Laura Hechtel

Assistant Professor
Biology and Mathematics (Academic Department)
DYouville College
United States of America

Professor Mathematics
Biography

Dr. Hechtel is a native of Illinois and has taught at both the secondary and collegiate levels. She comes to D'Youville having served as a Pre-Med advisor at two other institutions. Dr. Hechtel resides in Angola NY with her husband, 2 children and 3 horses.

Research Intrest

Population ecology, Darwinian Medicine, Science Education

List of Publications
Hechtel, L. J. (1994). The effect of predation on size at and time to metamorphosis in treehole mosquitoes.
Juliano, S. A., Hechtel, L. J., & Waters, J. R. (1993). Behavior and risk of predation in larval tree hole mosquitoes: effects of hunger and population history of predation. Oikos, 229-241.
Hechtel, L. J., & Juliano, S. A. (1997). Effects of a predator on prey metamorphosis: plastic responses by prey or selective mortality?. Ecology, 78(3), 838-851.
Hechtel, L. J., Johnson, C. L., & Juliano, S. A. (1993). Modification of antipredator behavior of Caecidotea intermedius by its parasite Acanthocephalus dirus. Ecology, 74(3), 710-713.
Haidet, P., Dains, J. E., Paterniti, D. A., Hechtel, L., Chang, T., Tseng, E., & Rogers, J. C. (2002). Medical student attitudes toward the doctor–patient relationship. Medical education, 36(6), 568-574.