2026 Lower Mississippi River Science Symposium School of Science and Engineering

The Lower Mississippi River Science Symposium

2026 Planning Committee

Andy Ashley, PE
Acting Director, Science and Technology Office
Mississippi Valley Division
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mead Allison, PhD, Professor
Tulane River Coastal Science and Engineering Department
meadallison@tulane.edu

Barbara A. Kleiss, PhD, Research Professor
Tulane Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering
bkleiss@tulane.edu

Kim Lutz, Executive Director
Americas Watershed Initiative
Kim.Lutz@americaswatershed.org

Heidi Mehl, PhD, Director
Water and Agriculture Programs, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
heidi.mehl@TNC.ORG

Ehab Meselhe, PhD, PE, Professor and Chair
Tulane Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering
emeselhe@tulane.edu

Bryan Piazza, PhD, Director
Freshwater and Marine Science
The Nature Conservancy, Louisiana
bpiazza@TNC.ORG

Angie Rodgers, Project Leader
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Angeline_Rodgers@fws.gov

Kelly Suttles, Senior Research Analyst, Climate-Smart Agriculture
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
ksuttles@edf.org

David Welch
Development and Operations Hydrologist
NOAA
david.welch@noaa.gov