College & Departmental Facilities

The College of Science includes the following units:

Biological Sciences

• MD Socolofsky Microscopy Center

Chemistry

• Mass Spectrometry Facility
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility

Physics & Astronomy

• Physics Machine Shop

Associated Research & Educational Facilities

• The Cain Center
  The Cain Center provides leadership in interdisciplinary educational research and practices that support and enhance literacy in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

• Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD)
  CAMD is a 1.3 GeV synchrotron for energy and environmental materials characterization, biomedical and health research, and microstructure fabrication.

• Center for Computational Technology (CCT)
  CCT provides high-performance computing resources for LSU, regional and international researchers.

• Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)
  LIGO is working to detect gravity waves, predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity.

• Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
  LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy collaborates with MBPCC in a joint educational and research program in Medical Physics.

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC)
  Pennington is involved in researching the connection between nutrition and health.