Dr. Lauren Ruane, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Harvard University
B.S.   Tufts University

Office: Mary Forbes Hall, 1016
Phone: 757.594.0838
Email: lauren.ruane@cnu.edu

Teaching Areas

BIOL 111: Plants and People

BIOL 213: Principles of Biology III

BIOL 395: Island Biology and Experimental Design

BIOL 496: Sustainable Agriculture Internship (service-learning at a local farm)

Biology of Plants and Fungi

Research Interests

• Plant evolutionary ecology
• Local adaptation of plants to extreme environments
• Conservation biology of plants
• Relationship between plants and mycorrhizal fungi