About our mentors
Collaborative Research Units
The LAGNiAppE training program is a collaborative initiative led by 海角社区-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 Monta帽o
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
University of Georgia
Dr. Catherin Newman
Genetic & Epigenetic Responses to Substances Abuse
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Emily Kane
Biomechanics of Fishes
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Dr. Erik Johnson
Avian Ecology, Conservation & Management
海角社区
Dr. Havalend Steinmuller
Biogeochemical Cycling &
Coastal Geomorphology
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Dr. Hector Douglas
Stables Isotopes, & Avian Ecology
Grambling State University
Dr. Laura Frost
Generation & Maintenance of Biodiversity
University of South Alabama
Dr. Mary Miller
Freshwater Sponges & Microbiology
Baton Rouge Community College
past-comentors
- Dr. Loren Cassin Sackett
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Dr. Hector Douglas
Grambling State University
- Dr. Jordan Dowell
海角社区
- Dr. Kathleen Ferris
Tulane University
- Dr. Samantha Gerlanch
Dillard University
- Dr. Alex Gunderson
Tulane University
- Dr. Nastassia Jones
Southern University A&M
- Dr. Francesca Mellieon-Williams
Southern University A&M
- Dr. Catherin Newman
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Dr. Allyn Shoeffler
Loyola University New Orleans
- Dr. Hector Douglas
Grambling State University
- Dr. Jordan Dowell
海角社区
- Dr. Kathleen Ferris
Tulane University
- Dr. Laura Frost
University of South Alabama
- Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- Dr. Simon Lailvaux
The University of New Orleans
- Dr. Matthew McCarry
Rice University
- Dr. Francesca Mellieon-Williams
Southern University A&M
- Dr. Catherin Newman
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Dr. Allyn Shoeffler
Loyola University 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
