{"id":411,"date":"2026-09-23T11:39:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/?page_id=411"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:39:37","slug":"laila-acquavella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/laila-acquavella\/","title":{"rendered":"Laila Acquavella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1-1600x1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Milkweed-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/lacirino.weebly.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lacirino.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cirino Lab at UMW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/milkweed-herbivores-1-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/milkweed-herbivores-1-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/milkweed-herbivores-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/milkweed-herbivores-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/milkweed-herbivores-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/milkweed-herbivores-1.jpg 1518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illustration of the community of herbivores found on common milkweed made for an undergraduate project at the University of Mary Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 77%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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). <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Herbarium-Research-poster-Laila-Acquavella-1-1024x845.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Herbarium-Research-poster-Laila-Acquavella-1-1024x845.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Herbarium-Research-poster-Laila-Acquavella-1-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Herbarium-Research-poster-Laila-Acquavella-1-767x633.jpg 767w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Herbarium-Research-poster-Laila-Acquavella-1-1536x1267.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Herbarium-Research-poster-Laila-Acquavella-1-50x41.jpg 50w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Herbarium-Research-poster-Laila-Acquavella-1-2048x1690.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Herbarium-Research-poster-Laila-Acquavella-1-1600x1320.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:83% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Campus-Tree-Review-Laila-Acquavella-1-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Campus-Tree-Review-Laila-Acquavella-1-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Campus-Tree-Review-Laila-Acquavella-1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Campus-Tree-Review-Laila-Acquavella-1-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Campus-Tree-Review-Laila-Acquavella-1-1536x1207.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Campus-Tree-Review-Laila-Acquavella-1-2048x1609.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Campus-Tree-Review-Laila-Acquavella-1-50x39.jpg 50w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/salzmanlab\/files\/2026\/09\/Poster-Campus-Tree-Review-Laila-Acquavella-1-1600x1257.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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