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Education
2017 – 2022 Doctor of Philosophy, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Dissertation: Community dynamics of the urban pine rockland flora
2016 Master of Science, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Thesis: Phylogenetic signal to invasion and extinction risk in Florida's imperiled pine rockland flora
2013 Bachelor of Science, Biology
Providence College, Providence, RI
Fall 2012 Marine Biology Quarter, Friday Harbor Laboratories
University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA
Publications
Presentations
2022
Awards and Fellowships
2022 Biodiversity Conservation Fellowship, The Institute for Regional Conservation
2022 WEC Outstanding Graduate Research Award, University of Florida
2021 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teaching Award
2020 – 2021 UF Biodiversity Institute Fellowship
2018 WEC Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Florida
2013 Albertus Magnus Award, Providence College
Grants
2018 Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Julia Morton Invasive Plant Research Program
Title: “Evaluating environmental drivers of invasive and endangered species relatedness in
Florida’s globally imperiled pine rocklands.”
2016 Florida Native Plant Society Research Grant
Title: “Improving analyses of diversity in the imperiled Pine Rockland plant community”
Teaching
2022 Computational Problem Solving in Wildlife Ecology Using R, Course Development
2019 Practical Plant Taxonomy Guest Lecturer
2015 – 2020 Introduction to Applied Statistics for Agriculture and Life Science
Institute for Food and Agriculture Sciences (ALS 5932 & STA 6093)
Head Teaching Assistant (Spring 2016 - 2020)
Grading Teaching Assistant (Fall 2015 - 2019)
2014 Wildlife of Florida Lab (WIS 3402L)
Mentoring
2019 – 2021 Robert Feder, University of Florida, Environmental Science 2021
Undergraduate Thesis: Influence of Land Use on Plant Diversity and Fire Frequency
in Pine Rockland Fragments of Miami-Dade County Remains Unclear
2019 – 2020 Piper Boudart, Colorado College, Biology 2020
Advised by Rachel Jabaily
Undergraduate Thesis: Community phylogenetic of lichens in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area of Colorado
2015 – 2017 Allan Gonzalez, University of Florida, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 2016
2017 – 2022 Doctor of Philosophy, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Dissertation: Community dynamics of the urban pine rockland flora
2016 Master of Science, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Thesis: Phylogenetic signal to invasion and extinction risk in Florida's imperiled pine rockland flora
2013 Bachelor of Science, Biology
Providence College, Providence, RI
Fall 2012 Marine Biology Quarter, Friday Harbor Laboratories
University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA
Publications
- Siders, Zachary A., Fabio Prior Caltabellotta, Katherine B. Loesser, Lauren B. Trotta, and Benjamin Baiser. 2023. "Using pictographs as traits to explore morphological diversity in sharks." Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9761
- Montaño-Centellas, Flavia A., Benjamin Baiser, Alicia McGrew, Lauren B. Trotta, Daijiang Li. 2022. "Global patterns and drivers of raptor phylogenetic and functional diversity." Global Ecology and Biogeography.
https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13619 - Siders, Zachary A., Lauren B. Trotta, Fabio Prior Caltabellotta, Katherine B. Loesser, Benjamin Baiser, Robert NM Aherns. 2022. "Functional and phylogenetic diversity of sharks in the Northeastern Pacific." Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14383
- Trotta, Lauren B., Zachary A. Siders, Emily B. Sessa, and Benjamin Baiser. 2021. "The role of phylogenetic scale in Darwin’s Naturalization Conundrum in the critically imperiled pine rockland ecosystem." Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13220.
- Freedman, Zachary B., Alicia McGrew, Benjamin Baiser, Mathilde Besson, Dominique Gravel, Timothée Poisot, Sydne Record, Lauren B. Trotta, and Nicholas J. Gotelli. 2021. "Environment-host-microbial interactions shape the Sarracenia purpurea microbiome at the continental scale." Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3308
- Baiser, Benjamin, Dominique Gravel, Alyssa R. Cirtwill, Jennifer A. Dunne, Ashkaan K. Fahimipour, Luis J. Gilarranz, Joshua A. Grochow, et al. 2019. “Ecogeographical Rules and the Macroecology of Food Webs.” Edited by Marie‐Josée Fortin. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28 (9): 1204–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12925.
- Li, Daijiang, Lauren Trotta, Hannah E. Marx, Julie M. Allen, Miao Sun, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Robert P. Guralnick, and Benjamin Baiser. 2019. “For Common Community Phylogenetic Analyses, Go Ahead and Use Synthesis Phylogenies.” Ecology 100 (9). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2788.
- Trotta, Lauren B., Benjamin Baiser, Jennifer Possley, Daijiang Li, James Lange, Sarah Martin, and Emily B. Sessa. 2018. “Community Phylogeny of the Globally Critically Imperiled Pine Rockland Ecosystem.” American Journal of Botany.https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1168
- Sessa, Emily B., Sally M. Chambers, Daijiang Li, Lauren Trotta, Lorena Endara, J. Gordon Burleigh, and Benjamin Baiser. 2018. “Community Assembly of the Ferns of Florida.” American Journal of Botany 105 (3): 549–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1073.
Presentations
2022
- Trotta, L.B., Z.A. Siders, B. Baiser, J.Possley, and S.W. Woodmansee. Trends in plant community dynamics in urban pine rockland fragments. 2022 Pine Rockland Working Group. Abstract and Video Archive Here.
- Trotta, L.B. Community dynamics of the urban pine rockland flora. Dissertation Defense and Public Seminar. View Here.
- Trotta, L. B., J. Possley, S. Woodmansee, B. Baiser. 23 years of native and invasive community composition in pine rocklands. Poster Presentation. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Daytona Beach Shores, FL. View Here
- Trotta, L. B., E.B. Sessa, J. Possley, J. Lange, S. Martin, Z.A. Siders, D. Li, and B. Baiser. Incorporating pine rockland ecology and evolution across scales. Oral presentation. International Tropical Biology and Pine Rocklands Working Group, Miami, FL.
- Trotta, L. B., B. Baiser, J. Possley, E.B. Sessa. Phylogenetic relatedness of threatened, endangered, and invasive species in Florida’s imperiled Pine Rocklands. Florida Native Plant Society Conference. River Ranch, FL.
- Trotta, L.B., B. Baiser, J. Possley, E.B. Sessa. Phylogenetic signal to invasion and rarity in Florida’s imperiled Pine Rockland flora. Invited Oral presentation. In: Community Ecology of Florida. Symposium at ESA, Ft. Lauderdale. FL.
- Trotta, L.B., B. Baiser, J. Possley, and E.B. Sessa. Phylogenetic signal to invasion and rarity in Florida’s imperiled Pine Rockland flora. Oral presentation. International Tropical Biology and Pine Rocklands Working Group, Miami, FL.
- Trotta, L.B., B. Baiser, J. Possley, and E.B. Sessa. Phylogenetic signal to invasion and rarity in Florida’s imperiled Pine Rockland flora. Oral presentation. Botany, Savannah, GA.
- Trotta, L.B., P. Ewanchuk. Effects of temperature change on two southern New England intertidal consumers. Poster presentation. EPSCoR SURF Poster Session. South Kingstown, RI.
Awards and Fellowships
2022 Biodiversity Conservation Fellowship, The Institute for Regional Conservation
2022 WEC Outstanding Graduate Research Award, University of Florida
2021 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teaching Award
2020 – 2021 UF Biodiversity Institute Fellowship
2018 WEC Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Florida
2013 Albertus Magnus Award, Providence College
Grants
2018 Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Julia Morton Invasive Plant Research Program
Title: “Evaluating environmental drivers of invasive and endangered species relatedness in
Florida’s globally imperiled pine rocklands.”
2016 Florida Native Plant Society Research Grant
Title: “Improving analyses of diversity in the imperiled Pine Rockland plant community”
Teaching
2022 Computational Problem Solving in Wildlife Ecology Using R, Course Development
2019 Practical Plant Taxonomy Guest Lecturer
2015 – 2020 Introduction to Applied Statistics for Agriculture and Life Science
Institute for Food and Agriculture Sciences (ALS 5932 & STA 6093)
Head Teaching Assistant (Spring 2016 - 2020)
Grading Teaching Assistant (Fall 2015 - 2019)
2014 Wildlife of Florida Lab (WIS 3402L)
Mentoring
2019 – 2021 Robert Feder, University of Florida, Environmental Science 2021
Undergraduate Thesis: Influence of Land Use on Plant Diversity and Fire Frequency
in Pine Rockland Fragments of Miami-Dade County Remains Unclear
2019 – 2020 Piper Boudart, Colorado College, Biology 2020
Advised by Rachel Jabaily
Undergraduate Thesis: Community phylogenetic of lichens in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area of Colorado
2015 – 2017 Allan Gonzalez, University of Florida, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 2016