Louisiana Impact Awards Recognizes RAC staff & students
Mon, 09/29/2025 - 9:50am
The RAC is proud to announce that Dr. Courtney Poirier Chicola and students Billy Poirier and Bree Landry are the recipients of the fourth round of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Sustainable Development Research Awards, now transitioning to the Louisiana Impact Awards.
The awards are hosted by Dr. Brian Bolton, of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate School, and the Division of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development.
This round of competition recognizes the work of 11 faculty members and 25 graduate students, as well as several undergraduate students and postdoctoral scholars, for innovative projects spanning disciplines from engineering and computer science to communicative disorders and English.
Dr. Courtney Poirier Chicola – Postdoctoral Researcher, NASA Regional Application Center and Department of Chemistry --- Discovering the Early-Time Photodegradation Mechanisms of Emerging Contaminants in Marine Ecosystems
Billy Poirier, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering major -- STELLA and Beyond: Replicating NASA Satellite & Sensor Technologies
Bree Landry – Undergraduate Student in Environmental Science, Digital Geography, and Researcher with the NASA Regional Application Center ---Tracking Troubled Waters: Community-Based Field Research with the AREN AquaROVER & Roaming with the TerraROVER: Exploring Areas that Can Be Difficult to Access
Faculty Advisors: Rodney Yantis & Dr. Courtney Poirier Chicola
Photo credit: UL Lafayette Graduate School
Pictured: Bree Landry
Pictured: Rodney Yantis, RAC Director
