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Early Career Fellows

ESA designates as Early Career Fellows of the Society certain early career members (typically chosen within 8 years of receiving the Ph.D.) who have begun making and show promise of continuing to make outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields served by ESA. Such contributions include those that advance or apply ecological knowledge in academics, government, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. Early Career Fellows are elected for 5 years.
ESA especially encourages nominations of candidates from traditionally underrepresented groups, including women and minorities. For eligibility criteria and nomination details, please see the ESA Fellows page.
Past recipients are displayed in the table below, which may be sorted by clicking on the appropriate column heading.

YearFull NameLast NameESA Bulletin
2023Karen BaileyBaileyLink
2023Natalie ChristianChristianLink
2023Mary K. DonovanDonovanLink
2023Meredith HolgersonHolgersonLink
2023Allison M. LouthanLouthanLink
2023Sparkle L. MaloneMaloneLink
2023Emily MeinekeMeinekeLink
2023Holly V. MoellerMoellerLink
2023Lauren PonisioPonisioLink
2023Maria Natalia UmañaUmañaLink
2022Laura E. DeeDeeLink
2022Graziella V. DiRenzoDiRenzoLink
2022Brian J. HarveyHarveyLink
2022Matthew A. McCaryMcCaryLink
2022Nick SmithSmithLink
2022Ying SunSunLink
2022Anna T. TrugmanTrugmanLink
2022Fernanda S. ValdovinosValdovinosLink
2022Grace M. WilkinsonWilkinsonLink
2021Caroline E. FarriorFarriorLink
2021Loralee LariosLariosLink
2021Nathan P. LemoineLemoineLink
2021Jaclyn Hatala MatthesMatthesLink
2021Desiree L. NarangoNarangoLink
2021Julian ResascoResascoLink
2021Lauren G. ShoemakerShoemakerLink
2021Adrian C. StierStierLink
2021Jennifer M. SundaySundayLink
2021Kai ZhuZhuLink
2020Jacob AllgeierAllgeierLink
2020Meghan AvolioAvolioLink
2020Carl BoettigerBoettigerLink
2020Lauren HallettHallettLink
2020Alexandra Harmon-ThreattHarmon-ThreattLink
2020Nyeema HarrisHarrisLink
2020Sara KuebbingKuebbingLink
2020Joleah LambLambLink
2019James C. BeasleyBeasleyLink
2019David J. CivitelloCivitelloLink
2019Gregory R. GoldsmithGoldsmithLink
2019Elise S. GornishGornishLink
2019Erin MordecaiMordecaiLink
2019Malin L. PinskyPinskyLink
2019Ashley ShadeShadeLink
2019Abigail L. S. SwannSwannLink
2018William AndereggAndereggLink
2018Sarah E. DiamondDiamondLink
2018Tyler KartzinelKartzinelLink
2018Douglas McCauleyMcCauleyLink
2018Allison K. ShawShawLink
2018Marjorie G. WeberWeberLink
2018Wendy H. YangYangLink
2017Colleen M. IversenIversenLink
2017Alex PerkinsPerkinsLink
2017Cascade J. B. SorteSorteLink
2017Corina E. TarnitaTarnitaLink
2017Jennifer L. WilliamsWilliamsLink
2017Chelsea L. WoodWoodLink
2017Elise F. ZipkinZipkinLink
2016Jennifer K. BalchBalchLink
2016Michael H. CortezCortezLink
2016Mary I. O’ConnorO’ConnorLink
2016Kabir G. PeayPeayLink
2016Sasha C. ReedReedLink
2016Ann Carla StaverStaverLink
2016Elizabeth M. WolkovichWolkovichLink
2015Karen AbbottAbbott
2015Brian AllanAllan
2015Liza ComitaComita
2015Rob PringlePringle
2015Corinna RiginosRiginos
2015Rob Salguero-GómezSalguero-Gómez
2015Daniel StoufferStouffer
2015Ariana Sutton-GrierSutton-Grier
2015Hillary YoungYoung
2014Marc CadotteCadotte
2014Daniel DonatoDonato
2014Heather LynchLynch
2014Abraham Miller-RushingMiller-Rushing
2014Laura PetesPetes
2013Steven D. AllisonAllison
2013Marissa L. BaskettBaskett
2013Meghan A. DuffyDuffy
2013Pieter T. J. JohnsonJohnson
2013Duncan MengeMenge
2013Julian D. OldenOlden