Fredericq, Suzanne
Expert in biodiversity of marine botany, algae, seaweed, and effects of oil spills on marine life
Department of Biology, Professor
(337) 482-1291
Areas of expertise:
- Biodiversity of marine botany
- Marine plants worldwide
- Biology and evolution of algae
- Seaweeds in the Gulf of Mexico and worldwide
- Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on marine life in the Gulf of Mexico
Notable achievements:
- Freeport-McMoRan/Board of Regents Support Fund Professorship for Coastal Biodiversity Research
- research associate, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Professor Award presented by the UL Lafayette Foundation
Research interests:
- impacts of the Deepwater Horizon crude oil spill on the diversity of macroalgae and macrocrustaceans inhabiting deepwater hard banks in the Gulf of Mexico
- phylogeny
- taxonomy
- molecular systematics and biogeography of marine macroalgae in the Gulf of Mexico, and worldwide, especially red algae
- biodiversity
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