Team

Prof. McPeak received his B.S. from Northwestern University, Ph.D. from Drexel University with Jason B. Baxter, and postdoc at ETH Zurich with David J. Norris. He is a recent recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award and the LSU Rising Early Career Researcher. 

Hometown: Cabinda, Cabinda, Angola
Project: Nanoparticles for Bioimaging
Bio: Originally from Angola in Central Africa, Luis had the opportunity to graduate from the University of Houston with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. After completing his bachelor's, Luis wanted to obtain a Ph.D. in the same discipline to better aid people from underprivileged backgrounds in obtaining higher education. Luis chose LSU primarily due to his desire to stay in the South, motivated by the local climate and cuisine. Luis synthesizes plasmonic and chiral nanoparticles for medical applications using bottom-up fabrication techniques in the McPeak lab.  

Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
Project: Chiral Nanoparticles
Bio: MaCayla Caso has been passionate about science since she was very young. During her time in high school, she visited LSU and was able to sit in on a chemical engineering lecture. This solidified what major she wanted as she went into her undergraduate degree and helped guide her to what she wanted in a career. She hopes to become a research professor and encourage other women engineers to pursue their dream.

Hometown: Greenville, MS
Project: Photocatalytic Water Disinfection
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Project: Machine Learning Algorithms for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Characterization of Sugar Cane (Collaboration with Audubon Sugar Institute)
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Hometown: Cali, Columbia
Project: Emergent properties of noble-transition metal alloys
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Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
Project: Photocatalytic Water Disinfection
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