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professor photo in wetland (by Olivia McClure)

 

 

Dr. Michael (M.P.) Hayes

Assistant Professor Ag & Industrial Water Quality

School of Plant, Environmental & Soil Sciences 

LSU AgCenter & Louisiana Sea Grant

Expertise: Water Quality, Instrumental Analysis, Nutrient Cycling

Email: mhayes@agcenter.lsu.edu

 

                  

 

Graduate Students

 

graduate student mysha

 

Mysha Ahmed

Ph.D. Candidate: Started January 2024

M.S. in Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University

B.S. in Agrilculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Research Focus: Runoff Management Utilizing Biosorbent Materials

 

 

mason in the field

 

 

 

Mason Marcantel

M.S. Candidate: Started January 2024

B.S. in Environmental Science, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Research Focus: Remote Water Quality Metric Analysis of Rural Wastewater Treatment Facilities

 

Shristi in the field

 

 

 

Shristi Upadhyaya

M.S. Candidate: Started Janurary 2024

B. S. in Agrilculture, Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal

Research Focus: Charactertization of Aquaculture Processors Wastewater Effluent

Undergraduates

 

undergrad students tara

 

 

 

Tara Bui 

B.S. in Environmental Engineering  

Project: Sustianblitilty Assessments for Rural Agricultural Stakeholders

 

undergraduate student Karrie

 

 

 

Karrie Cheng 

B.A. in Mass Communication Concentrated in Political Communication  

Project: Wastewater Effluent and Solid Waste Regional Survey for Aquaculture Processors

 

undergraduate student Ruth

 

 

 

Ruth Nolen

B.S in Chemistry and Soil Systems

Project: Investigation of Persistent Water Quality Pollutants in Louisiana

 

undergraduate student Nick

 

 

 

 

Nick Wagner

B.S. in Biological Engineering 

Project: Developing the Framework for Agricultural Energy Optimization at Crawfish Farms using Water Quality Sensing