Laura Ladwig
Title:
PhD Candidate
Email Address:
Office Address:
CERIA 308
Education:
M.S., Biology, Eastern Illinois University, 2009
B.A., Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
Research Interests:
Laura is interested in the influence of human mediated disturbances on plant community dynamics and ecosystem processes. The main community drivers she investigates include nitrogen deposition, fire, and altered precipitation regimes and her dissertation research is focused in semiarid grass and shrublands of the Sevilleta NWR in central New Mexico. Laura is also interested in how plant-microbe interactions change with regards to altered disturbance regimes.
Professional Experience:
Research Technician, University of North Carolina - Institute of Marine Sciences
Laboratory Technician, College of William & Mary - Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
Courses Taught:
Plant & Animal Form & Function lab, BIOL-204L, University of New Mexico
TA for Plant Community Ecology, BIOL-475, University of New Mexico
Molecular and Cellular Biology lab, BIOL-201L, University of New Mexico
Genetics lab, BIOL-202L, University of New Mexico
Introductory Biology for Medical Majors, BIOL-124L, University of New Mexico
