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: Laura.L.Jackson@uni.edu

Brief biography: 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.