Office of the President
Celebrating a Year of Wins
Powering Solutions for Louisiana
Under university leadership, Louisiana has made strides to power solutions for Louisiana's toughest problems.
Read on to learn more about LSU's progress.
Our Plan to Accelerate LSU Student Success and Research Excellence - Phase 1
Research Strategic Growth Plan
Scholarship First in Action
The LSU Energy Institute has named Tyler Gray as its inaugural director of energy innovation, a key leadership role within LSU’s expanding energy research and policy enterprise. Gray’s appointment marks an important step in LSU’s continued move to align energy-focused units under a single institute to serve Louisiana’s evolving energy economy.
A team led by Joyoni Dey, associate professor in LSU’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, has been working to improve the measurement of breast density using physics-based methods that produce precise measurements, helping doctors better assess cancer risk.
LSU’s Advanced Microscopy and Analytical Core (AMAC) facility gives Louisiana researchers access to 16 state-of-the-art instruments, including a new Spectra 300 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (S/TEM) for atomic-scale imaging and analysis.
LSU is leading two teams and contributing to two others that are finalists in the Gulf Futures Challenge, a national competition that funds innovative projects aimed at securing Louisiana’s energy independence and strengthening flood resilience.
When LSU immunology researcher Weishan Huang heard that the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the discovery of regulatory T cells and the key gene FOXP3 that defines them, she wasn’t surprised.
Meet Arushi Ghildiyal who recently graduated from LSU with a degree in cybersecurity at 20 years old and is now working for one of the nation’s best cybersecurity teams at Chevron.