Laura Nagel

Laura grew up spending her summers in the southern heat teaching horseback riding at Girl Scout camps across central Alabama. Her time at summer camp encouraged a love of nature and ecology and led her to pursue a bachelor’s in Zoology from Auburn University. After graduation, she moved back to Tuscaloosa and joined the NEON Domain 08 team as a temporary technician. Over time, her role evolved into leading the terrestrial observation fauna team for Domain 08 and facilitating the growth and development of young professionals entering the environmental landscape.

Since August 2021, she has occupied a hybrid role for NEON by splitting her time between Domain 08 field science and overseeing the data associated with the ground beetle protocol with the science team at headquarters.