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Faculty & Staff

Our faculty and staff are leaders in their fields. As subject matter experts and dedicated educators, their passion is for providing students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to become future leaders, thinkers, and doers.

Faculty

 

William M. Chirdon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1998
M.S., Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2000
Ph.D., Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Biomaterials, University of Michigan, 2004
Email: wchirdon@louisiana.edu
Office: 337-482-6564   
Madison Hall, Room 216-B
 

Dilip Depan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
BORSF Bioprocessing Professorship I
B.S., Chemistry, M.D.S. University, India, 2000
M.S., Applied Chemistry, M.D.S. University, India 2002
Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering, National Chemical Laboratory, India 2009
Website: https://ddepan.wixsite.com/beamlab
Email: ddepan@gmail.com, dilip.depan@louisiana.edu
Office: (337) 654-0943  
Madison Hall, Room 218-B
Research Interests: Can be found here
 
 
Ling (Jessica) Fei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chevron Endowed Professorship
B.S., Applied Chemistry, Shantou University, China, 2010
M.S., Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2012
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2014
Group Website: https://sites.google.com/view/fei-lab-ull
Email: ling.fei@louisiana.edu
Madison Hall, Room 218-C
Research Interests: Can be found here

 

 
Dhan Lord B. Fortela, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, 2010
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2016
Email: dhanlord.fortela@louisiana.edu
Office: 337-482-5765
Madison Hall, Room 218-D
 

Rafael Hernandez, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor
J. Madison Nelson/ BORSF Professorship
Associate Director of the Energy Institute of Louisiana

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, 1993
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, 1996
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2002    
Office: 337-482-6062  
Madison Hall, Room 217-D
 
Ashley Mikolajczyk, P.E.
Instructor

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2013
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2020
Email: ashley.mikolajczyk@louisiana.edu
Office: 337-482-5765
Madison Hall, Room 216-A
  Vu Nguyen, Ph.D.
Instructor

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Vietnam National University, H.C.M., Vietnam,  2013
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2020
Ph.D., System Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2024.
Email: vu.nguyen1@louisiana.edu
Office: 218-A
Research Interests: Electrochemistry, Corrosion, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Drilling Optimization, Formation Damage, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage.

 
Brandon Plaisance, E.I.
Instructor
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2013
M.S., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
Email: brandon.plaisance@louisiana.edu
Madison Hall, Room 217-M

 
John C. Prindle, Jr., Ph.D, P.E.
Professor of Practice
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1982
B.S., Mathematics, Texas Tech University, 1983
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989
Email: john.prindle@louisiana.edu
Office: 337-482-1217
Madison Hall, Room 217-J

 

 

Emmanuel Revellame, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines Los Banos, 2001
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2011
Email: erevellame@louisiana.edu
Office: 337-482-5351 Madison Hall 217F

Mark E. Zappi, Ph.D., P.E.
Executive Director of UL Energy Institute of Louisiana
Endowed Chair in Bioprocessing
Professor
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1984
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1991
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1995
Research Interests: Can be found here

Staff

 

 
Timothy Boudreaux
Laboratory Manager
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2015
Email: timothy.boudreaux2@louisiana.edu
Office: 337-482-1221
Madison Hall, Room 217-K
 

 
William “Bill” Holmes
Director of Process Analytics and Process Chemistry
Energy Institute of Louisiana
Email: william.holmes@louisiana.edu
Office: 337-482-2939
Madison Hall, Room 224
 
 
 
 
 

 
Vacant
Administrative Assistant III
Office: 337-482-6562   
Madison Hall, Room 217-A