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Laura Jackson
Professor, Department of Biology
University of Northern Iowa
Address: Biology Research Complex 35
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
Daytime phone: (319) 266-5468
Email:
Brief biography: She represents the University of Northern Iowa on the Leopold Center Advisory Board. She is professor of biology at the
University of Northern Iowa, and is one of two representatives from
UNI on the Leopold Center advisory board. She received her
bachelor's degree in biology from Grinnell College, and a Ph.D. in
ecology (and a minor in agronomy) from Cornell University.
She teaches courses in ecology and environmental studies and does
research on the restoration of biological diversity in agricultural
landscapes. She is coeditor with Dana Jackson of The Farm as
Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems and Ecosystems (2002)
and has given many presentations on this topic to scientific, farm
organization and general audiences in the United States and
Australia. She has served on the Leopold Center advisory board since
2003.
She is married to Kamyar Enshayan, and they are raising two
daughters.
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