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  1. Research & Impact
  2. Research Centers & Laboratories

Research Centers & Laboratories

UL Lafayette researchers are continuously breaking barriers, uncovering discoveries, and making a difference.

These institutes, centers and labs are where that work happens.

The office of the is responsible for overseeing Сòòò½APP functions related to sponsored research, and other associated activities.

Сòòò½APP Research Centers & Labs

Economic & Community Development

Research Centers by College

College of Architecture & Design

Department of Visual Arts

Department of Educational Curriculum & Instruction

School of Kinesiology

  • Center for Analysis of Spatial and Temporal System
  • Center for Telecommunications Studies
  • Center for Corrosion Research
  • Industrial Assessment Center
  • Center for Louisiana Inland Water Studies

 

Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Child & Family Studies

Department of Communicative Disorders

Department of Criminal Justice

  • SPRUCE Lab

Moving Image Arts Program

  • Cinematic Arts Workshop

Department of Psychology

Department of History, Geography & Philosophy

Department of Biology

School of Computing & Informatics

Department of Physics

 

Research Leadership

Dr. Ramesh Kolluru
Ramesh Kolluru
  • Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development

Kumar Das
Kumer Das
  • Assistant Vice President for Research and Innovation

Terrance Chambers
Terrance Chambers
  • Director of the Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Center
  • Point of Contact for the Photovoltaic Applied Research and Testing (PART) Lab

Henry Chu
Henry Chu
  • Executive Director of the Informatics Research Institute
  • Professor

Boyun Guo
Boyun Guo
  • Director
  • Graduate Coordinator
  • Professor

Boyun Gun is a Graduate Coordinator and the Director of the Center for Optimization of Petroleum Systems.

Emad Habib
Emad Habib
  • Interim Director of the Institute for Coastal and Water Research
  • Director of the Louisiana Watershed Flood Center
  • Professor

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Rafael Hernandez
  • Director of the Chemicals and Fuels Development Center
  • Department Head
  • Professor

Arun Lakhotia
Arun Lakhotia
  • Director of the Center for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
  • Professor

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Mehdi Mokhtari
  • Director of the Southern Unconventional Resources Center of Excellence
  • Professor

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Gabriela Petculescu
  • Interim Director
  • Graduate Coordinator
  • Professor

Gabriela Petculescu is a Graduate Coordinator and the Interim Director of the Louisiana Accelerator Center.

Vijay Raghavan
Vijay Raghavan
  • Director of the Center for Visual and Decision Informatics
  • Professor

Kary Ritter
Kary Ritter
  • Director of the Cleco Alternative Energy Center

Geoffrey Stewart
Geoffrey Stewart
  • Assistant Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development
  • Associate Professor

Mark Zappi
Mark Zappi
  • Executive Director of the Energy Institute of Louisiana
  • Director of the Center for Environmental Protection
  • Director for the Louisiana C1 Extension Service