Biography

Lauren got her B.S. from UC Santa Barbara in Geography and worked for the Moorea Coral Reef LTER as an intern doing research on species-specific patterns in herbivory across the lagoons of Moorea. 

Research Area

Lauren is interested in how pulse disturbances shape community structure in coral reef ecosystems. Her research will focus on how a gradient of grazing pressure interacts with nutrient enrichment to influence algal patch dynamics.