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Research Fellows


			
Dr. DeRouen, JoAnne
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Human Development & 
Family Science
Research Areas: Coastal Community Resilience, Environmental 
Sociology, and Community Disaster Research
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Dr. Genung, Mark
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Community Ecology, Pollinators, and 
Ants on Barrier Islands
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Dr. Ghiai, Mehdi
School of Architecture and Design
Research Areas: Environmental Sustainability and Development
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Dr. Habib, Emad
Department of Civil Engineering
Research Areas: Coastal Hydrology, Precipitation Extremes,
Flood Prediction, and Water Resource Management
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Dr. Kooyers, Nicholas
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Adaptation, Genomics, Invasive Species, and 
Coastal Prairie
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Dr. Leberg, Paul
Department Head, Department of Biology
Research Areas: Seabird Ecology, Conservation Genetics, and  
Vertebrate Ecology
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Dr. Liu, Bingqing
School of Geosciences
Research Areas: Remote Sensing, Marine Optics, Blue Carbon,
and Phytoplankton Community Dynamics
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Dr. McClain, Craig
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Marine Systems and Biodiversity
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Dr. Miller, Robert
Department of Civil Engineering
Research Areas: Coastal Hydrology, Flood-Mitigation
Infrastructure Effects on Water Quality, and
Marine Life Populations
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Dr. Oppo, Davide
School of Geosciences
Research Areas: Marine Geology, Sedimentology, Cold Seepage,
and Tsunamis
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Dr. Osland, Anna
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center
Research Areas: Coastal Restoration, Coastal Financing,
and Flood Hazard Mitigation
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Dr. Paltseva, Anna
School of Geosciences
Research Areas: Soil Science, Environmental Pollution, 
Urban Agriculture Lead Exposure, Soil Contamination, 
and Urban Ecology
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Dr. Poudel, Durga
School of Geosciences
Research Areas: Soil Science, Water Quality, Sustainable 
Agriculture Environmental Restoration, Invasive Aquatic 
Plants, and Environmental Pollution
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Rees, Mark
LA Public Archaeology Lab, Department of Sociology, 
Anthropology, Human Development & Family Science 
Research Areas: Archaeology of the Lower Mississippi Valley, 
NGoM and SE North America, Cultural Resource Management
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Dr. Richards, Joseph 
Department of Biology 
Research Areas: Red Algal Systematics and Biography 
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Dr. Robinson, Kelly
Director of Ecology Center, Department of Biology
Research Areas: Coastal Biology, Effects of Climate-Driven
Processes on Marine Zooplankton Production and Distribution,
Zooplankton Ecology, and Marine Food Webs
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Dr. Sackett, Loren 
Department of Biology 
Research Areas: Evolution in Small Populations, Conservation 
Genomics, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases 
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Dr. Schubert, Brian 
School of Geosciences 
Research Areas: Geobiology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, 
Paleoclimate, Global Climate Change, and 
Evaporite Sedimentology 
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Dr. Skilton, Liz
Department of History, Geography, and Philosophy
Research Areas: History of Disaster and Human Response, 
U.S Environmental, Gender, and the Gulf South
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Ms. Smith, Kari
School of Architecture and Design
Research Areas: Systems Thinking, Design Research, 
Sustainable Design
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Dr. Stauffer, Beth
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Phytoplankton Ecology, Coastal Biological 
Oceanography/Estuarine Ecology, Algal Bloom Dynamics
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Dr. Stone, Heather
Department of Educational Curriculum & Instruction
Research Areas: Curriculum Development, Science Education, 
Virtual Reality in K-12 Classrooms, Oral Histories
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Dr. Villa, Jorge 
School of Geosciences 
Research Areas: Wetland Ecology, Carbon Sequestration, and 
Methane Emissions, Ecological Engineering 
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Dr. Zerebecki, Robyn 
Department of Biology 
Research Areas: Coastal & Wetland Plant Community Ecology, 
Causes & Consequences of Intraspecific Variation, Ecological 
Effects of Diversity, and Environmental Impacts on 
Coastal Ecosystems 
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Dr. Zappi, Mark
Executive Director of Energy Institute of Louisiana;
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research areas: Contaminated Dredged Materials, Remediation, 
Contaminant Fate, Process Economics
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