Energy Faculty

LSU FACULTY ARE ENGAGED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ENERGY RESEARCH FROM POLICY TO ENGINEERING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH ADVANCEMENT AT POWERPLAYERS@LSU.EDU OR 225-578-6910.

SEARCH FOR MORE FACULTY WITH EXPERTISE IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY IN THE LSU EXPERTS DATABASE

"Experts.LSU.edu"

SAM BENTLEY, HARRISON CHAIR IN SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY

Department of Geology & Geophysics and Coastal Studies Institute

Areas of expertise: delta formation processes and deep water sedimentation

225-578-5735

sjb@lsu.edu

YE-SHO CHEN, DIRECTOR OF GLOBALIZATION, JAMES C. & CHERIE H. FLORES PROFESSOR OF MBA STUDIES #2, AND PROFESSOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DECISION SCIENCES

E. J. Ourso College of Business

Areas of expertise: developing MBA Energy Specialization, Energy Minor, energy-focused China and Europe trips, Energy Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, and funded projects related to Energy Analytics.

qmchen@lsu.edu

PETER D. CLIFT, MCCORD CHAIR IN PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Department of Geology & Geophysics

Areas of expertise: petroleum and marine geology

225-578-2153

pclift@lsu.edu

D. LARRY CRUMBLEY, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR/EMERITUS PROFESSOR

E. J. Ourso College of Business

Areas of expertise: oil & gas accounting

979-696-1245

dcrumbl@lsu.edu

DAVID DISMUKES, DIRECTOR

Center for Energy Studies

225-578-4400

ces@lsu.edu

www.enrg.lsu.edu/

BARBARA DUTROW, ADOLPHE G. GUEYMARD PROFESSOR

Department of Geology & Geophysics

Areas of expertise: geothermal energy

225-578-2525

dutrow@lsu.edu

KEITH HALL, DIRECTOR

LSU Mineral Law Institute

225-578-8709

Keith.hall@law.lsu.edu

mli.law.lsu.edu/

JOSEPH MASON, PROFESSOR OF FINANCE

E. J. Ourso College of Business

Areas of expertise: energy and environmental public policy, regional economic analysis, energy finance, and energy and environmental derivatives and trading

masonj@lsu.edu

KRISHNASWAMY "KUMAR" NANDAKUMAR, PROFESSOR

Cain Department of Chemical Engineering

225-578-2361

nandakumar@lsu.edu

epic.lsu.edu/

DANDINA N. RAO, PROFESSOR

Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering

225-578-6037

dnrao@lsu.edu

www.pete.lsu.edu/people/faculty/facstaff/dandina.rao

JOHN RUSSIN, VICE CHANCELLOR

LSU AgCenter

225-578-4181

Jrussin@agcenter.lsu.edu

LSUAgCenter.com/SUBI

JERRY SPIVEY, DIRECTOR

Center for Atomic-Level Catalyst Design

225-578-3690

jjspivey@lsu.edu

www.efrc.lsu.edu/

JAMES RICHARDSON, ECONOMICS PROFESSOR

Areas of Expertise: energy economics, forecasting, regional economics, state and local taxation

parich@lsu.edu

INGMAR SCHOEGL, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Areas of Expertise: combustion, alternative fuel sources (biofuels, biomass), solid-oxide fuel cells, thermochemical energy conversion (fuel reforming, gasification)

ischoegl@lsu.edu

YING WANG, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Areas of Expertise: nanomaterials for energy applications, superhydrophobic coatings, photocatalytic materials, solar cells and electrochemical synthesis, lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, sol-gel processing, and atomic layer deposition (ALD)

ywang@lsu.edu

SOPHIE WARNY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CURATOR

Department of Geology & Geophysics and LSU Museum of Natural Science

Areas of expertise: palynology

CAROL WICKS, HARRISON PROFESSOR

Department of Geology & Geophysics

Areas of Expertise: petrophysics: wavelet analysis of geophysical well log data

cwicks@lsu.edu

MARY JULIA WORNAT, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR

Areas of Expertise: energy utilization, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, combustion, environmental pollutants

mjwornat@lsu.edu