Alumni Spotlight!

M.P. Hayes, 2016, was just awarded a prestigious 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Grant.

M.P. currently is working on his doctoral degree in chemistry at LSU. He was one of 2000 graduate students from across the nation to receive the award from an applicant pool of 12,000. His research, which will create a synthetic soil, considers the negative effect of pesticides and their run-off that harm the environment. For details, read an overview of his research grant proposal.

M.P. noted that "one of the reviewers made a comment about my outreach in the LEAP mentoring program." SHC and LEAP are proud of his accomplishments.