Professional Development from ESA

Get your professional development from your professional society! These scientific, technical and professional virtual events are a benefit to members and certified ecologists, and a resource for the community. Keep note of this page and our webinar schedule — and your email inbox — for opportunities to gain valuable skills at a fraction of the cost you’ll find elsewhere. And as always, ESA members save the most!

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We are offering fee waivers for those affected by reductions in the federal workforce and research funding. Please contact esahq@esa.org

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Upcoming Sessions

Quantitative Methods in Ecology Workshop Series by the Black Ecologists Section

This five-part series, led by ESA’s Black Ecologists Section, covers key quantitative methods used in ecological research, from foundational statistics to machine learning. Sessions run monthly from March to July 2025. consisting of 5 sessions March through July.

Starts March 13, 2025 2:00-3:30 PM ET

• Foundations of Frequentist Statistics, March 13
• Ecological Spatial Statistics, May 22
• Meta-analysis in Ecology, June 3
• Introduction to Individual-based Modeling in Ecology, June 26
• Machine-learning Methods for Ecologists, July 17

Introduction to Individual-based Modeling in Ecology

Facilitated by: Dr. Senay Yitbarek

This workshop offers an introduction to individual-based modelling with direct relevance to ecological applications. A key focus of the workshop will be for participants to learn how to implement spatially-explicit ecological models. Workshop participants will build models that explore the role of localized individual interactions and stochasticity on spatial pattern formation.

• Who is this for? The primary audience includes students and early-career researchers interested in quantitative methods in ecology.
• Career Level: Useful to all career levels, but most applicable to graduate students and early-career professionals.

June 26, 2025 2:00-3:30 PM ET

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Student Members $0 Regular Members $10 Certified Ecologists $20 Non-Members $40

Participation worth 0.38 CEUs toward ESA recertification Category I(a)

Machine-learning Methods for Ecologists

Facilitated by: Dr. Gabby Nunez-Mir

This workshop explores machine learning applications in ecological research using R, with a focus on the mlr3 ecosystem. Participants will learn about the different types of machine-learning models, cross-validation techniques, hyperparameter tuning, and best practices for applying machine-learning models to ecological data.

• Who is this for? The primary audience includes students and early-career researchers interested in quantitative methods in ecology.
• Career Level: Useful to all career levels, but most applicable to graduate students and early-career professionals.

July 17, 2025 2:00-3:30 PM ET

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Student Members $0 Regular Members $10 Certified Ecologists $20 Non-Members $40

Participation worth 0.38 CEUs toward ESA recertification Category I(a)

 

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