Angela Lafuente

Dr. Angela Lafuente is a Term Assistant Professor at Northern Michigan University's Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences department. Specializing in soil ecology, biogeochemistry, and global change impacts, she conducts multi-scale research spanning local (Upper Peninsula, Peruvian Amazon), regional (Colombian Andes), and global contexts. Her work focuses on carbon/nitrogen cycling, drylands, and peatlands.

• B.Sc.+ M.Sc. at Complutense University of Madrid
• MSc. from University of Barcelona and Polytechnic University of Barcelona
• Ph.D. from Rey Juan Carlos University

She teaches foundational courses including Introduction to Environmental Science (GC 101), Soils (GC 202), Wetlands (GC 362), Hydrology (GC 465), and Restoration Ecology (GC 495).

Her research combines fieldwork across diverse ecosystems with biogeochemical analyses, particularly examining microbial processes in soils under climate change scenarios.

Contact: alafuent@nmu.edu | Office: 3011 Weston Hall | ORCID: 0000-0001-9626-0373