Past College of Coast & Environment Research Grant Recipients

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Name Semester(s) Major Department research was conducted Mentor Research
Gillian Coleman Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Dr.Daniel Holstein Potential Effects of SSCTLD on M. Cavernosa
Morgan Coleman Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Dr. Daniel Holstein Potential Effects of SSCTLD on M. Cavernosa
Brennan Robertson Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Dr. Vince Wilson Studies on Measuring Impulse Noises
Abby Roche Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Dr. Cassandra Glaspie Investigating the Benthic Communities Amongst the Northern Gulf of Mexico’s Hypoxia Ridden Dead Zones
Jonathan Russell Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Dr. Robert Rohli Are Increasing Global Sea Temperatures Linked to Changing Tropical Cyclone Induced Tornadic distribution along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coast?
Sierra Moran Spring 2023 Coastal Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences Dr. Sibel Bargu Ates Determining the Efficacy of Carbon-Sequestering Phytoplankton Species
Gillian Coleman Spring 2023 Coastal Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences Dr. Daniel Holstein Potential Effects of SCTLSCTLDM. Cavernosa
Morgan Coleman Spring 2023 Coastal Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences Dr. Daniel Holstein Potential Effects of SCTLSCTLDM. Cavernosa
Madeline Fryer Summer 2022 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Mark Benfield Using Drone Technology to Evaluate Material Flux in an Urban Watershed
Abby Roche Summer 2022 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Cassandra Glaspie Investigating the Benthic Communities Amongst the Northern Gulf of Mexico's Hypoxia Ridden Dead Zones
Kameelah Hollis Spring 2022 & Fall 2022 Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Dr. Brian Snyder Sustainable Floating Wetland Construction
Jacob Reinhardt Fall 2021 & Spring 2022 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Matthew Hiatt The Effects of Cold Fronts on Currents in Barataria Bay
Ria Salway Fall 2021, Spring 2022, & Summer 2022 Biological Sciences Environmental Sciences Dr. Linda Bui Louisiana’s Cancer Alley: The Fight Against Formosa
Claire Sullivan Fall 2021, Spring 2022, & Summer 2022  Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Dr. Linda Bui Louisiana’s Cancer Alley: The Fight Against Formosa
Olivia Hurley Summer 2021 & Fall 2021 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Austin Lynn Sexual Reproduction and Recruitment Potential Following Phragmites australis Die-back in the Mississippi River Delta
Parker Lawrence Spring 2021 & Summer 2021 Biochemistry Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Dr. Jennifer Brum Brumestigating Unique Viral Communities Within Diverse Marine ‘Dead Zones’
Lauren Lewellen Fall 2020 Biochemistry Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Dr. Sibel Bargu Ates Survival and Toxicity of Overwintering Cyanobacteria in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
Victoria Rittell Fall 2020 Biochemistry Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Dr. Jennifer Brum Brumposition of Fish Cut Microbiomes in LSU Lakes and their Application in Fisheries Research
Josef Schuster Fall 2020 Natural Resource Ecology & Management Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Michael Dance Diet Composition of Swordfish (Xiphias Gladius) in the Gulf of Mexico
Danielle Soileau Fall 2020 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Dr. Tracy Quirk Photosynthetic Response of a Cladium jamaicense-dominated Marsh Community to Pulsed and Prolonged Saltwater Intrusion
Denise Poveda Spring 2020 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Robert Twilley Effects Of Hydroperiod The Productivity And Decomposition Rate Of Below Ground Biomass Of Coastal Marshes In Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana
Josef Schuster Spring 2020 Natural Resource Ecology & Management Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Michael Dance Diet Composition of Swordfish (XiphXiphiasdgladius the Gulf of Mexico
Callie Snow Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Sibel Bargu Ates Studying the Succession of 2019 Toxic Cyanobacteria Bloom (CyanoHAB Development in Lake Pontchartrain Project Progress
Jenna Cheramie Fall 2019 Wildlife Ecology Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Michael Dance Stomach Content Analysis of Tertiary and Quaternary Marine Predators for Micro Plastics
Katerine Kjos Summer 2019 Chemistry Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Michael Polito Neural Network Potentials to Simulate Graphene -Water Interfaces
Nadia Romero Spring 2019 Coastal Environmental Science Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Dr. Victor Rivera-Monroy Evaluating Mangrove Wetland Productivity as Ecosystem Service under Climate Change in Coastal Louisiana
Rohit Kalvakaalva Fall 2018 Coastal Environmental Science Environmental Sciences Dr. Brian Snyder Biogas Conversion of Native Gulf of Mexico Macroalgae Anaerobic Digestion
Katelyn Lamb Spring 2018 Coastal Environmental Sciences   Dr. Michael Polito Mercury Biomagnification Coastal Louisiana Food Webs Immediately Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill