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Graduate Program Coordinator
Dr.
Laursen's research interests are snail/trematode interactions at the ecological
and cellular levels. He is interested in the effects of trematode larvae on
snails and the potential to use parasite assemblages as indicators of habitat
quality (i.e. since trematode larvae harm their host snails, are snails which
are subject to poor quality or polluted habitats more susceptible to trematode-induced
pathology? And if so, are snails from high quality habitats better able to
support more diverse and/or more numerous trematode infections?). He is also
interested in larval trematode development, specifically using snail cell
cultures to support larval trematode development and differentiation in vitro.
Dr. Laursen teaches Parasitology, Immunology, and Animal Diversity. |
