General Information

Goals of the Academy

• To unite the scientists of Louisiana for the purpose of encouraging research and education in all branches of science.
• To encourage and conduct scientific discussions; to publish and disseminate scientific material; to conduct all enterprises deemed to promote the causes of science; to foster the applications of science to the problems of humanity.
• To encourage and assist teachers in Louisiana's elementary and secondary schools with the caliber of instruction necessary to generate and maintain an interest in all areas of science.
• To be an active voice representing science in both higher education and K-12 in Louisiana

Membership

• Membership in the Louisiana Academy of Sciences is open to those individuals, organizations, and institutions that are engaged actively in the advancement of science or which provide material assistance to advance the purposes of the academy.  The academy's governing body, the Executive Council, is composed of elected and appointed officers.  If you would like to join the academy, please fill out our membership form and return it with a check for membership dues payable to LAS.  Annual dues are $30.00 for regular members and $15.00 for students.

• The academy's annual meeting is held on the second or third Friday in March.  Scientists from all of Louisiana's public and private colleges and universities are invited to present the results of their research at this meeting.  Abstracts and short papers are published annually in The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences .  The Call for Papers (abstract form) will be mailed to each academy member by October 1st or can be obtained from this web page.

• Contributions (instructions for contributors) reporting original research or observations and analyses dealing with some aspect of natural, physical, or social science generated in or about the State of Louisiana or the South will be considered.  Manuscripts will undergo peer review by two or three experts (national and international).

Notice to Members

• LAS Constitution and Bylaws

During the March 2008 LAS Annual Meeting we will vote on an updated LAS Constitution and Bylaws. Our current state charter contains the original constitution and two amendments (1954 and 1973). Before we can update the LAS Constitution and Bylaws, we must have a two-thirds vote by the membership. Changes have been made to both the Constitution and the Bylaws to bring the Academy up to the 21st Century and to streamline election/voting processes. Please review the LAS Constitution and ByLaws. Point of Contact: Dr. William Dees, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, email: wdees@mcneese.edu, PH: 337-475-5654.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the academy's president at Moustapha Diack.