Past College of Agriculture Project Grant Recipients

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Name Semester(s) Major Department research was conducted Mentor Research
Sophie LeBlanc Summer 2023 Animal Sciences Animal Sciences Dr. Constantine Simintiras Developing a Culture Medium for Extending Bovine Embryo Development in vitro
Aydin Sarki Spring 2023 Plant & Soil Systems Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences Dr. Yan Yann Establishing Cold Brew Preparation Protocols for US-Grown Tea
Toni Cortez Fall 2022 Plant & Soil Systems Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology Dr. Sara Thomas-Sharma The Role of Lipid Droplet Modifying Chemicals on Cercosporin Production
Daniel Harris Fall 2022 Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Dr. Jerrod Penn Estimating House Hold's Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Quality in Bayou Lafourche through the Implementation of a Community Sewage System
Connor Landry Fall 2022 Biological Sciences Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology Dr. Sara Thomas-Sharma The Role of Lipid Droplet Modifying Chemicals on Cercosporin Production
Katie Miranda Spring 2022 Natural Resource Ecology & Management Renewable Natural Resources Dr. Kevin Ringelman Ecology of Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) In Louisiana
Abigail Mechatto Fall 2021 Microbiology Entomology Dr. Michael Stout The Relationship Between Deterrence and Toxicity of Plant Secondary Metabolites against the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
Sarah Lackey Summer 2021 Animal Sciences Animal Sciences Dr. Erin Oberhaus Whole blood transcriptome analysis of insulin sensitive and insulin dysregulated horses
Kortni Blalock Summer 2021 Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Dr. Danyi Qi Get New Life in Stay-at-Home Economy? Estimating the consumer preferences for meal kit delivery during COVID-19 Pandemic
Jackson Martingayle Summer 2021 & Fall 2021 Natural Resource Ecology & Management Renewable Natural Resources Dr. John Nyman Nutrient Availability, Flooding Stress, and Salinity Stress Interaction in Growth of Avicennia germinans (L.) L. Seedlings
Nathan Le Spring 2021 Biological Sciences Entomology Dr. Qian Exploration by Smell: The Impact of Orco Gene on Tunneling Behavior in Termites
Peyton Mercola Spring 2021 Nutrition and Food Sciences Nutrition and Food Sciences Dr. Erin McKinley An Analysis of Pandemic Panic Buying Motivators among College Students using Mind Genomics Cognitive Science
Alexis Theriot Spring 2021 Nutrition and Food Sciences Nutrition and Food Sciences Dr. Erin McKinley An Analysis of Pandemic Panic Buying Motivators among College Students using Mind Genomics Cognitive Science
Natalia Urrutia-Alvarez Spring 2021 Nutrition and Food Sciences Nutrition and Food Sciences Dr. Erin McKinley An Analysis of Pandemic Panic Buying Motivators among College Students using Mind Genomics Cognitive Science
Ashlyn Sak Fall 2020 Natural Resource Ecology and Management Renewable Natural Resources Dr. Phil Stouffer Nest Box Preference and Nest Temperature Effects on Breeding Success and Nestling Growth Rate in Prothonotary Warblers in Louisiana
William Dunford Summer 2020 Microbiology Plant Pathology Dr. Vinson Doyle A Guide to the Toxic Mushrooms of East Baton Rouge Parish
Alexis Boyd Fall 2019 Plant & Soil Systems Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology Dr. Christopher Clark Improving the Long-Term Protocol for Sweet Potato Tissue Cultures
Haley Jeneske Spring 2020 & Spring 2021 Animal, Dairy & Poultry Sciences Animal Sciences Dr. Kenneth McMillin Potential Factors Related to Muscle Degeneration in White Striping Chicken Breast
Keyla Pruett Summer 2019 Natural Resource Ecology & Management Entomology Dr. Rodrigo Diaz To catch a killer: Developing PCR primers to assess parasitism rates and spatial distributions of parasitoids of the roseau cane scale
Kathryn Davis Spring 2019 Natural Resource Ecology and Management & Spanish Renewable Natural Resources Dr. Sabrina Taylor Assessing population structure in subspecies of Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima)
Alexandra Perez Fall 2018 Coastal Environmental Science Renewable Natural Resources Dr. Megan La Peyre Improving energy models of the eastern oyster, Crassotrea virginica
Stefanie Foreman Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 Natural Resource Ecology & Management   Linda Hooper-Bui Impact of Red Foxes on Live Oaks
Lesley Twiner Spring 2018 Natural Resource Ecology & Management   Maurice Wolcott Using GIS to Compare Coastal Wetland Loss Between Managed and Unmanaged Sites