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Lara Prihodko is an Assistant Research Professor at the Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence where she specializes in modeling biosphere-atmosphere interactions with particular emphasis on regional to continental scale carbon dynamics, biogeochemistry and land surface characterization. Past research has included characterizing the sensitivity and uncertainty of land surface models due to their parameterization with data assimilation techniques and model parameterization of drought tolerance in the seasonally dry Amazõnian rainforest to improve coupled carbon-climate simulations. Most recently her work has focused on coupled human and natural systems in continental Africa. Current projects include:
Dr. Prihodko received her BA in Archaeology from Boston University in 1990, MA in Geography from the University of Maryland in 1992 and PhD in Ecology from Colorado State University in 2004.