Leadership & Key Staff Members
Executive Leadership
Executive Director EIL | CEP Director | LEES Director | Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering
Email: zappi@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6686
Research: Biofuels, Bioprocessing, Environmental Engineering, Energy Systems, Process Commercialization
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Assoc. Executive Director EIL | CFDC Director | Department Head of Chemical Engineering | Interim Department Head of Petroleum Engineering | Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering
Email: rhernandez@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6062
Research: Bioprocessing, Chemical Production, Process Chemistry, Reaction Kinetics, Environmental Engineering, Process Commercialization
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Assoc. Exec Director EIL | Facilities Director of LaSEL | Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Email: tlchambers@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6731
Research: Power Engineering, Energy Systems; Solar Energy; Smart Energy Systems, Process Modeling, Data Visualization, Immersive Technologies, and Education Methods
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COPS Director | Endowed Professor of Petroleum Engineering
Email: boyun.guo@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6558
Research: Petroleum Resource Development; Enhanced Oil Recovery; Drilling Optimization; and Product Development
EESE Director | Assoc. Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Email: peng.yin@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5822
Research: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Systems, Building Energy Calculation and Modeling, Occupancy Detection and Modeling, Internet of Things in Building Science Application
SOURCE Director | Professor of Petroleum Engineering
Email: mehdi.mokhtari@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6115
Research: Unconventional Resevoir Characterization, Hydraulic Fracturing and Well Stimulation Innovation, Data-Driven Subsurface Modeling, Production Optimization and Well Performance
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EIL | Research Design Engineer | Instructor of Civil Engineering
Email: wsharp@louisiana.edu
Research: Water and Wastewater Treatment Design, Carbon Outlook Planning, Green Energy Systems, Process Comercialization
Facilities Director of CLECO
Email: prashanth.buchireddy@louisiana.edu
Research: Thermal conversion of biomass into marketable products and optimization of thermal systems
EIL | Director BIoanalytics and Process Chemistry
Email: bill.holmes@louisiana.edu
Research: Analytical Chemistry; Methods Development; Reaction Chemistry; Identification of Reaction Products; Analytical System Development and Optimization; and Insitu Analysis
EIL | Resource and R&D Coordinator
Email: sheila@louisiana.edu
Research: Financial Resource Management; Process Operations; R&D Development; Construction Management; and Student R&D Experiences
EIL | Sustainability Engineer
Email: chelsea.trahan1@louisiana.edu
Research: Sustainability engineering, commercialization assessment, critical data collation and dissemination to agencies considering energy implementation systems
EIL | Enery Assessment and Outreach Engineer
Email: blake.foret@louisiana.edu
Research: Sustainability Engineering, Design and assessment of energy and green production systems, Critical data collation and dissemination, Technical-based communications, Outreach platform management