La Toya Kissoon
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Research:
- Variations in lake turbidity and phytoplankton biomass: influence of Mn and Si: Postdoc project 1 information
- Cadmium in wetland systems: Postdoc Project 2 information
- Nanoparticles and aquatic plants: growth and uptake: Postdoc project 3 information
Teaching:
BIOL 124: Environmental Science online (Fall 2012, 2013): this course focuses on environmental issues and challenges facing earth and human civilization.
BIOL 150L: Introductory Biology Lab (2008-2010)
PhD conferred: August 2012
- Project: Biogeochemistry of wet ecosystems : from root zone to landscape
- Project Information.
Awards/Grants received:
- International Phyotecnology Society - NIEHS PhytoScholar Award (2013)
- North Central Chapter - Society of Wetland Scientists Student Travel Award (2008, 2011, 2012)
- North Dakota EPSCoR Doctoral Dissertation Assistantship (August 2010 - August 2012)
- 7th Annual Northern Plains Biological Symposium - best paper presentation (April 2010)
- Grants in Aid of Research, Sigma Xi (April 2010)
- Wetland Field Grant, The Wetland Foundation
- Sheila Kath Scholarship, Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University (2007)
Contact information: latoya.kissoon(at)ndsu.edu
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