Lawrence Baker

Research Professor

BioAgEng Building

1390 Eckles Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108

baker127@umn.edu

Larry Baker's Research Lab

Education

Ph.D. - Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida. 1984.
M.S. - Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University. 1979.
B.S. - Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 1973.

Areas of Interest

My research applies my hybrid education in environmental engineering and ecology to the study of applied biogeochemistry, with a focus on human ecosystems – cities and farms. I like to work in “Pasteur’s quadrant”, moving between theory and application. My research is highly interdisciplinary, and I often lead interdisciplinary research groups. In recent years, I have been very active in various synergistic activities, including many workshops on urban sustainability, both as an organizer and participant. I have also started a personal mission of translational research, creating practical tools that can be used by planners, engineers, and water resources managers, developed in parallel with conventional publication.

Select Publications

Peterson, H., L. Baker, J. Ulrich, J. Neiber, B. Wilson, and D. Bruening. In review. Detailed P balance for the Albert Lea agricultural watershed: a tool for practical management.
Kennedy, C., L. Baker, and H. Bratboe. 2014. Analyzing a city's metabolism, in Elgar Companion to Sustainable Cities, edited by D.A. Mazmanian and H. Blanco, Edward Elgar Publishing.
Baker, L. and R. Newman. 2014. Managing the biological, economic, and social aspects of sustainable lake ecosystems, in Water Quality and Sustainability, in Volume 4, edited by J. Schoor of Comprehensive Water Quality and Purificaiton, Dr Satinder Ahuja, editor-in-chief, Elsevier.
Janke, B., J. Finlay, S. Hobbie, L. Baker, R. Sterner, D. Nidgorski, and B. Wilson. 2014. Contrasting influences of stormflow and baseflow pathways on nitrogen and phosphorus export from an urban watershed. Biogeochemistry 121: 209-228.
Baker, L. 2013. Hegemonic concepts and water governance from a scientific-engineering perspective, in Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Water Governance: Scarcity, Privatization and Participation, edited by L. Harris, J. Goldin, and C. Sneddon, Routledge.
Baker, L. 2011. Can urban P conservation prevent the brown devolution? Chemosphere 84: 779-784.
Fissore, C., L. Baker, S. Hobbie, J. King, J. McFadden, K. Nelson, I. Jakobsdittor. 2011. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fluxes in households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota urban region. Ecological Applications 21(3): 619-639.