Diatom Herbarium Staff
Marina Potapova studies taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms. She is interested in diatom biogeography, diversity of the freshwater diatoms of the continental United States, developing ways of quantifying morphological characters of diatom frustule based on geometric morphometrics, and studying systematics of monoraphid freshwater diatoms.
Laura's daily responsibilities include care and maintenance of the Diatom Herbarium, including database management, digitization and inventory of type specimens, and maintenance of the Diatom New Taxon File.