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A huge congratulations to the nine faculty members who were recently honored with tenure and/or promotion! Your dedication to the College of Science and your respective fields is truly inspiring. We're so fortunate to have such talented individuals as part of our community! Promotion to Professor: Ivan Agullo, Department of Physics & Astronomy Maheshi Dassanayake, Department of Biological Sciences Daniel Kuroda, Department of Chemistry Kenneth Lopata, Department of Chemistry Daniel Sheehy, Department of Physics & Astronomy David Shea Vela-Vick, Department of Mathematics Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure: Noémie Elgrishi, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry Adam Forte, Associate Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics Christine Lattin, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences #GeauxScience

Our 2020 BS in theoretical physics alumna continues to shine! LSU College of Science

To solve world hunger, we are creating new strains of rice to produce more of one of the world’s most important foods. “This is what we do. We discover solutions and bring it to the people.” 🌾: https://lnkd.in/gcJGR68h #WBTTW | LSU AgCenter

Up next in My Research in 30... err, 90 Seconds: Associate Professor Brant Faircloth, LSU Department of Biological Sciences, talks about bird feathers and gives a tour of his lab, showing off some fancy equipment. FYI, when you tell the intern, "Don’t add that," you just know it’s definitely going in!

⭐ Student Spotlight ⭐ Meet Caroline Gwaro, a 3rd year graduate student from Kisii, Kenya. Caroline conducts research in Professor Graça Vicente’s lab, researching, designing, and synthesizing novel BODIPY dye derivatives for applications in photodynamic therapy (PDT) and bioimaging. After graduation, Caroline would like to work in industry but does not mind going into academia either. "My research area gives me a sense of fulfillment since I'm working to solve the world's greatest monster: cancer. Besides, working with fluorescent dyes is so fascinating! There's never a dull moment in the lab except when reactions are not working."

Graduate student Spencer Watts, undergraduate Larissa Najera, and Prof. Sviatoslav Baranets dive into the complex crystal structure and electronic properties of β-Yb₂CdSb₂, exploring the bonding environment and how structural disorder plays a vital role in charge balance, shaping its semiconducting behavior. Check out their study, recently published in 𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴, to learn how it expands the understanding of polymorphism in intermetallic compounds and opens new pathways for materials with potential applications in thermoelectric technology. https://lnkd.in/gZgy_4eA

In Louisiana, math is making waves in oyster farming! 🦪 Dr. Nadejda Drenska, Assistant Professor of LSU Department of Mathematics, known for her work in areas like self-driving cars, investment strategies, and healthcare, has teamed up with Dr. Peter Wolenski and Louisiana Sea Grant’s Dr. Sarah Bodenstein to tackle a unique problem: counting oyster seeds. This labor-intensive task, usually done by hand, is now being transformed through machine learning—saving farmers countless hours and boosting Louisiana’s oyster farming industry. Shoutout to this incredible team! 🙌 Check out our latest blog to learn more about this research: https://lnkd.in/gJEuXb_r #mathematics #oysterfarming #MachineLearning #LSU #WBTTW

Congratulations to #LSUChemistry graduate student Myron Lard Jr. for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation. Myron conducted research under the guidance of Prof. Robert Cook.

💜💛 Loved celebrating Shea’s promotion to full professor last night! 👏👏 He’s had a great journey with the LSU Department of Mathematics thanks to chair extraordinaire Oliver Dasbach and Dean of the LSU College of Science, Cynthia Peterson.