Armsworth Named Fellow of Ecological Society of America
by Randall Brown, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
April 30, 2025
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) announced Professor Paul Armsworth, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, among its cohort of 2025 ESA Fellows. He joins seven other new fellows and 10 new early career fellows.
The fellowship status recognizes the many ways in which the society’s members contribute to ecological research, communication, education, management, and policy.
“It feels both wonderful and humbling to be recognized by my ecological peers in this way,” said Armsworth. “The ESA is the main academic society for my field, and one I have been participating in since my early graduate school days. So, it is just a real honor to be invited to become a society fellow.”
Armsworth is a theoretical ecologist whose research examines how ecology can be integrated with social sciences to inform effective conservation decisions, including the design of protected areas, the benefits of biodiversity and ecosystem services and the role of institutions in shaping conservation outcomes. He received a PhD in biological sciences from Stanford University, as well as a PhD in mathematics from James Cook University.
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Read the ESA press release: https://esa.org/blog/2025/04/29/ecological-society-of-america-announces-2025-fellows/