How Core Facilities Serve Students at LSU
Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Kevin McPeak discusses the benefits of undergraduate and graduate students working together in state-of-the-art facilities.
Louisiana Light Source
Lighting Your Way to Analytical Insights
LSU’s synchrotron capabilities place its users at the forefront of materials characterization, enabling researchers to probe matter at the atomic scale with extraordinary precision. By generating intense, tunable X-ray beams, Louisiana Light Source accelerates discoveries in critical minerals processing, semiconductors, advanced materials, and more—transforming Louisiana and the region into a hub for frontier scientific research with real-world industrial impact.
As a research core facility, Louisiana Light Source serves all of LSU under the Office of Research & Economic Development.
1 of 2
university-owned and operated synchrotrons in the U.S.
1 of 6
synchrotron facilities in the nation
1,000
times brighter than university XPS instruments, with tunable photon energy
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