2006��� Ph.D.���� University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI - Oceanography

1998��� B.A.������� Smith College, Northampton, MA - Biological Sciences

Systems ecology, theoretical ecology, primary producers from phytoplankton to macrophytes, ecosystem modeling

2007-Present Assistant Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD

2005-2007 Postdoctoral Scientist, Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

Drake DC, Peterson BJ, Deegan LA, Harris LA, Miller EE, Warren RS. 2008. Plant N Dynamics in Fertilized and Natural New EnglandSalt Marshes: A Paired 15N Tracer Study. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Nixon SW, Buckley BA, Granger SL, Harris LA, Oczkowski AJ, Fulweiler RW,� Cole LW. 2008. �Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to Narragansett Bay: past, present and future. In: A. Desbonnet and B. Costa-Pierce (eds.) Science for Ecosystem-based Estuarine Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. Springer Series in Environmental Management.

Harris, LA.2006.� The Virtual Eelgrass Meadow: A simulation of Zostera marina L. linking physiology to population level processes. University of Rhode Island( USA), 145 pp.

Harris LA, CM Duarte, SW Nixon. 2006. Allometric laws and prediction in estuarine and coastal ecology. Estuaries and Coasts. 29: 340-344��

Harris LA, BA Buckley, SW Nixon, BA Allen. 2004. Experimental studies of predation by bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix in varying densities of seagrass and macroalgae. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 281:233-239

Harris LA, SW Nixon, S Granger, M Traber, B Buckley. 2003. Contribution of sexual reproduction to the growth and development of a New Englandeelgrass (Zostera marina L.) bed. Gulf of MexicoScience. 21: 127

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