Eric Snyder

Review of Pennington Biomedical

2000-2004: At the time, it had a good research pro...

2000-2004: At the time, it had a good research program in obesity genetics. The research facilities were about 3-5 years behind industry standards but adequate for most purposes. Pennington had/has a significant endowment, which covered non-research facilities and administrative staff. However, all researchers depended on soft money, although overhead on grants was relatively small (<<50 ). Junior faculty were treated with respect, something I didn't appreciate until I moved to VaTech.
IMHO, it's major fault was poor integration the main LSU campus. It was 4-5mi down the road with no shuttle service (and practically no parking w/o paying for a separate pass). This made collaborations difficult to maintain and even harder to initiate.
This info is 15 years old so things may well have improved.