Southeastern review panel rejects complaint from researcher removed from Lake Maurepas study

By: Wesley Muller

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: March 6, 2026

Words: 947

Last Updated: 4 days, 6 hours ago

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HAMMOND — A Southeastern Louisiana University faculty grievance committee has ruled against reinstating a chemistry professor who was abruptly removed last year from a high-profile research project examining pollution in Lake Maurepas.

The committee’s recommendation means Professor Fereshteh Emami will not return as a researcher on the study, which is funded by Air Products, an industrial gas and chemical manufacturer seeking to store carbon dioxide from its Ascension Parish facilities beneath the lakebed.

Although …

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