Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Current Funded Projects: 2025

Student	Project Title	Faculty Sponsor
Katherine Aranda Louisiana State University (LSU)	Impact of Climate-Induced Mangrove Migration on Coastal Wetland Soil Characteristics and Water Quality Improvement	John White
Raleigh Billiot Nicholls State University	Investigating EPS-Independent Adhesion in Vibrio vulnificus: Adaptations in Hydrocarbon-Rich Environments	Bliss Broussard
Lucille McCain Loyola University New Orleans	Development of eDNA Methodology to Monitor Spread of Asian Swamp Eels in Lake Pontchartrain Estuary	Frank Jordan
Andrea Tirado Fernández Nicholls State University	Comparison of Lower Atchafalaya River and Lower Mississippi River Young-of-the-Year Catfish Diets	Allyse Ferrara