People

FACULTY

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Name Faculty Advisor Phone Email
Rizwana Begum Joseph Francis 225-578-9332 rbegum@lsu.edu 
Naveen Chintala Joseph Francis 225-578-9332 nchintalaramula@lsu.edu
Shilpa Thota Joseph Francis 225-578-9332 rpathak1@lsu.edu 
       

 

Graduate Students

Name Degree Faculty  Advisor Email
Sanaz Akbari PhD Spring 2024  
Ankit Aryal PhD Tammy Dugas aaryal3@lsu.edu
Anthony Ayanshina PhD Rotation oayans2@lsu.edu
Angela Casillo PhD Rotation acasil1@lsu.edu
Rana Fallahsafa PhD Michael Ogundele rfalla1@lsu.edu
Hannah Holmbert PhD Shisheng Li hholmb1@lsu.edu
John Kara PhD Charles Lee jkara1@lsu.edu
Lim, Ignitius PhD Michael Ogundele ilim2@lsu.edu
Alexander Lee PhD Michelle Osborn alee76@lsu.edu
Cheng "Jimmy" Lu PhD Shisheng Li clu15@lsu.edu
Demetrius McAtee PhD Ahmed Abdelmoneim mcate3@lsu.edu
Kimia Nourozi PhD Charles Lee znouro1@lsu.edu
Abhishek Pandit PhD Joseph Francis apandi8@lsu.edu 
Shreya Pokharel PhD Rotation spokha9@lsu.edu
Weiqiong Rong PhD Shaomian Yao wrong1@lsu.edu
Biplov Sapkota PhD Joseph Francis bsapko2@lsu.edu
Sadia Sinza PhD Michael Ogundele ssinza1@lsu.edu
Ajn Vats PhD Charles Lee Michael Ogundele avats1@lsu.edu
Tashonda Vaughn PhD (Southern Univ) Michael Ogundele tvaug12@lsu.edu
Katy Venable PhD Charles Lee kvenab3@lsu.edu 
Melanie Wilson PhD Ahmed Abdelmoneim mwil619@lsu.edu

Administrative Staff

Name Function Phone Email
Susie Brown

Executive Assistant to Department Head, Administrative Support, Accounting, Inventory

 225-578-9893 sbrow53@lsu.edu 
Kathleen Kirvin

Administrative Program Specialist A, Graduate Student Support, Student Employment Partner, HR, Guests & Student Travel, Timekeeper, C&C, ISO

 225-578-9890 kkirvi1@lsu.edu 
 

Administrative Coordinator 3

 225-578-9889 VACANT / OPEN