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| Title | Professor; Undergraduate and Graduate Advisor |
| Department | School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences |
| mwalsh@agcenter.lsu.edu | |
| Address 1 | 110 Sturgis Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 |
| Phone | 225-578-1211 |
Teaching awards
Outstanding
Specialist Award, Louisiana 4-H Youth Development Program 2018
National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Teaching Award Certificate (LSU College of Agriculture), 2015.
Louisiana Science Teacher Association William Craig Outstanding University Educator Award, 2013-2014.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Louisiana Professor of the Year, 2008.
LSU College of AgricultureSedberry Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2006.
Gamma Sigma Delta LSU Chapter Teaching Merit Honor Roll, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.
Tiger Athletic Foundation Teaching Award for Assistant Professor in the LSU College of Agriculture, 2003.
Grants 2014-present
SuSTEMable Agriculture:Integrating Concepts from Sustainable Agriculture into Environmental, Life, and Physical Science Classes. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Maud Walsh, P.I., Jennifer Irving, co-PI. March 1, 2018-February 28, 2021. Professional Development for Secondary Teachers and Education Professionals (PD-STEP) Program grant award [grant no. 2017-06203/project accession no. 1015335] from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
“LSU Superfund Research Program: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P42 ES013648. 2011-2018. (Barry Dellinger, PI., Walsh as one of the co-PIs).
Shining Light on Pollution. Jennifer Irving, PI, Maud Walsh co-PI.
International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). August 2017-July
2018.
The Effects of Hands-on Science Education Activities on Comprehension in Middle School Students. LSU College of Agriculture Undergraduate Research Grant to Grace LeBlanc, Maud Walsh as advisor. July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017.
Investigation of Potentially Hazardous Fine Particulate Matter in Homes: Designing a Sampler for Citizen Use. Louisiana Environmental Education Commission University Research/Education Grant to graduate student John Young, Maud Walsh as advisor. May, 2014-May, 2015.
Peer-reviewed journal articles 2014-present
Walsh, Maud and Irving, Jennifer. 2021. Promoting Sustainable Agriculture Content in Science Classes through Professional Development for Teachers. NACTA Journal 65 (Nov. 20-Oct 2021): 262-267.
Oehler, D. Z., Walsh, M.M., Sugitani, K. Liu, M-C, and House, C.H. 2017. Large and robust lenticular microorganisms on the young Earth. Precambrian Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.04.031
Gillett, Carly, Fontenot, Kathryn, Bush, Edward, Walsh, M., and Johnson, C. 2017.Summer Camp Garden Project: An Opportunity to Grow the Next Generation of Horticulturists. Horticultural Technology 27(1): 114-120. 10.21273/HORTTECH03572-16
Fontenot, K.K., Bush, E.W. , R. J. Portier, R.J. B. A. Meyer, B.A., Jeffrey S. Beasley, J.S., and Walsh, M.M. 2014. Determining an Optimum Tree Species for the Phytoremediation of Cumene and 4-Cumylphenol in Groundwater. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. Vol. 32; Issue 4.
Walsh, M. and Wicks, C. 2014. "Introducing Transdisciplinary Problem Solving to Environmental Management Systems and Geology Students through a Case Study of Disturbed Coastal Systems" Journal of College Science Teaching 43(3)48-53.
Magazine article
Walsh, Maud and Irving, Jennifer. 2020. Planting Seeds for Sustainable Agriculture in Science Class. Louisiana Agriculture, Fall, 2020 63(4): 36-37.
Edited book
2008. From Fossils to Astrobiology: Records of Life on Earth and the Search for Extraterrestial Biosignatures. Volume 12 CELLULAR ORIGINS, LIFE IN EXTREME HABITATS AND ASTROBIOLOGY Springer, 546 p
Conference proceedings and published meeting abstracts 2014-present
Homann, M., Lalond, S.F, Van Zuilen, M., Gong, J., Patry, L., Hayes, J.A., Walsh, M., Lowe, D.R., and Byerly, G.R. 2020. New Insights on the biogenicity of South Africa’s oldest stromatolites. Proceedings of the Goldschmidt Conference 2020. https://doi.org/10.46427/gold2020.1053
Walsh, Maud and Irving, Jennifer. 2020.Promoting Agricultural Content in Science Classes through Science Teacher Workshops. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture 2020 Virtual Conference, June 18-20, 2020. NACTA Journal Abstracts 62 (Suppl. 1: 84).
Reams, M., Walsh, M., Lomnicki, S., Dugas, T.,.Cormier, S., Dellinger, B., Orr, M., Subra, W., Paille, B. and Toscano, B. 2015.. Engaging Community Partners and Public Agencies in the Scientific and Regulatory Challenges Associated with an Emerging Contaminant: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Poster presented at the Superfund Research Program 2015 Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Palmer, K., Paille, B., Dupre, B., Young, J., Toscano, B., Domingue, S., Reams, M. and Walsh, M. 2014. LSU Superfund Research Program Community Partnerships for Research Translation and Community Engagement. Poster presented at the Superfund Research Program 2014 Annual Meeting, San Jose, California.
Walsh, M., Palmer, K., Young, J., Dupre, B. 2014. LSU Superfund Research Center’s Science Communication (Research Translation). Poster presented at The Central & Eastern Europe Conference on Health and the Environment, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Oehler, D.Z, Walsh, M.M., Sugitani, K., and House, C. 2014. Spindle-Shaped Microstructures: Potential Models for Planktonic Life Forms on Other Worlds. 4th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Program and Abstracts.1254-1255.
ResearchGate profile with publications:
I teach EMS 1011-Environment and Technology: Perspective on Environmental Problems, which covers basic scientific principles, environmental problems and solutions, ecology, societal issues, policy; EMS/AGRO/HORT 2011-Analysis of Environmental Issues, an introduction to reading, writing and speaking in the sciences, EMS 3040-Applied Environmental Management, which focuses on applying, integrating, and communicating scientific, legal, and social information in managing environmental resources, and EMS 3050 Environmental Regulations and Compliance . These classes are certified as communication-intensive courses by the LSU Communication across the Curriculum program and incorporate service-learning with community partners. I also oversee student internships (AGRO 3090 and EMS 3090 and teaching practicums for graduate students (AGRO/ EMS/HORT 7010) and direct independent projects (EMS 4999).
I am the Undergraduate Advisor for Environmental Management Systems majors and the Graduate Advisor for the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in the School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences.
As a member of the Faculty Council for the College of Agriculture Residential College, I engage students interested in the environment in their community through field trips and service activities on and off-campus. I am an Associate Dean in the Gordan A.Cain Center for STEM Literacy and part of the STEM Pathways team. I am interested in mentoring girls and women in science and am a faculty member in the Women's and Gender Studies program at LSU and a lecturerfor the Association for Women Geoscientists.
2012-present Professor, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University
2007-2012 Associate Professor, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University
2001-2007 Assistant Professor, Agronomy & Environmental Management (now Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences) Louisiana State University
1997-2001 Research Assistant Professor (part-time), Environmental Studies, Louisiana State University
1989-1997 Research Associate (part-time), Environmental Studies, Louisiana State University
The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture
