Dr. Ferchaud conducting research at her lab.
Urban Forestry Master Degree graduate Simbrey
Majors working in the GIS Lab in 2019.
Scientists at the ANSWERS conduct cut-
ting-edge research focusing on natural and
biological resources; provide hands-on
research training and experiential learning
to the next generation of leaders in natural
resources; utilize research results and ana-
lytical laboratories to provide technical
services to communities; and promote scien-
tific collaborations and partnerships at state,
regional, national, and international levels.
Dr. Twumasi, the GIS and remoting sensing
(RS) coordinator/expert at ANSWERS, has
guided students to map the COVID-19 out-
breaks in Louisiana and the nation using
GIS and RS tools. In collaboration with
LSU, he also obtained funding from NASA
in the amount of $750,000 to focusing
on satellite-assisted forecasting towards
improving oyster safety (SAFE Oyster). Dr.
Twumasi has published more than 200
research papers in journals and books
and achieved tenure in the fall of 2020.
Collaborating with Louisiana State University
(LSU), Drs. Ning, Abdollahi, and Chappell
have been carrying out a NASA-funded,
nationally competitive project to quantify
carbon export through vegetation, biomass,
and land use change analysis of two con-
trasting sites across the Mississippi River
Delta Plain. The project research results were
reported by two SU graduate students in
their respective doctoral dissertation (Hande
Suslu) and master's thesis (Simbrey Majors).
Dr. Abdollahi has been leading the USDA
NIFA-funded project titled "Enhancing Bio-
Oils Production and Bio-Products Utilization
from Forest Wastes of the Urban and Rural
Interface in Louisiana." He led a team of
professors and students to create the
Bioenergy and Biochar Innovation Initiative
that was selected and recognized at the
Emerging Researchers in STEM National
Convention sponsored by the National >>
Students receiving hands-on training at the biochar-
as-soil-amendment research site in 2019.
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