Lucas Connor Webster
is an Assistant Professor and Rice Extension Weed Specialist at Louisiana State University. Webster began scouting cotton, corn, soybean and wheat fields as a 14-year-old, identifying weeds and collecting soil samples on weekends and working around football and baseball practices in the summers.
Webster earned his bachelor’s in agronomy at Auburn University and served as president of the agronomy and soils club. After graduating from Auburn in 2017, Webster attended graduate school at LSU and concentrated on weed science. Webster enjoyed the task of identifying weeds when working with his father, and his interest only increased while in college. He finished his master’s degree in two years and his doctorate three years later, serving for one year as a research associate.
His three-way appointment involves teaching in the LSU College of Agriculture, research and extension work with rice producers. In his research and extension work, Webster deals with the two primary weed threats that rice farmers face with red rice and barnyardgrass.
