Laura T. Carney
Department of Biology
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182
lcarney@sciences.sdsu.edu
Ph.D. Ecology,
In progress
Joint
Doctoral Program:
University of California, Davis &
San Diego State University
Major Advisor - Matthew
Edwards
M.S. Restoration
Ecology, 2003
University of Washington
Major Advisor - Kern Ewing
B.S. Biology, 1997
Boston College
1993 - 1994 Franklin
College Switzerland
Coursework in English Literature, Italian, Romanticism, and Art History.
July 1992 Independent
Research, Cumberland Island, GA
Assisted Dr. C.R. Shoop in research on Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Sites,
University of Rhode
Island, Department of Biology
Teaching Assistant
2005-current: Biostatistics Laboratory (BIOL 215), San Diego State University
2003-2004: Organismal Biology Laboratory (BIOL 201B), San Diego State
University
2000-2003: Restoration
Ecology Senior Capstone (EHUF 463-464), University of Washington's
Restoration Ecology Network
Student Consultant
Jan-Mar 2002: University of Washington's Design/Build India Program, Auroville,
India
Consulting designer/builder for sustainable building practices and alternative
technolog
Consulting Marine
Ecologist
2001: ENTRANCO, Bellevue, WA
Monitor and report on the shading effects of a temporary bridge on intertidal
salt marsh vegetation and provide guidance for tidal salt marsh mitigation
efforts
Program Associate
1998-2000: The Norman Foundation, New York, NY
Assist in grant management and giving to national organizations working
to promote Environmental Justice, Civil Rights, and Economic Justice.
The
Western Society of Naturalists, student committee (2002-current)
The Phycological Society
of America, student member (2001-current)
The
Northwest Algal Symposium, student member (2001-current)
American Academy of Underwater Scientists
(2001-current)
University of Washington's
Urban Sustainability Group, steering committee (2001-2002)
The Society for Ecological Restoration,
steering committee (2000-2001)
SEASPACE 2007 Scholarship
February 2007: $2,000 award for genetic work with Macrocystis pyrifera
Achievement Awards
for College Scientists (ARCS)
September 2006: $7,500 award for PhD research on seed bank ecology of
kelp forests at San Diego State University
Women's Environmental
Council Scholarship
March 2005: $1,100 award for PhD research on the seed bank ecology of
kelp forests at San Diego State University and University of California,
Davis
University of California,
Bodega Marine Laboratory Travel Award
November 2004: $800 award to fund travel to Bodega Marine Labs to conduct
PhD research
University of California
Block Grant
October 2004 -June 2005: $15,000 award to support coursework at University
of California, Davis
Dec 2002: Clayton
Dale Carlisle Memorial Scholarship
Funding for coursework in sustainable building design, Auroville, India
July 2001: Padilla
Bay Research Assistantship (Washington State Department of Ecology)
$5,000 award for M.S. thesis work on restoration techniques for Nereocystis
luetkeana in Padilla Bay, WA
July 2001: University
of Washington College of Forest Resources Scholarship
Funding for coursework in Marine Algae, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA
June 2001: The Phycological
Society of America's Croasdale Fellowship
Funding for coursework in Marine Algae, Friday Harbor Labs, WA
Feb 2007: Best student
talk, 2nd place - The Northwest Algal Symposium's annual meeting
Talk entitled "The mechanics of delayed development in the microscopic
stages of kelp".
Guest Lectures & Invited Talks
April 2004: The Northwest
Algal Symposium's annual meeting
Talk entitled "Factors limiting the restoration of Nereocystis
luetkeana (bull kelp)".
Nov 2003: The Western
Society of Naturalists' annual meeting
Talk entitled "Factors limiting the restoration of Nereocystis
luetkeana (bull kelp).
Feb 2003: The University
of Washington's Restoration Ecology class Guest Lecture
Lecture entitled "Restoration techniques for canopy kelps on the
West Coast"
Carney, L. T., M.S. Edwards. 2006. Cryptic processes in the sea: A review of delayed development in the microscopic life stages of marine macroalgae. Algae. 21: 161-168. PDF
Carney, L. T., J.R. Waaland, T. Klinger and K. Ewing. 2005. Restoration of the bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana in nearshore rocky habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 302: 49-61. PDF
Carney, L. T. 2003. Factors limiting the restoration of Nereocystis luetkeana (Mertens) Postels et Ruprecht (bull kelp). MS Thesis. University of Washington, Seattle. 84 pp. PDF