Faculty
Asem I. Abdulahad, Ph.D.
MICHESS Associate Director | PREM PI and Director | Associate Professor
- 504-520-5405
- aabdulah@xula.edu
Michael R. Adams, Ph.D.
Professor
- 504-520-5300
- mradams@xula.edu
Zuzana Baran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- 504-520-5479
- zbaran@xula.edu
Mehnaaz F. Ali
Professor
- 504-520-7378
- mali2@xula.edu
Bryan Bilyeu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- 504-520-5414
- bbilyeu@xula.edu
Teresa Birdwhistell, Ph.D.
ProfessorHead, Chemistry Department
- 504-520-7370
- tbirdwhi@xula.edu
Joseph Chaney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- 504-520-7380
- jchaney@xula.edu
Stassi DiMaggio, Ph.D.
Professor
- 504-520-5706
- scdimagg@xula.edu
Samrat Dutta, Ph.D
Associate Professor
- (504) 520 - 5820
- sdutta@xula.edu
Siddieg Elsiddieg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- 504-520-5472
- selsiddi@xula.edu
Maryam Foroozesh, Ph.D.
Professor
- 504-520-5078
- mforooze@xula.edu
Galina Goloverda, Ph.D.
Professor
- 504-520-5417
- gzgolove@xula.edu
Navneet Goyal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- 504-520-7373
- ngoyal@xula.edu
Kelly Johanson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- 504-520-7610
- kjohanso@xula.edu
Vladimir Kolesnichenko, Ph.D.
Professor
- 504-520-5430
- vkolesni@xula.edu
Candace M. Lawrence, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- 504-520-5718
- clawren2@xula.edu
Lamartine Meda, Ph.D.
MICHESS Director and Principal InvestigatorProfessor
- 504-520-5324
- lmeda@xula.edu
Margo Montgomery-Richardson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- 504-520-5322
- mmontgo@xula.edu
Kathleen M. Morgan, Ph. D.
Professor
- 504-520-5252
- kmmorgan@xula.edu
Kevin Riley, Ph. D.
Professor
- 504-520-5075
- kriley3@xula.edu
Kolade Ojo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- 504-520-5077
- kojo@xula.edu
Jayalakshmi Sridhar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- 504-520-7519
- jsridhar@xula.edu
Florastina Payton-Stewart, Ph.D.
Professor Faculty Administrative Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion
- 504-520-7381
- flpayton@xula.edu
Abha Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- 504-520-5408
- averma1@xula.edu
Guangdi Wang, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
- 504-520-5076
- gwang@xula.edu
Terry J. Watt, Ph.D.
Professor
- 504-520-5271
- tjwatt@xula.edu
Sarah Weaver, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- 504-520-5080
- sweaver1@xula.edu
Heather R Williamson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- (504) 520 - 7372
- hwillia8@xula.edu
OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Nakia Bodley, MA
Academic Advisor
- (504) 520-7382
- nbodley@xula.edu
RESEARCH STAFF
Zhongyuan Huang Ph.D.
- hnu0304@gmail.com
Janet Manono, Ph.D.
Supervisor of the Chemistry Stock Room and Logistics
- (504) 520-5502
- jmanono@xula.edu
Madhusoodanan Mottamal, Ph.D.
Core Scientist
- (504)520-7252
- mmottama@xula.edu
Tulasi Ponnapakkam, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
- (504) 520-6742
- tponnapa@xula.edu
Tasha Toro, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
- 504-520-5358
- ttoro@xula.edu
Qiang Zhang, B.S.
Core Scientist
- (504) 520-5375
- Qzhang1@xula.edu
Shilong Zheng, Ph.D.
Medicinal Chemist, RCMI
- (504) 520-7824
- szheng@xula.edu
Qiu Zhong, Ph.D.
Research Associate
- (504) 520-7681
- qzhong@xula.edu