Provost's Fund Symposium
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: South Stadium Club, Tiger Stadium
The Provost's Fund Symposium will begin with a panel discussion, followed by faculty presentations. There will be 4 stations, and each presenter or team will have 5 minutes to present on their topic. Please see below for more details.
Panelists
Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Breaking Silos for Big Discoveries
| Panelist | Discipline/Unit |
|---|---|
| Thomas Douthat | Environmental Sciences |
| Carol Friedland | Biological & Agricultural Engineering |
| Rubayet Bin Mostafiz | Biological & Agricultural Engineering |
| Shelly Mullenix | LSU Athletics |
| Hollis O'Neal | LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center |
| Robert Rohli | Oceanography & Coastal Sciences |
| Guillaume Spielmann | Kinesiology |
Presenters
| Name | Discipline/Unit |
|---|---|
| Ayat Al Assi | Biological & Agricultural Engineering |
| Aaron Bivins | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| Les Butler | Chemistry |
| Qi Cai | Biological & Agricultural Engineering |
| Senlin Chen | Kinesiology |
| Sonya Cooke | Theatre |
| Thomas Douthat | Environmental Sciences |
| Nick Erickson | Theatre |
| Carol Friedland | Biological & Agricultural Engineering |
| Eugene Geist* | Music |
| Lauren Griffin | Philosophy & Religious Studies |
| Gundela Hachmann | World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures |
| Jaclyn Hadfield | Kinesiology |
| Ryan Hulteen | Kinesiology |
| Amirhosein Jafari | Construction Management |
| Jason Jamerson | Art |
| Soo Jo | Architecture |
| Suniti Karunatillake | Geology & Geophysics |
| Michael Khonsari | Mechanical Engineering |
| Chunmin Lang | Textiles, Apparel Design, & Merchandising |
| Todd Monroe | Biological & Agricultural Engineering |
| Rubayet Mostafiz | Biological & Agricultural Engineering |
| Hyunsu Oh | Sociology |
| Jennifer Qian | Education |
| MD Adilur Rahim | Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
| Fatima Rivas | Chemistry |
| Robert Rohli | Oceanography and Coastal Science |
| Loren Schwerd | Art |
| Guillaume Spielmann | Kinesiology |
| Annicia Streete | Architecture |
| Chao Sun | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| Wen Jin Meng | Mechanical Engineering |
| Andrew Webb | Computer Science |
| Rui Zhang | Physics & Astronomy |
| Gang Zhou | World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures |
| Yimin Zhu | Construction Management |
*presenting on behalf of the late Kamile Geist