2024 LSU External Award Recipients

DATE: May 9, 2025

FROM: LSU Exec VP & Provost (provost@lsu.edu)

TO: All Faculty

RE: 2024 LSU External Award Recipients

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to share a list of LSU faculty who received external awards in 2024. These honors reflect the outstanding scholarship, research, and creative work being conducted across our university and help to strengthen LSU’s growing national reputation.

These awards also serve a broader institutional purpose. Highly prestigious and prestigious pathway awards are key indicators used in evaluating institutions for membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU). As such, they directly support our strategic objective of positioning LSU among the nation’s top 50 public research universities.

In recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments, the 2024 highly prestigious and prestigious pathway recipients will receive a stipend. We encourage all faculty to participate in the pursuit of national awards. Please visit the External Awards & Recognition website to let us know if you have received an award so that we can recognize your accomplishments.

Please join me in congratulating last year’s recipients, listed below. Thank you for your continued commitment to excellence.

Sincerely,

Roy Haggerty
Executive Vice President & Provost

2024 Highly Prestigious Award Recipient - $10,000 Stipend

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellow: Raquel Robvais, Instructor, Department of Communication Studies, College of Humanities & Social Sciences

2024 Prestigious Pathway Award Recipients - $5,000 Stipend

American Society of Civil Engineers Theodore von Karman Medal: George Voyiadjis, Boyd Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
International Communication (ICA) Fellow: Tina Harris, Douglas L. Manship Sr.-Dori Maynard Race, Media, & Cultural Literacy Endowed Chair, Manship School of Mass Communication
American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow: Zakiya S. Wilson-Kennedy, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Honorary Member: Michael Khonsari, Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
National Academy of Inventors Fellow: Manas Ranjan Gartia, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Fulbright Scholar: Lisa Avalos, Professor, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program:
- Corina Barbalata, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
- Jimmy Lawrence, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Hai Lin, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Kevin Smiley, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Chen Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Outstanding Investigator Award: William Beavers, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
National Academy of Science Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow: Ali Kazemian, Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Management, College of Engineering
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Award: John Bardes, Assistant Professor, Department of History, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Additional 2024 External Award Recipients

Society of American Foresters Fellow: Cornelis F. de Hoop, Associate Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture
American Association of Agricultural Education Fellow: Kristin Stair, Professor, Department of Agricultural & Extension Education & Evaluation, College of Agriculture
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program: Yuri Antipov, Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Science
National Academy of Inventors Senior Member: Kermit Murray, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Broadband Multimedia Symposium- Best Paper Award: Hsiao-Chun Wu, Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
American Geophysical Union Natural Hazards Section Gilbert F. White Distinguished Award and Lecture: Kam-biu Liu, Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
American Association of Immunologists Laboratory Travel Grant: Maria Antonieta Guerrero-Plata, Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Society of Health & Physical Educators Raymond A. Weiss Lecture: Senlin Chen, Professor, School of Kinesiology, College of Human Sciences & Education
Simons Foundation Travel Support for Mathematicians Award:
- Siu-Hung Ng, Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Science
- Benjamin Fehrman, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Science
- Xiaoqi Huang, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Science
American Ornithological Society Elective Member: Brant Faircloth, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
American Society of Civil Engineers Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award: Navid Jafari, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Society of Toxicology Inhalation & Respiratory Specialty Section Young Investigator Award: Alexandra Noël, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
National Science Foundation (NSF) National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Program Award: Hao Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering
Center for Produce Safety Research Grant: Aaron Bivins, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award: Sviatoslav Baranets, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
Society for the Study of School Psychology Early Career Research Award: Danbi Choe, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
American Political Science Association Democracy and Autocracy Section Best Article Award: Pearce Edwards, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Humanities & Social Science
Brain Aneurysm Foundation Research Grant: Robert Herbert, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
Department of Energy Early Career Research Award: Matthew Chambers, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
American Chemical Society Women Chemist Committee Rising Star Award: Noemie Elgrishi, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
American Veterinary Medical Association Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence: Olalekan Ogundele, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
American Veterinary Medical Association Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award: Jeremy Delcambre, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
American Political Science Association Legislative Studies Section Richard F. Fenno Jr. Prize: Yann Kerevel, Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Humanities & Social Sciences