Louisiana Sea Grant College Program

Louisiana Sea Grant Extension Personnel

Program Leader

Michael Liffmann
Associate Executive Director
Louisiana Sea Grant
234 Sea Grant Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7507
mikelif@lsu.edu
225-578-6290 (ph)
225-578-6331 (fx)

Extension Agents

David Bourgeois
Assistant Area Agent, Fisheries
Lafourche & Terrebonne Parishes
LSU AgCenter Research & Extension
Louisiana Sea Grant Marine Extension Program
dbourgeois@agctr.lsu.edu
Lafourche office (T,Th)
101 W. 112th Street
Cut Off, LA 70345
985-632-6852 (ph)
985-632-8653 (fx)
Terrebonne office (M,W,F)
511 Roussell Street
Houma, LA 70360
985-873-6495 (ph)
985-850-4620 (fx)

Rusty Gaudé
Associate Area Agent, Fisheries
Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Orleans Parishes
LSU AgCenter
479 F Edward Hebert Boulevard
Belle Chasse, LA 70037
agaude@agctr.lsu.edu
504-433-3664 (ph)
504-392-2448 (fx)

Thomas Hymel
South Central Watershed & GIS Specialist
Iberia Research Station
608 LSU Bridge Road
Jeanerette, LA 70544
thymel@agctr.lsu.edu
337-276-5527 (ph)
337-276-9088 (fx)

Kevin Savoie
Area Agent, Natural Resources
Calcasieu/Lower Sabine Watersheds
LSU AgCenter & Louisiana Sea Grant
1225 Hodges Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
ksavoie@agctr.lsu.edu
337-491-2065 (ph)
337-475-8812 (fx)

Mark Schexnayder
Regional Coastal Advisor
LSU AgCenter
6640 Riverside Drive, Suite 200
Metairie, LA 70003
mschexnayder@agctr.lsu.edu
504-838-1170 (ph)
504-838-1175 (fx)  

Mark Shirley
SW Regional Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Specialist
Vermillion Parish Extension Service Office
1105 West Port Street
Abbeville, LA 70510
mshirley@agctr.lsu.edu
337-898-4335 (ph)
337-849-9322 (fx)

R. Glenn Thomas, Ph.D.
Associate Area Agent, Fisheries
LSU AgCenter Extension/ Sea Grant Advisory
500 Main St. Room 314
Franklin LA 70538
gthomas@agcenter.lsu.edu
337-828-4100 ext. 300 (ph)
337-828-0616 (fx)

Extension Professors

J. David Bankston, Ph.D.
Professor, Food Science
Department of Food Science
121-A Food Science Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
dbankston@agctr.lsu.edu
225-578-5207 (ph)
225-578-5300 (fx)

Jon W. Bell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Seafood Technology
Department of Food Science
111 Food Science Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
jonbell@agctr.lsu.edu
225-578-5190 (ph)
225-578-5300 (fx)

Rex H. Caffey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Wetlands & Coastal Resources
Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
LSU AgCenter & Louisiana Sea Grant
Room 179, Ag. Administration Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5604
rcaffey@agctr.lsu.edu
225-578-2266 (ph)
225-578-2716 (fx)

Jerald Horst
Associate Professor, Fisheries
Department of Renewable Natural Resources
Louisiana State University
6640 Riverside Drive, Suite 200
Metairie, LA 70003
jhorst@agctr.lsu.edu
504-838-1170 (ph)
504-838-1175 (fx)

Brian LeBlanc, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Watershed Management & Natural Resources
LSU AgCenter & Louisiana Sea Grant
Hammond Research Station
21549 Old Covington Hwy
Hammond, LA 70403
bleblanc@agctr.lsu.edu
985-543-4129 (ph)
985-543-4136 (fx)

C. Gregory Lutz, Ph.D.
Professor, Aquaculture
Aquaculture Research Station
Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
LSU AgCenter2410 Ben Hur Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70820
glutz@agctr.lsu.edu
225-765-2848 (ph)
225-765-2877 (fx)

Michael Moody, Ph.D.
Professor, Seafood Technology
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
Professor & Head
Department of Food Science
111 Food Science Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4200
mmoody@agcenter.lsu.edu 
225-578-2366 (ph)
225-578-5300 (fx)