Lauren Nolfo-Clements, PhD
Interim Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor, Biology
Send a MessageEducation
- PhD, Tulane University
- BS, The College of New Jersey
Research Interests
- Community Ecology
- Habitat Selection and Movement
- Mammalogy
- Introduced Species
Publications
- Nolfo-Clements, L. 2018. Mammals of the Boston Harbor Islands: permanent and ephemeral residents. Northeastern Naturalist 25(Special Issue 9): 77-89.
- Nolfo-Clements, L., R. Butcher, M. Leite, and M. Clements. 2017. Evidence of the Island Rule and Microevolution in White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in an Urban Harbor Archipelago. Mammal Research 62(4):123-430.
- Nolfo-Clements, L.E. and M.D. Clements. 2015. Small mammal population dynamics and habitat use on Bumpkin Island in the Boston Harbor. Northeastern Naturalist 22(1): 14-25.
- Nolfo - Clements, L.E. 2012. Habitat Selection by nutria in a freshwater Louisiana marsh. Southeastern Naturalist. 11(2): 183-204.
- Nolfo-Clements, L.E. and M.D. Clements. 2011. European Rabbits as potential Least Tern nest predators. Northeastern Naturalist. 18(2): 243-246.
Presentations
- Nolfo-Clements, L.E. 2017. Small Mammal Population Cycling and Demographic trends on Bumpkin Island. Oral Presentation at the Boston Harbor and Islands Science Symposium Northeastern University, Boston, MA April 12, 2017.
- Nolfo-Clements, L.E. 2016. Mammal use of the Boston Harbor Islands: Seasonal versus Permanent Residents. Oral Presentation at the Northeastern Naturalists Conference, Springfield, MA. April 23, 2016.
- Nolfo-Clements, L.E. and R.M. Butcher. 2015. Rodents of unusual size: evidence of the island rule on the Boston Harbor Islands. Oral Presentation at the Northeastern Naturalists Conference, Springfield, MA. April 20, 2015.
- Nolfo-Clements, L.E. and M.D. Clements. 2014. Small mammal population dynamics on Bumpkin Island in the Boston Harbor. Oral Presentation at the Northeastern Naturalists Conference, Springfield, MA. April 9, 2014.
- Hood, C.S. and Nolfo-Clements, L.E. 2013. Mammal diversity, abundance and activity patterns at Barataria Preserve Jean Lafitte National Park: pre- and post-Katrina. Oral Presentation at the 18th Annual Meeting of Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Mammal Colloquium, Pikeville, TN. February 15, 2013
- Nolfo-Clements, L.E. 2011. The locals versus the tourists: assessing mammalian habitat use on the Boston Harbor Islands. Oral Presentation at the Boston Harbor Islands Science Symposium, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA.
Grants and Funding
- February 2018: Suffolk University Faculty Summer Stipend Award ($6,000) funded
- March 2016: Suffolk University Faculty Summer Stipend Award ($5,000) funded
- January 2016: National Science Foundation (NSF) Planning Grant for Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML) ($25,000) not funded
- January 2015: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant for Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML) ($319,802) not funded
- February 2014: Suffolk University Faculty Summer Stipend Award ($4,433) not funded
- February 2013: Suffolk University Faculty Summer Stipend Award ($3,555) not funded
- December 2011: Suffolk University Faculty Summer Stipend Award ($1,800) funded
- May 2011: Suffolk University Faculty Research Assistance Program ($4800) funded
- January 2010: National Park Service ($55,000) not funded
- November 2009: Suffolk University Faculty Summer Stipend Award ($2,000) funded
- March 2009: National Park Service ($6,000) funded

Contact Me
- 617-573-8603
- [email protected]
- 73 Tremont St., 12th Floor, Rm. 1258
Office Hours
- Schedule an Appointment
By appointment only.
Courses Taught
- BIO-114 Organismal Biology
- BIO-L114 Organismal Biology Laboratory
- BIO-225 Plant Biology
- BIO-L225 Plant Biology Laboratory
- SF-1146 A Natural History of Dogs
- BIO-109 Plants and People
- BIO-201 Biology’s Big Questions
- BIO-302 Writing for Research
- BIO-333 Ecology
- BIO-L333 Ecology Laboratory