Awards Committee

The Awards Committee and its subcommittees work to advance the Society’s mission and goals by recognizing achievements in and contributions to the field of ecology. The Awards Committee is responsible for selecting candidates for honorary awards of the Society and for recommending candidates for other awards for which ecologists may be eligible.

Composition

• Chair: This committee may not be chaired by a Governing Board The Awards Committee chair may not be a member of any Awards Subcommittee.
• Members: The chairs of all award subcommittees:

1. 1. Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award Subcommittee
   2. Cooper Award Subcommittee
   3. Distinguished Service Citation Subcommittee
   4. Eminent Ecologist Award
   5. Honorary Member Award Subcommittee
   6. MacArthur Award Subcommittee
   7. Mercer Award Subcommittee
   8. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education Subcommittee
   9. Shreve & Whittaker Awards Subcommittee
   10. Braun & Buell Awards Subcommittee
   11. Sustainability Awards Subcommittee (Sustainability Science Award & Innovation in Sustainability Science Award)
   12. Fellows and Early Career Fellows Selection Subcommittee

• Subcommittee Chairs are appointed to overlapping three-year terms, except for the MacArthur Award Chair, who shall serve for six years. In addition to the Chair, each Subcommittee shall generally consist of six members with overlapping, two-year

Committee Members

• Nate Sanders, University of Michigan, Chair (2023-2026) Email

ESA Diversity Working Group

• Charles Nilon (2023-2026) Working Group Subcommittee Chair
• Arvind Bhuta (2022-2025)
• Nate Sanders (2023-2026)
• Natasha Woods (2023-2026)
• Naupaka Zimmerman (2023-2026)

Student Awards (Buell/Braun) Subcommittee

• Sean Menke, Chair (2024-2027) Email
• Nick Barber (2022-2025)
• Emily Farrer (2024-2027)
• Carolyn Kurle (2022-2025)
• Daniel Laughlin (2022-2025)

Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award Subcommittee

• Jennifer Funk, Chair (2024-2027) Email 
• Tracy Gartner (2024-2027)
• Mary McKenna (2023-2026)
• Ivette Perfecto (2024-2027)
• Julissa Rojas-Sandoval (2022-2025)
• Marko Spasojevic (2024-2027)

W.S. Cooper Award Subcommittee

• Matthew Koski, Chair (2023-2026); Email
• Aaron David (2023-2026)
• Liane Miedema (2023-2026)
• Thomas Miller (2023-2026)
• Hussein Mohamed (2023-2026)

Eminent Ecologist Award Subcommittee

• Kristen Hofmockel, Chair (2022 – 2025) Email
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
• Dan Doak (2024-2027)
• Jessica Gurevitch (2024-2027)
• Katriona Shea (2024 – 2027)
• Fernando T. Maestre Gil (2023-2026)
• Leticia Aviles (2022-2025)
• Elena Litchman (2022-2025)
• Erika Marin-Spiotta (2022-2025)

Distinguished Service Citation Subcommittee

• Carol Brewer, Chair (2022 – 2025)
• Carla Caceres (2023-2026)
• Greg Murray (2024-2027)
• Rich Pouyat (2022 – 2025)
• Melinda Smith (2023 – 2026)

MacArthur Award Subcommittee

• Wayne Zipperer, Chair (2021-2027) Email
  Forest Service
• Myla Aronson (2021-2027)
• Susan Day (2021-2027)
• Richard Hallett (2021-2027)
• Lea Johnson (2021-2027)

Fellows and Early Career Fellows Selection Subcommittee

• Felicia Keesing, Chair (2023 – 2026) Email
  Bard College
• Sonia Altizer (2024-2027)
• Ellen Damschen (2024-2025)
• Meghan Duffy (2023-2026)
• Karen Holl (2023-2026)
• Pam Templer (2023-2026)
• Caryn Vaughn (2023-2026)
• Rachel Winfree (2024-2027)
• Amy Zanne (2024-2027)

Forrest Shreve Award, International Ecology Award and Robert H. Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Award Subcommittee

• Daniel Winkler, Chair (2023 – 2026) Email
  U.S. Department of Energy
• Anita Antoninka (2023 – 2026)
• Lydia Bailey (2023-2026)
• Allison Louthan (2024-2027)
• Nick Smith (2024-2027)

Mercer Award Subcommittee

• Malin Pinsky, Chair (2022 – 2025) Email
  Rutgers University
• Duncan Menge (2024-2027)
• Matthew McCary (2023-2026)
• Naomi Schwartz (2022 – 2025)
• Carla Staver (2022 – 2025)

Odum Education Award Subcommittee

• Loren Byrne, Chair (2024-2027) Email 
  Roger Williams University
• Chris Beck (2022-2025)
• Richard Boyce (2022-2025)
• Danielle Garneau (2023-2026)
• Emily Mohl (2024-2027)
• Aswini Pai (2024-2027)
• Emily Rauschert (2024-2027)

Sustainability Science Award Subcommittee

• Lauren Ponisio, Chair (2024-2027) Email
  University of Oregon
• Lauren Hallett (2022-2025)
• Margaret Palmer (2024-2027)
• Carol Stepien (2022-2025)