling State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Jordan Dowell
Louisiana State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Kathleen Ferris
Tulane ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Laura Frost
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Alabama
- Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- Dr. Simon Lailvaux
The ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of New Orleans
- Dr. Matthew McCarry
Rice ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
- Dr. Francesca Mellieon-Williams
Southern ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø A&M
- Dr. Catherin Newman
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Alabama at Birmingham
- Dr. Allyn Shoeffler
Loyola ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø New Orleans
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Dr. Jeremy Brown
Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution
Dr. Morgan Kelly
Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, and Conservation of Marine Invertebrates
Dr. Laura Lagomarsino
Plant Sytematics, Taxonomy and Rapid Evolution in the Andes
Dr. Nicholas Mason
Avian Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
Dr. Zakiya Wilson-Kennedy
Chemistry Education Research and Practice
