Department Chairs

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Biomedical Engineering

Michael Moore
Professor and Chair
mooremj@tulane.edu

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Cell and Molecular Biology

Laura Schrader
Professor and Chair
schrader@tulane.edu

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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Henry "Hank" Ashbaugh
Professor and Chair
hanka@tulane.edu

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Chemistry

Bruce C. Gibb
Professor and Chair
bgibb@tulane.edu

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Computer Science

Lu Peng
Professor, Yahoo! Founder, and Interim Chair
lpeng3@tulane.edu

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Earth and Environmental Sciences

Kyle Straub
Professor and Chair
kmstraub@tulane.edu

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sunshine Van Bael
Professor and Chair
svanbael@tulane.edu

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Mathematics

Michelle Lacey
Professor and Chair
mlacey1@tulane.edu

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Neuroscience

Matthew Dalva
Professor, Director of the Tulane Brain Institute, and Phyllis M Taylor Presidential Chair
mdalva@tulane.edu

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Physics and Engineering Physics

Ryan Glasser
Professor and Chair
rglasser@tulane.edu

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Psychology

Janet Ruscher
Professor and Chair
ruscher@tulane.edu

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Psychology

Esther Calzada
Incoming Professor and Chair (Starts August 16, 2026)

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River-Coastal Science and Engineering

Ehab Meselhe
Professor and Chair
emeselhe@tulane.edu