Dr. Reed is an Professor of Biology at The University of Alabama. Her research focuses on understanding how evolutionary, genetic, and environmental factors interact to shape complex metabolic traits, including diseases like obesity and type-2 diabetes. Laura is also the Program Director of the Genomics Education Partnership.
Alumni
Personnel
Julie Jarnigan, Former Lab Manager
Andrea Moss, Former Lab Manager Katie Bray, Former Research Assistant Lauren Perkins, Former Post-baccalaureate Dr. Clare Scott-Chialvo, Former Postdoctoral Fellow |
Graduate Students
Xiangpei Zeng; PhD Student in Budowle Lab at University of North Texas
Kelly Dew-Budd, MS 2014 Cigdem Tunckanat, MS 2015 Joseph Aicher, MS 2015 Daryll Spangler, MS (Anthropology) 2018 Kelsey Lowman, MS 2018 Katie Sandlin, MS 2019; Genomics Education Partnership Vishal Oza, PhD 2019 Andrei Bombin, PhD 2020 Logan Griffin, MS 2020 |
Undergraduate Students
James Shivers, BS 2011
Taylor Scruggs, BS 2011 Elyse Love, BS 2011 Micah Yoder, BS 2011 Divya Nadella, BS 2013 Nicholas Izor, BS 2013 Dana Davis, BS 2013 Sean Mendez, BS 2014 Joana Hubickey, BS 2014 Leah Leonard BS, 2014 Mat Kieffer, BS 2014 Leigh Ann Pouncey, BS 2014 Jordryn Merriam, BS 2014 Joana Hubickey, BS 2014 Ashley Gilchrist, BS 2015 Christie Tallie, BS 2015 Alison Adams, BS 2015 Ruth Bishop, BS 2016 Andrew Davis, BS 2016 Tanner Hallman, BS 2016 Rachel Hill, BS 2016 John Henderson, BS 2016 Jaron Nix, BS 2016 Michael Moore, BS 2016 Meredith Owens, BS 2016 Levi Miller, BS 2016 Olivia Sorrell, BS 2016 Zavier Mason, BS 2017 Cheyenne Paiva, BS 2017 Beau Schaeffer, BS 2017 Preston Hinkel, BS 2017 Trevor Hearing, BS 2018 Andrew Switzgebel, BS 2018 Laura Mafla, BS 2018 Kara MacIntyre, BS 2018 Brélahn Wyatt, BS 2018 Whitney Beavers, BS 2018 Carson Foster, BS 2018 Maegan McCane, BS 2018 Will Freeman, BE 2018 |
Nelson Brown, BS 2019
Olivia Fish, BS 2019 Nichole Cheatum, BA 2019 Malik Seals, BS 2019 Ryan O'Rourke, BS 2020 Jordan Beveridge, BS 2020 Tyler Hale, BS 2020 Brandon Moye, BE 2020 Sarah-Ashley Giambrone Owen Cunneely, BS 2020 Kira Eickman, BS 2020 Lauren Haynes, BS 2020 Rosemary Hartline, BS 2020 Mengting Su, BS 2020 Abigail Ruesy, BS 2020 Caroline Hart, BS 2021 Sam Hoffman, BS 2021 Bailey Lose, BS 2021 Michelle Tan, BS 2021 Madison Sharp, B.S. 2021 Rachael Cowan, B.S. 2021 Alyssa Koehler, B.S. 2022 Abigail Myers, B.S. 2022 Grace Keirn, B.S. 2022 Anna Grace Price, B.S. 2022 Cole Kiser, B.S. 2022 Alex Hanisak, B.S. 2022 Abbie Giunta, B.S. 2023 Derek Maas, B.S. 2023 Graham Jones, B.S. 2023 John Yordy, B.S. 2023 Jordan Albrecht, B.S. 2023 McKenzie Chamberlain, B.S. 2023 Will McKinney, B.S. 2023 Ines Martinand, B.S. 2023 Sean Shelley-Tremblay, B.A. 2023 Ashley Morgan Jade Miller |