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The Lawrence Lab group at LSU.
Principal Investigator
Jimmy Lawrence

Jimmy Lawrence

Associate Professor, Cain Department of Chemical Engineering

Jimmy Lawrence joined LSU in 2018. Before that he worked as a research engineer and scientist at Schlumberger in Japan and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The group is funded by an NSF CAREER award and an NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award.

  • PostdocUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (Craig J. Hawker)
  • PhDPolymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Todd Emrick)
  • MSChemical Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Takeo Yamaguchi)
  • BSChemical Engineering, The University of Tokyo
jimmylawrence@lsu.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Cristina Cu Castillo

    Cristina Cu Castillo

    Joined 2026

Graduate Students
  • Titilayo Oluwole

    Titilayo Oluwole

    Joined Fall 2022

    BS Chemical Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria

  • Alejandro Ramirez

    Alejandro Ramirez

    Joined Spring 2024

    BS Chemical Engineering, ITESO, Mexico

  • Hariharan Jayakumar

    Hariharan Jayakumar

    Joined Spring 2025

    BS Chemical Engineering, Anna University, India

  • Vinicius Mai

    Vinicius Mai

    Joined Fall 2025

  • Anupama Bandara

    Anupama Bandara

    Joined Fall 2025

  • Pujan Ashish Mohanta

    Pujan Ashish Mohanta

    Joined Fall 2025

Undergraduate Researchers
  • Tharushi Weerakoon
  • Jesse Barrow
  • Masrur Raheeq
Alumni

PhD and postdoctoral

  • Michael R. DearmanPhD 2025
  • Parikshit GuragainPostdoc 2024 to 2026 · Southeastern Louisiana University
  • Nduka D. OgbonnaPhD 2024 · Oak Ridge National Laboratory

MS

  • Jingya XiaoMS · LSU Chemical Engineering
  • Cheng-Ta ChoMS · LSU Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate researchers

  • Sven Arnar SaemundssonBS LSU ChemE · PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Nathan ZeringueBS LSU ChemE · ExxonMobil
  • Lucas CondesPhD student, University of Oklahoma
  • Marie Claire deKeyzerBS LSU ChemE
  • Jacob DanklefsenBS LSU ChemE
  • Phihan NguyenBS LSU ChemE
  • Joshua GormanLSU Electrical Engineering
  • Ruth AkintoyeLSU Environmental Science

Summer REU students

  • Payge Turner2026 · Florida A&M University
  • James Marlowe2026 · NC State University
  • Peter Gingerich2025 · Iowa State University

High school interns

  • Louisa ZhuMIT
  • Marwan MikdadiUniversity of Michigan
  • Brandon Lin
  • Ava Kadi
Photos
Group members in Geaux Chemical Engineering shirts in the lab. Group members at a conference poster. Three group members in the lab. Titilayo Oluwole presenting a poster. Group members at a WISE event. Working in the lab. Running an instrument in the lab. Group dinner.

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