I am currently seeking graduate and undergraduate students to join my research group.
Please get in touch at LJLarocc@asu.edu
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Laura Larocca, PhD
Lab director & principal investigator
Laura is an Assistant Professor in the School of Ocean Futures and a Senior Global Futures Scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University. She received her PhD at Northwestern University and was a recipient of the NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her work focuses on understanding how the Arctic cryosphere evolves and interacts with other components of the global climate system under sustained warming.
Student mentorship
Current students
Travis Zalesky, ASU PhD student
Travis is a PhD student in the School of Ocean Futures at Arizona State University (beginning Fall 2025).
Hunter Allen, NAU PhD candidate (co-advised with Darrell Kaufman, Nick Mckay, and Erik Schiefer)
Hunter is a PhD student in Earth Science & Environmental Sustainability at Northern Arizona University. He is researching proglacial lakes in Alaska, using rockflour as a proxy for glacial change in the Holocene.
Eli Allred, NAU MSc student (co-advised with Nick Mckay and Darrell Kaufman)
Eli is an Environmental Science & Policy Masters Student (ES&P) in the School of Earth & Sustainability at Northern Arizona University. He is researching proglacial Summit Lake in Alaska.
Taylor Schultz, NAU undergraduate student (co-advised with Nick Mckay)
Taylor is completing her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with an Emphasis in Climate at Northern Arizona University. Taylor is using glacial landforms identified in high-resolution satellite imagery to map the LIA extents of glaciers across Alaska.
Former students
Sydney Parkinson (2024-2025; Undergraduate research assistant, Arizona State University).
Mason Merillat (2024-2025; Undergraduate research assistant, Arizona State University).
Megan Phillips (2022-2023; Capstone research project, Northern Arizona University).
Jeremy Brooks (2019-2022; Undergraduate research grant and senior thesis project, Northwestern University). Jeremy is now a PhD candidate at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Regan Steigleder (2018-2019; Laboratory assistant, Northwestern University)
Christine Lee (2018; Laboratory assistant, Northwestern University)
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