December 2020 Ogden Honors College Graduates
Twenty three Ogden Honors College students graduated on Friday, December 18. Eight students were awarded College Honors, LSU’s highest graduation distinction, which includes the Upper Division Honors Distinction.
A complete list of graduates is organized by academic distinction below:
Graduating with College Honors and Upper Division Honors Distinction
Sebastian Masaya Brumfield Mejía, B.A. Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology
“Measuring the Greatest Weight: A Comprehensive Interpretation of Nietzsche's Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence”
Professor Husain Sarkar
Corey W. Cooper, B.S. Biological Sciences
“Characterizing Drosophila melanogaster Sleep Models Using an Optogenetic Engineered Caspase and Channelrhodopsins”
Assistant Professor Alyssa Johnson
Renée Anne Desporte, B.S. Physics
"Applications and Implementation of a Satellite-Based Quantum Internet"
Professor Jonathan Dowling
Cameron Christopher Emamdjomeh, B.A. Liberal Arts
“Toward a Visual History of Smell in Eighteenth-Century France”
Professor Darius Spieth
John Nicholas Green III, B.S.CES. Coastal Environmental Science, B.A. Political Science; LASAL Scholar
“Demographic Impacts of Climate-Induced Migration and Environmental Shocks and Stressors in Cameron Parish, Louisiana”
Assistant Professor Thomas Douthat
Lillian Margaret Mabel LaPlace, B.S. Biological Sciences
“Exploring the Role of CCP1 and CCP2 in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Carbon Dioxide Concentrating Mechanism”
Professor James Moroney
Salim Cesar Lutfallah, B.S. Chemistry
“Increasing the Bioavailability of Poorly Soluble Anti-Cancer Prodrugs through Encapsulation in Platinum Based Nanocages”
Assistant Professor Noémie Elgrishi
Kyle Margaret Maher, B.S. Biological Sciences
“Ribosomal RNA Synthesis after Induced Nucleolar Stress in Drosophila melanogaster”
Professor Patrick DiMario
Emily Grace Rone, B.S.C.E. Civil Engineering
“Bridge Design Replacement Project for the Charenton Canal Bridge on LA 87 and Comparison of Deck Design Methods”
Professor Ayman Okeil
Graduating with thesis defended:
Joseph Patterson Lane, B.S.Che. Chemical Engineering
“Synthesis of LaMnO3 and CeO2-MnOx Nanocrystals for Selective Catalytic Reduction”
Assistant Professor James Dorman
Graduating in good standing:
Alexandra Bryann Acheson, B.A. Sociology
Austin Samuel Barnes, B.S. Biochemistry
Tyler Jordan Alexander Bates, B.A. Political Science
Rebekah Ann Bourgeois, B.A. Political Science
Lucy Jacqueline Brown, B.S. Psychology
Isabella Kristine Cantu, B.S. Accounting
Lauryn Gabrielle Honoré, B.S. Psychology
Megan Navarro, B.S. Biological Sciences
Susan P. N. Nguyen, B.S. Biological Sciences
Josef Andrew Schuster, B.S. Natural Resource Ecology & Management
Benjamin Luke Smith, B.S. Biological Sciences
Lauren Holly Waggoner, B.S. Psychology
Rachel Evelyn Welch, B.S. Biological Sciences