The University of Arizona

Laura López Hoffman

Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise: 
Conservation biology and policy, tranboundary conservation, ecosystem services
Academic Degree(s)
BA. 1996. Princeton University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs & Latin American Studies
PhD. 2003. Stanford University, Biological Sciences
Contact Information
lauralh@email.arizona.edu
520-626-9851

School of Natural Resources, 325 Biosciences East
Tucson, AZ 85721

Laura López Hoffman is an assistant professor at the School of Natural Resources, and an assistant research professor at the Udall Center for Public Policy Studies at the University of Arizona. Prior to coming to the University of Arizona, she was an NSF post-doctoral fellow at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 

Laura studies the linkages between the environment and human society.  The objective of her research is to contribute to the development of policies and institutions that protect ecosystems while sustaining their contributions to human well-being.  She uses interdisciplinary and comparative research approaches to integrate science and policy, in particular the concept of ecosystem services.

Laura is primarily interested in the ecology and policy of managing transboundary systems.  Her current work focuses on the surface waters, aquifers, species, ecosystems and ecosystem services shared by the United States and Mexico.

Laura is the lead editor with Karl Flessa and Robert Varady (University of Arizona) of a book with the working title, Conservation Across the US-Mexico Border: Binational Solutions for Shared Problems.  The book will be the first volume the University of Arizona Press's new book series Environmental Science, Law, and Policy.