CURRENT LAB MEMBERS

Qian "Karen" Sun, PI
Assistant Professor of Entomology
Email: qsun@agcenter.lsu.edu
Office: A511 Life Sciences Building
Lab: A505/507 Life Sciences Building
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​Paula Castillo, Ph.D. Student (06/2018-current)
Economic Development Assistantship (2019-2023)
​Project: Morphological and molecular characterization of the olfactory system in termites
Email: pcastillo@agcenter.lsu.edu

Arjun Khadka, Ph.D. Student (06/2020-current)
Project: Molecular basis of social behavior in termites
Email: akhadk6@lsu.edu

​Joseph McCarthy, MS student (06/2019-current)
Residential Life Assistantship (2019-2020)
Project: Social regulation of termite foraging behavior
​Email: jmccarthy@agcenter.lsu.edu

​Steven Richardson, MS student (08/2020-current)
Residential Life Assistantship (2020-2021)
Project: Cuticular hydrocarbon acclimation of termites under environmental conditions
​Email: sric119@lsu.edu​

​Nathan Le, Undergraduate Student (01/2019-current)
LSU CoA Undergraduate Research Grant
Biological Sciences
Project: Characterization of termite antennal sensilla
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LAB ALUMNI

Ryan Nguyen (2019-2020), Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences (recipient of LSU CoA Undergraduate Research Grant) 
Jeremy Zuccaro (2018-19), Undergraduate Student, Electrical Engineering
Michael Hom (2019), Undergraduate Student, Electrical Engineering
Alicia Hoover (2018), Undergraduate Student, ​Interdisciplinary Studies