Laura Olsen

Laura Olsen serves as the director for Michigan Research and Discovery Scholars. Laura earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Davis. Before coming to MRADS in June 2017, she served as the Academic Director for the Program in Biology, led a research lab in the MCDB department, and taught many classes for which she was named an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor. Her interests include training/working/living with Dalmatians, quilting, reading, and watching college football.