Laura Chaves | Escavador

Formação acadêmica

Doutorado em Plant Biology

2006 - 2014

Rutgers University
Título: Evaluation of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) as a Bioenergy Feedstock for the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic USA
Orientador: Stacy Bonos
Bolsista do(a): Graduate Assistantship from advisor.

Graduação em Plant Science

2002 - 2006

Rutgers University
Bolsista do(a): .

Curso técnico/profissionalizante

2001 - 2002

Rochester Community and Technical College

Idiomas

Inglês

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Espanhol

Compreende Pouco, Fala Pouco, Lê Pouco, Escreve Pouco.

Português

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Razoavelmente, Lê Razoavelmente, Escreve Razoavelmente.

Francês

Compreende Pouco, Fala Pouco, Lê Pouco, Escreve Pouco.

Áreas de atuação

Grande área: Ciências Biológicas / Área: Botânica.

Participação em eventos

Twenty-Third Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Breeding Switchgrass for Anthracnose Resistance. 2014. (Simpósio).

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings. Potential for Genetic Improvement of Resistance to Anthracnose in Switchgrass. 2013. (Congresso).

Twenty-Second Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Breeding Perennial Grasses for a Sustainable Future. 2013. (Simpósio).

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings. Germination and Emergence in Three Switchgrass Cultivars Divergently Selected for Seed Weight. 2012. (Congresso).

Sixth International Crop Science Congress. Bioenergy Characteristics in Fifty Switchgrass Clones Grown on Prime and Marginal Land. 2012. (Congresso).

Twenty-First Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Improvements in Breeding for Disease Resistance in Bentgrass Using Classical and Molecular Approaches. 2012. (Simpósio).

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings. Biomass Yield and Energy Characteristics of Switchgrass Cultivars Grown in New Jersey. 2011. (Congresso).

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings. Broad Sense Heritability of Bioenergy Traits in 50 Switchgrass Clones on Marginal Land. 2011. (Congresso).

Twentieth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Evaluation of Bioenergy Characteristics of Fifty Switchgrass Clones on Prime and Marginal Soils in New Jersey. 2011. (Simpósio).

Twentieth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Comparison of Switchgrass Stand Establishment in Marginal vs. Prime Farmland in Seven States. 2011. (Simpósio).

2011 Atlantic Coast Agricultural Convention and Trade Show.Research Update on Switchgrass and Miscanthus as Bioenergy Crops in New Jersey. 2011. (Simpósio).

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings. Comparison of Switchgrass Cultivars and Corn for Bioenergy Production in New Jersey. 2010. (Congresso).

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings. Field Experimentation of Miscanthus x Giganteus Growth in KY, NE, and NJ, and Validation of Biomass Crop Model, BioCro. 2010. (Congresso).

Seventh Eastern Native Grass Symposium.Comparison of Switchgrass Cultivars and Corn Grown as Bioenergy Feedstocks in New Jersey. 2010. (Simpósio).

Nineteenth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Yield Comparison of Four Switchgrass Cultivars and Corn Grown in New Jersey. 2010. (Simpósio).

Nineteenth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Breeding Bentgrass Species for Improved Disease Resistance and Stress Tolerance. 2010. (Simpósio).

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings. Evaluation of Bioenergy Traits in Ten Populations of Switchgrass Grown in New Jersey. 2009. (Congresso).

Sun Grant Initiative Energy Conference.Breeding Switchgrass for Improved Productivity on Marginal Land in the Northeastern US. 2009. (Simpósio).

Eighteenth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Characterization of Bioenergy Traits in Ten Populations of Switchgrass Grown in New Jersey. 2009. (Simpósio).

Eighteenth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Characterization of Anthracnose Disease of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Caused by a Novel Species of the Fungus Colletotrichum. 2009. (Simpósio).

Eighteenth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Breeding Perennial Grasses for Biofuel in New Jersey. 2009. (Simpósio).

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Meetings. Genetic Diversity of Switchgrass Populations Grown in New Jersey. 2007. (Congresso).

Sixteenth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium.Genetic Diversity of Switchgrass Populations in the Northeast. 2007. (Simpósio).

Fifth Tripartite Workshop in Biotechnology and BioEnergy.Switchgrass An Emerging Alternative Energy Crop. 2007. (Oficina).

Fifth Tripartite Workshop in Biotechnology and BioEnergy.Ethanol Production from Cellulosic Materials. 2007. (Oficina).

Fifth Eastern Native Grass Symposium.Genetic Diversity of Switchgrass Populations in the Northeast. 2006. (Simpósio).

Produções bibliográficas

CORTESE, LAURA M. ; HELSEL, Z. R. ; BONOS, STACY A. . Biomass Energy Characteristics of Switchgrass Cultivars Grown in New Jersey. American Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy , v. 3, p. 95-108, 2014.
CORTESE, LAURA M. ; BONOS, STACY A. . Bioenergy Traits of Ten Switchgrass Populations Grown in the Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic USA. BioEnergy Research , v. 6, p. 580-590, 2013.
MAUGHAN, M. ; BOLLERO, G. ; LEE, D.K. ; DARMODY, R. ; BONOS, S. A. ; Cortese, L.M. ; MURPHY, J. ; GAUSSOIN, R. ; SOUSEK, M. ; WILLIAMS, D. ; WILLIAMS, L. ; MIGUEZ, F. ; VOIGT, T. . Miscanthus giganteus productivity: the effects of management in different environments. GCB BIOENERGY , v. 4, p. 253-265, 2012.
Cortese, L.M. ; HONIG, J. ; MILLER, C. ; BONOS, S. A. . Genetic Diversity of Twelve Switchgrass Populations Using Molecular and Morphological Markers. BIOENERG RES , v. 3, p. 262-271, 2010.
CROUCH, J. A. ; BEIRN, L. A. ; Cortese, L.M. ; BONOS, S. ; CLARKE, B. B. . Anthracnose disease of switchgrass caused by the novel fungal species Colletotrichum navitas. Mycological Research (Print) , v. 113, p. 1411-1421, 2009.
Cortese, L.M. ; SMITH, D. A. ; BARRA, R. ; WILSON, M. ; WEIBEL, E. N. ; BONOS, S. A. ; MEYER, W. A. . Performance of fine fescue cultivars and selections in New Jersey turf trials. In: GREEN EXPO Turf and Landscape Conference, 2010, Atlantic City. 2010 Rutgers Turfgrass Proceedings: Research Report, 2010.

Prêmios

2013

Spencer H. Davis Graduate Research Award, Rutgers University.

2011

Peter Selmer Loft Memorial Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2011

Ralph Geiger Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2010

Peter Selmer Loft Memorial Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2010

Ralph Geiger Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2009

Peter Selmer Loft Memorial Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2009

Ralph Geiger Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2008

Peter Selmer Loft Memorial Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2008

Center for Turfgrass Science Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2007

Peter Selmer Loft Memorial Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2007

Ralph Geiger Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2006

Plant Science Excellence Award, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology.

2006

Emma Lausten Horticultural Endowment Graduate Assistantship, Rutgers University.

2006

Peter Selmer Loft Memorial Scholarship, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2005

Gardeners of Watchung Hills Scholarship, Gardeners of Watchung Hills.

2005

New Jersey Chrysanthemum Society Scholarship, New Jersey Chrysanthemum Society.

2005

Class of 1954 Alumni Award, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science.

2004

Gardeners of Watchung Hills Scholarship, Gardeners of Watchung Hills.

2003

Gardeners of Watchung Hills Scholarship, Gardeners of Watchung Hills.

2001

Phi Theta Kappa Member, Omicron Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa.