PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Laura P. Lagomarsino
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2015
B.S., University of California- Berkeley, 2008
I'm a new Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and proud Director of the Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University. I'm also a botanist and evolutionary biologist— in that order.

Download a full version of my CV here!
POSTDOCS
We currently do not have any postdocs. Stay tuned!
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Janet K. Mansaray (start Fall 2018)
B.S., Howard University (2017)
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Janet has bravely signed on to be the lab's first PhD student! Janet comes to us with substantial experience in herbarium curation and plant systematics, hard earned via undergraduate research in Janelle Burke's lab and as the Flora of Pennsylvania intern at the Morris Arboretum. Janet will be supported by a Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship from LSU— Congrats, Janet!

​Stay tuned to learn more about her dissertation research.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
Henry Crull
expected graduation, 2018

Henry is generating images of pollen from herbarium specimens of Centropogon, as well as museum specimens of specialized hummingbird pollinators. He received an LSU Discover research grant to support his research. Congrats, Henry!
 Lauren Frankel
expected graduation, 2018 (Grinnell College)

Lauren is visiting the lab from Grinnell College (Iowa) and is being co-mentored by Brant Faircloth. She is analyzing phylogenomic data from across the centropogonid clade, including at a phylogeographic scale among three species of Bolivian Centropogon. She is as busy making the cluster whirr as she is winning running races around Baton Rouge this summer! She is supported by an internship from Grinnell College.
LAB ALUMNI
Lauren A. Eserman
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2017
M.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2012
B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2009

Lauren was the lab's first postdoc and was with us from August 2017–February 2018. Before moving to her current position as lab manager at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Lauren played a crucial role in setting up the lab and generating our first data— on her favorite plant group, morning glories, nonetheless! We'll miss her, but her legacy will live on in the lab's organization and protocols.
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Learn more about Lauren at her personal website!