Office of the President
Welcome
System President
Wade Rousse, PhD
Louisiana State University's Next President
The LSU Board of Supervisors has appointed Wade Rousse, Ph.D., as the President of the LSU System. Dr. Rousse is a Louisiana native who brings decades of experience across higher education, the business world, and deep research in the area of economics.
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Celebrating a Year of Wins
Powering Solutions for Louisiana
Under university leadership, Louisiana has made strides to power solutions for Louisiana's toughest problems.
Read on to learn more about LSU's progress.
Scholarship First in Action
In 2025, LSU researchers took on Louisiana’s most urgent challenges—and pushed the boundaries of discovery far beyond our state’s borders, delivering bold solutions rooted in ingenuity, collaboration, and a deep commitment to improving lives.
Cases of Vibrio vulnificus bacterial infection are on the rise, especially in Louisiana and Florida. LSU researchers have now published new forecasting models in the journal Water Research that reveal what is driving surging Vibrio vulnificus infections.
Five LSU researchers are included in Clarivate’s list of Highly Cited Researchers of 2025, having demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research, based on citations of their published papers and expert judgement of their research impact.
Zuo “George” Xue, a professor in the LSU College of the Coast & Environment, reflects on the future of flood forecasting and innovations in how we protect our coastal communities in the face of intensifying storms.
LSU assistant professor and researcher Aaron Bivins' lab recently published results from its deployment of a low-cost passive wastewater sampler that uses small pellets of activated charcoal to capture microorganisms from water for testing.
Dr. Juhee Haam is an assistant professor in LSU’s Department of Biological Sciences, whose research focuses on understanding memory and identifying brain health factors critical to preserving memory. She says sleep quality is critical for memory formation and preservation.