Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Current Funded Projects: 2024

Student	Project Title	Faculty Sponsor
Cameron Bonds Madeline Brown Louisiana State University (LSU)	An Open-hardware Artificial Insemination Shrimp Rack (AISR) to Improve Shrimp Breeding	Terrence Tiersch Jack Koch
Marco Milton University of New Orleans	Tracking Oyster Larval Abundance and Settlement to Enhance Oyster Restoration in Coastal Louisiana	Kevin Du Clos
Annika Nelson Tulane University	Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Pathogenic Vibrios in Estuarine Recreational Waters of Southeast Louisiana	Tiong Gim Aw
Jonathan Russell LSU	Resilient Coastal Ecosystems: Understanding Tree Behavior for Improved Storm Surge Management, Erosion Mitigation, Land Formation and Sustainable Development in Louisiana	Aly Mousaad Aly
Angelica Solano Loyola University New Orleans	Assessing Phytoplankton Community Dynamics and Their Photosynthetic Contributions in Lake Pontchartrain	Philip Bucolo
Ayden Thomas Louisiana Tech University	Exploring How Salinity Gradients Affect Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Communities in Louisiana’s Coastal Basins	Jennifer Hill