Prior to her career as a coastal community ecologist, Dr. La Valle was a middle school science teacher in New York, where she cultivated a passion for teaching. Dr. La Valle is equally passionate for her research interests which span: effects of urbanization and development on coastal communities, coral reef ecology, effectiveness of marine protected areas, intertidal ecology, sustainable and equitable coastal practices, marine resource management, and data science. Dr. La Valle’s lab members can often be found both frolicking and struggling in the ocean, analyzing data in the lab, and practicing how to communicate their science to a wide range of audiences.
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Areas of Interests
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