Dr. Lauren Carley

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Biography

Lauren Carley is an Assistant Professor in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. Her research interests lie in Ecology and Evolution, focusing on how natural selection shapes intraspecific variation in plant traits and how this variation influences ecological processes such as species interactions, adaptation, population dynamics, and speciation. Carley's work emphasizes the evolution of plant defensive chemistry in the context of environmental change. She holds a PhD in Ecology from Duke University, completed in 2020, and a BA in Biology from Reed College, graduated in 2012.

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