Staff

Herbarium Staff

Photo	Name	Position and Contact
	Laura Lagomarsino, PhD	Director & Associate Professor (225) 578-8555 llagomarsino1 AT lsu.edu
	Jennifer Kluse, MSc	Collections Manager (225) 578-8564 jkluse AT lsu.edu
	Daniel Santamaría-Aguilar	Research Associate santamaria1 AT lsu.edu
	Carrie Barker, PhD	Project Manager, Herbarium Integration Grant cbark16 AT lsu.edu
	Christina Mozzicato	Project Manager, GLOBAL Bryophyte and Lichen Grant cmozzicato AT lsu.edu
	Duangsamorn Boyd, MSc	Associate Researcher dboyd20 AT lsu.edu

Graduate Curatorial Assistants

Photo	Name	Position and Contact
	Janet Mansaray	jmansa1 AT lsu.edu
	Diego Paredes-Burneo	dpared1 AT lsu.edu

Emeritus Staff

Photo	Name	Position and Contact
	Lowell E. Urbatsch, PhD	Emeritus Professor leu AT lsu.edu
	Shirley C. Tucker, PhD	Emeritus Professor
	Meredith Blackwell, PhD	Emeritus Professor Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1973 Mycology Research Interests My research interests focus on fungi, especially those associated with arthropods, including yeasts in the gut of beetles and Laboulbeniomycetes. Phylogenies incorporating sequences from rarely studied ascomycetes provided new clues to the evolution of Laboulbeniomycetes. More recently we have been interested in yeasts from the gut of beetles and other insects. Several newly enlarged ascomycete yeast clades inhabit the gut of mushroom-feeding beetles. Other yeasts, particularly unusual xylose-fermenters, are common in the gut of wood-ingesting beetles. In addition my research has used a variety of techniques, including field and cultural studies, electron microscopy, and nucleic acid sequencing. I have two projects on the history of mycology with collaborators: A genealogy of North American mycologists and An oral history for mycology, a series of interviews with mycologists posted on YouTube. See CV for publications. mblackwell AT lsu.edu

Photo

Name

Position and Contact

lowell

Lowell E. Urbatsch, PhD

Emeritus Professor
leu AT lsu.edu

shirley

Shirley C. Tucker, PhD

Emeritus Professor

meredith_black

Meredith Blackwell, PhD

Emeritus Professor

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1973 Mycology

Research Interests
My research interests focus on fungi, especially those associated with arthropods, including yeasts in the gut of beetles and Laboulbeniomycetes. Phylogenies incorporating sequences from rarely studied ascomycetes provided new clues to the evolution of Laboulbeniomycetes. More recently we have been interested in yeasts from the gut of beetles and other insects. Several newly enlarged ascomycete yeast clades inhabit the gut of mushroom-feeding beetles. Other yeasts, particularly unusual xylose-fermenters, are common in the gut of wood-ingesting beetles.
In addition my research has used a variety of techniques, including field and cultural studies, electron microscopy, and nucleic acid sequencing. I have two projects on the history of mycology with collaborators: A genealogy of North American mycologists and An oral history for mycology, a series of interviews with mycologists posted on YouTube.

See CV for publications.

mblackwell AT lsu.edu

Volunteers

Photo	Name	Position and Contact
	Amber King

Undergraduate Assistants

Oliver Deal
Olivia Degreenia
Maddie Dupree
Fiona McClain