Summary
A Lawing is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University who leads the Paleoecology, Evolution, and Climate Lab, studying how ecological and evolutionary processes shape species and communities under environmental change. With a decade of research experience and a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, she blends quantitative modeling, fieldwork, and museum-based studies to analyze morphological variation, geographic distributions, and community composition of reptiles and mammals at regional to global scales. Her work integrates mathematical and biological synthesis from a postdoctoral fellowship at NIMBioS, enabling rigorous cross-scale inference about past and present biodiversity responses to climate. Regular international fieldwork and outreach across the Americas, Europe, and Africa reflect a commitment to empirical discovery and public engagement beyond the academy.
10 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Biology, Master's degree, Biology at The University of Texas at Arlington
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Geological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Geological Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington
Mathematics, Biology, Mathematics, Biology at Del Mar College
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis at University of Tennessee, Knoxville