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EDUCATION
PhD, Ecology (expected 2019) University of California, Davis
Co-Advisors: Andrew Latimer & Susan Harrison
Dissertation: The direct and indirect effects of climate change on native forb persistence
BA, summa cum laude, International Studies (2010) University of California, San Diego
Concentration: Italian Studies, Economics
Minor: Biology
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Center for Population Biology Research Award, UC Davis, 2018
Hardman Foundation Award, UC Davis, 2018
Center for Population Biology Collaborative Seed Grant, UC Davis, 2017
Davis Botanical Society Student Research Grant, 2017
Northern California Botanist Travel Scholarship, 2016
California Invasive Plant Council Poster Award, runner up, 2016
Natural Areas Conference Student Poster Award, runner up, 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015
Henry A. Jastro Research Grant, UC Davis, 2015
The Nature Conservancy Oren Pollak Grasslands Research Grant, 2015
Natural Reserve System Grant, UC Davis, 2015
Graduate Student Association Travel Award, UC Davis, 2015
Henry A. Jastro Research Grant, UC Davis, 2014
Department of Plant Sciences Graduate Fellowship (8 quarters), UC Davis, 2013
Graduate Group in Ecology Fellowship (4 quarters), UC Davis, 2013
Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Section, Undergraduate Research Symposium, UCSD, 2010
Thurgood Marshall College Distinguished Senior Service Award, UC San Diego, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
LaForgia, M., M. Spasojevic, E. Case, A. Latimer, S. Harrison. 2018. Seed banks of native forbs, but not
exotic grasses, increase during extreme drought. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.2160
Harrison, S., M. LaForgia, A. Latimer. 2017. Climate-driven diversity change in annual grasslands: drought
plus deluge does not equal normal. Global Change Biology: 00:1–10.
McFarland, E., M. LaForgia, M. Yepsen, D. Whigham, A. Baldwin, M. Lang. 2016. Plant biomass and
nutrients (C, N and P) in natural, restored and prior converted depressional wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic
Coastal Plain, U.S. Folia Geobotanica: 1-17.
Cook-Patton, S., M. LaForgia & J. D. Parker. 2014. Positive feedback between enemies and plant diversity
shape forest regeneration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281.
Yepsen, M., A. Baldwin, D. Whigham, E. McFarland, M. LaForgia, M. Lang M. 2014. Agricultural wetland
restorations achieve diverse native wetland plant communities but differ from natural wetlands.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 197:11-20.
AFFILIATIONS
Center for Population Biology, UC Davis (Affiliate)
California Invasive Plant Council (Student Liaison, member)
Northern California Botanists Association (member)
California Native Grassland Association (member)
Graduate Women in Science (member)
UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING
Lucia Yu (2018), Angela Carreras (2018), Vyvy Ha (2018), Emily Schoeborn (2017), Hannah Kang (2017),
Amy Tims (2017), Shannon Mcgraw (2017), Nydia Mora (2017), Vivian Connolly (2017), Bethany Beyer
(2017), Rebecca Serata (2017), Xinyu Ma (2017), Greg Hester (2017), Madison Boynton (2016), Lizbeth
Olvera (2016), Mayra Pelagio (2016), Sasha Vafaei (2016), Joshua Quintanilla (2016), Minh Le (2016), Maura
Cardenas (2016), Brenden Mitchum (2016), Michael Bancroft (2016), Taylor Blevins (2015), Noreen Brar
(2015), Rene Walker (2015), Shilpa Iyer (2015), Erin Gawel (2015), Cole Caceres (2015), Lillian McDougall
(2015), Allen Hunyh (2015), Anna Erway (2015), Deanna McNurlan (2014), Evania Robles (2014)