Faculty and Staff

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. Thomas Dean	Professor	Quantitative Silviculture, Production Ecology, Stand Dynamics
	Dr. Cornelis deHoop	Associate Professor	Environmental Safety, Timber Harvesting, Business In Forest Products
	Dr. Kristen E. DeMarco	Instructor	Wetland and Estuarine Ecology, Conservation Science, Coastal Restoration and Management, Spatial Ecology
	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 Assistant Unit Leader, USGS Louisiana Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Unit	Waterfowl ecology, wetland habitat management, wildlife management, landscape ecology
	Dr. Maria Gutierrez-Wing	Assistant Professor of Research Assistant Director, Aquatic Germplasm and Genetic Resources Center (AGGRC)
	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. Mike Kaller	Professor George William Barineau Professor Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies	Fisheries, Aquatic Insects and Invertebrates, and Aquatic Ecology
	Dr. William Kelso	Professor F.O. Bateman Distinguished Professor	Natural Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Fish-Habitat Interactions, Fish Biology and Ecology
	Dr. Sammy King	Adjunct Associate Professor Leader, USGS Louisiana Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Unit	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 Assistant Professor	Wetland Fisheries Ecology, Plant Ecology, Wetland Ecology, Coastal Marsh Management
	Dr. Yue Liu	Assistant Professor of 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 F. O. Bateman Distinguished Professor	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	Instructor	Plant Systematics/Taxonomy, Grassland Ecology and Restoration
	Dr. Allen Rutherford	Director, School of Renewable Natural Resources Executive Associate Dean, LSU College of Agriculture Interim Department Head, Experimental Statistics Bryant A. Bateman Distinguished Professor	Natural Fisheries, Stream Habitats and Lotic Fish Assemblages, Freshwater Aquatic Ecology, Ecology Of Larval and Juvenile Fishes
	Dr. Philip Stouffer	Professor Lee F. Mason Professor	Avian Ecology, Conservation Biology, Tropical Ecology, Community Ecology
	Dr. Sabrina Taylor	Professor Weaver Brothers Distinguished Professor Coordinator of Graduate Studies	Conservation Genetics, Population Genetics, Ancient DNA
	Dr. Terry Tiersch	Professor Director, Aquaculture Germplasm and Genetic Resources Center (AGGRC)	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
	Maurice Wolcott	Instructor Coastal GIS Specialist	Coastal GIS
	Dr. Brett Wolfe	Assistant Professor	Forest Ecology, Plant Ecophysiology, Plant-Water Relations, Tropical Forests
	Dr. Qinglin Wu	Professor Cain Chair and Roy O. Martin Sr. Professor Composite Engineering Lab	Composites and Engineered Wood, Nanomaterial Synthesis and Applications
	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	227 RNR Bldg 225-578-5712	jfisher@agcenter.lsu.edu	Administrative Coordinator
Camila Jones	227 RNR Bldg 225-578-4131	cfjones@agcenter.lsu.edu	Program Specialist - HRM
Nhi Le		nhle@agcenter.lsu.edu	Accountant
Heather Lyons		hlyons@agcenter.lsu.edu	Extension Associate
Ellisa Reed		ereed@agcenter.lsu.edu	Administrative Coordinator
Dominique Rogers		drogers@agcenter.lsu.edu	Administrative Coordinator - USGS Coop Unit

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Title	Contact
Dr. Alan Afton	Adjunct Professor	aafton@lsu.edu
Dr. Stephanie Archer	Adjunct Professor	sarcher@lumcon.edu
Dr. Abigail Bockus	Adjunct Professor	abockus@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Christopher Bonvillain	Adjunct Professor	cbonvi3@lsu.edu
Dr. Bret Collier	Adjunct Professor	bret@lsu.edu
Dr. Ashley Long	Adjunct Professor	amlong@lsu.edu
Dr. Shannon Martin	Adjunct Professor	smartin1@lsu.edu
Dr. Gregory Olson	Adjunct Professor	golson@agcenter.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	kringelman@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Frank Rohwer	Adjunct Professor	frohwer@lsu.edu
Dr. Cameron Rutt	Adjunct Professor	crutt@agcenter.lsu.edu
Dr. Kimberly Terrell	Adjunct Professor	kterrell@agcenter.lsu.edu

Emeritus & Retired Faculty

Photo	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 Distinguished Professor of Forestry	Room 206A RNR Bldg 225-936-7205 jchamb@lsu.edu
	Dr. Richard Keim	Professor, Retired Forestry	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology richard.keim@list.lu
	Dr. Don Reed	Professor, Emeritus Wildlife Extension Specialist
	Dr. Robert Reigh	Professor, Emeritus
	Dr. Robert Romaire	Professor, Emeritus	Aquaculture Research Station