Biology at Louisiana State University

40 faculty and 0 courses in Biology at Louisiana State University.

Faculty

• Maheshi Dassanayake, Professor h-index 78
  Notable: “Evolutionary Origins and Ecological Consequences of Endophyte Symbiosis with Grasses” (2002) · 1,046 citations
• Brant C. Faircloth, Moreland Family Professor h-index 60
  Notable: “Primer3—new capabilities and interfaces” (2012) · 9,823 citations
• Robb T. Brumfield, Roy Paul Daniels Professor & Interim Dean h-index 60
  Notable: “Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds” (2014) · 2,025 citations
• Kyle E. Harms, Mary Lou Applewhite Endowed Professor h-index 52
  Notable: “Light-Gap Disturbances, Recruitment Limitation, and Tree Diversity in a Neotropical Forest” (1999) · 1,551 citations
• Stephania Cormier, Wiener Chair and Professor h-index 46
  Notable: “Defining a Link with Asthma in Mice Congenitally Deficient in Eosinophils” (2004) · 710 citations
• James T. Cronin, George C. Kent Professorship h-index 44
  Center on the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore-natural enemy interactions. This stems from both an applied interest in the biological control of plant pests by natural enemies and a theoretical interest in the behavior, population d
  Notable: “Methods for estimating long‐distance dispersal” (2003) · 497 citations
• Steven C. Hand, Ron and Mary Neal Professor h-index 43
  Integrative in that they require biochemical, cellular and organismic approaches to solve physiological questions. One current aim is to understand mechanisms by which animals survive severe water stress in nature. For example, an
  Notable: “LEA Proteins During Water Stress: Not Just for Plants Anymore” (2011) · 446 citations
• Chen Chen, Assistant Professor h-index 40
  Notable: “Leptin: A potential novel antidepressant” (2006) · 441 citations
• Huangen Ding, Professor h-index 39
  Iron-sulfur proteins play essential roles in a wide range of physiological processes, including DNA replication and repair, RNA modification, protein and coenzyme biosynthesis, energy metabolism, and signal transduction. Despite their impor
  Notable: “Direct nitric oxide signal transduction via nitrosylation of iron-sulfur centers in the SoxR transcription activator” (2000) · 310 citations
• David Burk, Associate Professor-Research h-index 38
  Notable: “Reduced Adipose Tissue Oxygenation in Human Obesity” (2008) · 763 citations
• William T. Doerrler, Associate Professor h-index 35
  Notable: “Lipids, lipoproteins, triglyceride clearance, and cytokines in human immunodeficiency virus infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.” (1992) · 811 citations
• Anne Grove, Gregory Canaday Burns Professor h-index 34
  Bacterial responses to stress When a bacterial pathogen infects a host, the host defends itself by producing toxic compounds and inducing unfavorable conditions for the bacterium. The bacterium in turn responds to the new environmental cues
  Notable: “Ligand-responsive Transcriptional Regulation by Members of the MarR Family of Winged Helix Proteins” (2006) · 266 citations
• Prosanta Chakrabarty, Edwin K. Hunter Chair, Professor h-index 31
  Notable: “Biological evidence supports an early and complex emergence of the Isthmus of Panama” (2015) · 602 citations
• Michal Brylinski, Associate Professor h-index 31
  Such as Structural Bioinformatics, Functional Genomics, Cheminformatics and Pharmacogenomics. We are interested in applying various tools to study the evolution and organization of pathways into biological networks with the primary applicat
  Notable: “A threading-based method (FINDSITE) for ligand-binding site prediction and functional annotation” (2007) · 350 citations
• Christopher C. Austin, John S. McElheney Distinguished Professor h-index 28
  Notable: “The conservation status of the world’s reptiles” (2012) · 915 citations
• Jeremy M. Brown, Professor h-index 25
  Notable: “The Effect of Ambiguous Data on Phylogenetic Estimates Obtained by Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference” (2009) · 431 citations
• Bret D. Elderd, Ronald and Denise Alvarez Professor h-index 25
  Es on examining how disease outbreaks, community structure, and stochasticity influence population dynamics by combining field-based experimental and theoretical modeling approaches. I'm particularly interested in: Virus transmission and in
  Notable: “Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity” (2020) · 169 citations
• Jessica Eberhard, Assistant Professor-Research h-index 17
  Notable: “Behavioral flexibility and species invasions: the adaptive flexibility hypothesis” (2010) · 295 citations
• David Donze, Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “The boundaries of the silenced HMR domain in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” (1999) · 370 citations
• Evanna Gleason, George C. Kent Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “Control of transmitter release from retinal amacrine cells by Ca2+ influx and efflux” (1994) · 102 citations
• Patrick J. DiMario, Chair and Leonard C. Tobin Sr. Professorship h-index 17
  Notable: “Nucleolar stress with and without p53” (2014) · 285 citations
• Nathan Gilbert, Assistant Professor h-index 15
  Notable: “The Structure of Human 5-Lipoxygenase” (2011) · 423 citations
• K. Adam Bohnert, Associate Professor h-index 13
  Notable: “A lysosomal switch triggers proteostasis renewal in the immortal C. elegans germ lineage” (2017) · 194 citations
• Hollie Hale Donze, Distinguished Instructor h-index 11
  Notable: “Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor mediates non-redundant functions necessary for normal wound healing” (2000) · 419 citations
• Juhee Haam, Assistant Professor h-index 10
  Notable: “Cholinergic modulation of the hippocampal region and memory function” (2017) · 457 citations
• SeYeon Chung, Associate Professor h-index 10
  Notable: “Uncoupling apical constriction from tissue invagination” (2017) · 84 citations
• Nabanita Bhattacharyya, Instructor h-index 10
  Notable: “WHO child growth standards” (2009) · 57 citations
• Debanjana Bhattacharya, Instructor h-index 8
  Notable: “Kombucha tea fermentation: Microbial and biochemical dynamics” (2016) · 502 citations
• Jordan Dowell, Assistant Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Floral Traits in Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)” (2019) · 40 citations
• Leaf Boswell, Senior Instructor h-index 5
  Notable: “LEA Proteins During Water Stress: Not Just for Plants Anymore” (2011) · 446 citations
• Barry Aronhime, Senior Instructor h-index 4
  Notable: “The roles of profit and claw strength in determining mussel size selection by crabs” (2009) · 36 citations
• Ginger Brininstool, Distinguished Instructor h-index 3
  Notable: “Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls” (2004) · 1,289 citations
• Scott Crousillac, Senior Instructor h-index 3
  Notable: “Neurochemical phenotype of hypothalamic neurons showing Fos expression 23 h after intracranial AgRP” (2002) · 72 citations
• Mirela Cavuzic, Instructor h-index 3
  Notable: “Biosynthesis of Sulfur-Containing tRNA Modifications: A Comparison of Bacterial, Archaeal, and Eukaryotic Pathways” (2017) · 70 citations
• Alexandra Easley, Instructor
• Christopher Gregg, Distinguished Instructor
• Helen Carter, Teaching Associate
• Jake Esselstyn, Professor
  Es on the evolutionary history of small mammals, particularly in the island archipelagos of Southeast Asia. In general, I combine biodiversity inventories with molecular and morphological systematics to understand how organisms diversify an
• John Dryburgh, Instructor
• Tonya Gauna, Teaching Associate

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.