LSU SRP Team

Team Leaders

Headshot of Dr. Stephania CormierStephania Cormier
• Wiener Chair and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University
Professor, Respiratory Immunology & Toxicology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• LSU Superfund Research Center Director
• LSU SRP Project 1—Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Alter Pulmonary Immunologic Homeostasis (Leader)
• LSU SRP Administrative Core (Leader)

Headshot of Dr. SprungerPhillip Sprunger
• Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University
• LSU SRP Project 5—Microstructural Pathways of EPFR Formation and Decay Mechanisms
• LSU SRP Administrative Core

Project and Core Leaders

Headshot of Dr. DugasTammy Dugas
• Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
• LSU SRP Project 2—Combustion-Generated EPFRs: Assessing Cardiovascular Risks of Exposure (Leader)
• LSU SRP Research Experience and Training Coordination Core (Leader)

Headshot of Dr. KhachatryanLavrent Khachatryan
• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University
• LSU SRP Project 4—Activation, Sensing, and Prevention of Formation of EPFRs in Thermal Treatment of Superfund Wastes
• LSU SRP Materials Core (Leader)

Headshot of Dr. LomnickiSlawo Lomnicki
• Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University
• LSU SRP Project 4—Activation, Sensing, and Prevention of Formation of EPFRs in Thermal Treatment of Superfund Wastes (Leader)
• LSU SRP Materials Core

Headshot of Dr. MercanteDonald Mercante
• Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
• LSU SRP Data Management and Analysis Core (Leader)

Headshot of Dr. NoëlAlexandra Noël
• Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
• LSU SRP Inhalation Toxicology Core (Leader)

Headshot of Dr. ReamsMargaret Reams
• Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University
• LSU SRP Community Engagement Core (Leader)

Headshot of Dr. Richmond-BryantJennifer Richmond-Bryant
• Associate Professor of the Practice, Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University
• LSU SRP Project 3—Hazardous Waste Thermal Treatment and Community Exposure to Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals (Leader)
• LSU SRP Community Engagement Core

 

Investigators and Staff

Headshot of Dr. BackesWayne Backes
• Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
• LSU SRP Project 1—Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Alter Pulmonary Immunologic Homeostasis

Headshot of Dr. CookRobert Cook
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University
• LSU SRP Project 5—Microstructural Pathways of EPFR Formation and Decay Mechanisms

Headshot of Dr. HallRandall Hall
• Lillian L.Y. Wang Yin Endowed Professor in Chemistry, Dominican University of California
• LSU SRP Project 5—Microstructural Pathways of EPFR Formation and Decay Mechanisms

Headshot of Dr. HarmonAshlyn Harmon
• Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
• LSU SRP Project 2—Combustion-Generated EPFRs: Assessing Cardiovascular Risks of Exposure

Headshot of IrvingJennifer Irving
• LSU SRP Administrative Core
• LSU SRP Community Engagement Core
• LSU SRP Research Experience and Training Coordination Core

Headshot of Dr. PennArthur Penn
• Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
• LSU SRP Inhalation Toxicology Core

Headshot of Dr. PoliakoffErwin Poliakoff
• Roy Paul Daniels Professor of Chemistry, Louisiana State University
• LSU SRP Project 5—Microstructural Pathways of EPFR Formation and Decay Mechanisms

 

Headshot of Dr. ReedJames Reed
• Assistant Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
• LSU SRP Project 1—Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Alter Pulmonary Immunologic Homeostasis

Headshot of Dr. SlyPeter Sly
• LSU SRP Project 1—Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Alter Pulmonary Immunologic Homeostasis

Headshot of Dr. VarnerKurt Varner
• Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
• LSU SRP Project 2—Combustion-Generated EPFRs: Assessing Cardiovascular Risks of Exposure

Headshot of Dr. YuQuingzhao Yu
• LSU SRP Data Management and Analysis Core

 

In Memoriam

Barry Dellinger (1949-2016) founded the LSU Superfund Research Program and was the leader of Project 1, Formation and Reactions of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Thermal Processing of Superfund Wastes, 2011-2014.

Read more about Dr. Dellinger’s accomplishments and contributions to science.