Faculty & Staff
Six LSU faculty members have been selected as Rainmakers by the LSU Council on Research based on their outstanding scholarship and creative activity within their respective ranks and disciplines.
At LSU, a community of dedicated and high-achieving students, alumni, faculty, staff, and researchers is shaping the future across diverse fields. These stories showcase the unique journeys of those who are propelling LSU’s mission to change the world.
The number 50 doesn’t impress Dr. Leonard Richardson. The fact that the Herbert Huey McElveen Professor of Mathematics has been teaching and inspiring students at LSU for five decades is hardly noteworthy in his opinion.

Education Faculty, Yu April Chen, Receives NSF Career Award Examining Post-transfer Success for Minority STEM Students
School of Education Assistant Professor Yu April Chen, PhD, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Career Award for her project titled Leveling the Playing Field in STEM: Post-transfer Success for Underrepresented Racial Minority Community College Transfers.

LSU Boyd Professor Suzanne Marchand Awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship
LSU Boyd Professor of History Suzanne Marchand has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for intellectual and cultural history.

LSUA’s Coreil Inducted to Louisiana Ag Center Hall of Distinction
Three icons of Louisiana agriculture were inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction during a ceremony at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 24.

SEC Announces Dr. Graça Vicente Wins 2022 Faculty Achievement Award for LSU
Graça Vicente, Boyd Professor of Chemistry in the College of Science, has been named winner of the 2022 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for Louisiana State University, the SEC announced on Thursday.

Announcing the Distinguished Research Masters and Distinguished Dissertation Award Recipients
LSU Office of Research & Economic Development honors the exceptional research and scholarship of two LSU faculty as Distinguished Research Masters each year.