Lawrence Walker

UNLV Biologist Lawrence Walker Wins Nevada Regents’ Top Research Award

An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive UNLV professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.

UNLV School of Life Sciences professor Lawrence “Lars” Walker. (R. Marsh Starks/UNLV Photo Services)

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