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Dr. Kalimuthu Krishnamoorthy is a professor of statistics and the Philip and Jean Piccione Endowed Chair in Statistics in the Department of Mathematics.
He was recently honored as a 2019-2020 Outstanding Doctoral Mentor by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development.
Dr. Dianne Olivier is a professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership in the College of Education. She also serves as the graduate coordinator for the Educational Leadership Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) program.
Olivier has been honored as a 2019-2020 Outstanding Doctoral Mentor by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development.
Dr. John Laudun is a professor of English whose research spans culture analytics, text mining, narrative studies, computational folkloristics, and creativity studies.
He has been named a 2019-2020 Outstanding Doctoral Mentor by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development.
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering student Mohamed Awaad has been selected to join the prestigious National Water Center Innovators Program Summer Institute of 2021.
His participation in the Summer Institute will give him experience working with models and tools in a real world environment while advancing the National Water Center’s goals of enhancing water prediction and flood forecasting technologies.
Dr. Deedra Harrington holds the Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Vega/BORSF Professorship in Nursing, and has been named a 2019-2020 Outstanding Doctoral Mentor by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development.
During her studies, Narges has worked in clinic, hospital, and school settings with a variety of speech, language, hearing, and cognitive-linguistic impaired clients and patients.
Nina Zamanialavijeh received her Master’s of Science degree in Environmental Resource Science last week, and was named an Outstanding Master's Graduate for her research accomplishments and contributions to UL Lafayette Geosciences as a teaching assistant.
