Lawrence Baker

Lawrence Baker
Research Professor
He/Him
[email protected]
763 370 1796
399 BioAgEng Building

1390 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Larry Baker's Research Lab
Education

  • Ph.D., University of Florida

Areas of Interest

Water quality in human ecosystems

Biography

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

Teaching

  • BBE 8001/8002. Graduate seminar.

Research

Movement of pollutants in urban ecosystems, source reduction for urban stormwater management, adaptive management for de-icing, phosphorus transition management, whole system nutrient balances for nutrient management.

Select Publications

  • Peterson, H.L., L.A. Baker, R.M. Aggarwal, T.H. Boyer, N. Chan. In press (2021) A Transition Management Framework to Stimulate a Circular Phosphorus System, Environment, Development and Sustainability.
  • Baker, L.A., B. Wilson, D. Klimbal, D. Furuta, M. Friese, J. Bierman. 2021. Adaptive Management to Improve De-Icing Operations. MNDOT Final Report 2021-07 -- (c) 1003325 (wo) 35.
  • Taguchi, V.J., P.T. Weiss, J.S. Gulliver, M.R. Klein, R.M. Hozalski, L.A. Baker, J.C. Finlay , B. L. Keeler, and J. L. Nieber. 2020. It's Not Easy Being Green: Unintended Consequences of Green Stormwater Infrastructure. Water 12, 522; doi:10.3390/w12020522
  • Fung, L., P. Urriola, L. Baker and G. Shurson 2019. Estimated energy and nutrient composition of different sources of food waste and their potential for use in sustainable swine feeding programs. Transl. Anim. Sci. 3:359–368 DOI: 10.1093/tas/txy099.
  • Macintosh, K., B. Mayer, R. McDowell, S. Powers, L. Baker, T. Boyer, B. Ritman. 2018. Managing diffuse phosphorus at the source versus at the sink. Environ. Sci. Technol. 52, 11995−12009. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01143
  • Baker, L. 2018. Situating urban drought resilience: theory, practice and sustainability science. In: Sustainability Now! Sustainability How? Situating Sustainabilities through Interdisciplinary and Social Justice, edited by Julie Sze, NYU Press.
  • Hobbie, S.E., Finlay J.C. Janke, B., Nidzgorski, D.A. Dylan B. Millet, D.B., and Baker, L.A. 2017. Contrasting nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in urban watersheds: implications for urban water pollution. Proc. National Acad. Sciences 114 (16) 4177-4182.
  • Rodina, L., L. Baker, M. Galvin, J. Goldin, L. Harris, T. Manungufala, M. Musemwa, C. Sutherland, G. Ziervogel. 2017. Water, equity and resilience in Southern Africa: future directions for research and practice. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 26:143–151.
  • Peterson, H., L. Baker, J. Ulrich, J. Neiber, B. Wilson, and D. Bruening. 2017. Agricultural phosphorus balance calculator: A tool for watershed planning. J. Soil and Water Conservation 72(4): 395-404, doi:10.2489/jswc.72.4.395
  • 10. Mayer, B., L. Baker, T. Boyer, P. Dreshsel, M. Gifford, M. Hanjfra, P. Parameswaran, P. Westershoff, and B. Rittman. 2016. Total value of phosphorus recovery. Env. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01239.
  • 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.