Become a Win-Win Fellow
Seeking NSF GRP Honorable Mentions
Congratulations on receiving an Honorable Mention on your NSF GRFP Application! We invite you to make an impact on critical sustainability issues with a WIN-WIN Fellowship at LSU. If accepted, you will receive an NSF GRFP.
What is WIN-WIN?
Win-Win, or WIdening the Nation's STEM Workforce INside Louisiana, provides you the opportunity to earn your PhD while working on solutions to build resilience and achieve ambitious Net-Zero climate goals by 2050. Delve into how one of Louisiana's most important industries - energy - depends on and impacts its most valuable resource: its coastline.
Anyone with a Bachelor’s or Masters in a STEM discipline and an interest in the exciting fields of energy and environmental sciences is eligible. You can apply through the NSF ETAP system.
Fellows may train with one or more of our multidisciplinary team of faculty members in the following research areas:
- River delta connectivity and function
- Coastal hydroclimate drivers
- Wetland salinity and biogeochemistry
- Multi-scale coral disease propagation
- Carbon circular economy
- Microplastics removal
- Nanoscale chemical reaction imaging
- Computational catalysis
- Sustainable biomanufacturing
Energy, Environment and Sustainability
Kevin McPeak (Area Lead)
Associate Professor
Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
Research areas: Nanoscale chemical reaction imaging
Email: kmcpeak@lsu.edu
Mike Benton
Department Chair
Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
Research areas: Sustainable biomanufacturing
Email: benton@lsu.edu
Bhuvnesh Bharti
Associate Professor
Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
Research areas: Microplastics Removal
Email: bbharti@lsu.edu
Anthony Engler
Assistant Professor
Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
Research areas: Carbon Circular Economy
Email: acengler@lsu.edu
Ye Xu
Associate Professor
Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
Research areas: Computational catalysis
Email: yexu@lsu.edu
Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Matt Hiatt (Area Lead)
Associate Professor
Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Research areas: Coastal hydrology & geomorphology
Email: mhiatt1@lsu.edu
John White
LSU College of the Coast & Environment Associate Dean of Academics, Professor
Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Research areas: Wetlands
Email: jrwhite@lsu.edu
Ross Dixon
Assistant Professor
Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Research areas: Coastal meteorology
Email: Ross.Dixon@lsu.edu
Note: All faculty members in the Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences are eligibile to work with WIN-WIN Fellows
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
| Cain Department of Chemical Engineering (CDCE) Path |
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| CHE 7110: Mathematical Methods in ChE |
| CHE 7120: Thermodynamics |
| CHE 7130: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport |
| CHE 7140: Chemical Reactor Design Methods |
| CDCE Electives |
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CHE 7700: Advanced Polymer Science and Engineering* |
| CHE 7542: Catalysis* |
Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
| Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences (DOCS) Path |
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| OCS 4126 - Chemical Oceanography |
| OCS 4170 - Physical Oceanography |
| OCS 4210 - Geological Oceanography |
| OCS 4550 - Biological Oceanography |
"Achieving energy security and sustainable development is one of the grand challenges of the 21st century. Louisiana highlights this complicated relationship."
Kevin McPeak, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
