Illustration showing the common milkweed growth cycle made for an undergraduate research project at University of Mary Washington developing a lab rearing technique for milkweed that is used in studies of milkweed herbivore communities. The resulting technique is still used in the Cirino Lab at UMW.
Illustration of the community of herbivores found on common milkweed made for an undergraduate project at the University of Mary Washington.
Research poster showing the process and results of geolocating herbarium samples lacking GPS coordinates. Working with Dr. April Wynn, Laila used her arcGIS skills to establish a repeatable protocol for the non-geolocated sheets at the University of Mary Washington Herbarium (MWCF).
Research poster showing the process and results of the first tree survey at the University of Mary Washington. Using arcGIS, Laila led a project identifying and documenting all trees on the campus working with Dr. Alan Griffith.