Fellows

ESA designates as Fellows of the Society certain members who have made outstanding contributions to the 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. 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
2023James D. BeverBeverLink
2023Meghan A. DuffyDuffyLink
2023Marie-Josee FortinFortinLink
2023Louis J. GrossGrossLink
2023Brian SillimanSillimanLink
2023Caryn C. VaughnVaughnLink
2023Enriqueta VelardeVelardeLink
2022Sara C. HotchkissHotchkissLink
2022Julian D. OldenOldenLink
2022Erika Marín-SpiottaMarín-SpiottaLink
2022Hanqin TianTianLink
2022Matthew D. WallensteinWallensteinLink
2021Brendan J. M. BohannanBohannanLink
2021Thomas W. BouttonBouttonLink
2021Mary L. CadenassoCadenassoLink
2021Brenda B. CasperCasperLink
2021Ferran Garcia-PichelGarcia-PichelLink
2021Steven N. HandelHandelLink
2021Jessica J. HellmannHellmannLink
2021Karen D. HollHollLink
2021Shuijin HuHuLink
2021Louis R. IversonIversonLink
2021Josh LawlerLawlerLink
2021Jay T. LennonLennonLink
2021Margaret (Margie) M. MayfieldMayfieldLink
2021Laura A. MeyersonMeyersonLink
2021William F. MorrisMorrisLink
2021Rebecca OstertagOstertagLink
2021Ingrid M. ParkerParkerLink
2021Pedro R. Peres-NetoPeres-NetoLink
2021Stacy PhilpottPhilpottLink
2021Pej RohaniRohaniLink
2021Stefan SchnitzerSchnitzerLink
2021Lisa Schulte MooreSchulte MooreLink
2021Bradford P. WilcoxWilcoxLink
2021Rachael WinfreeWinfreeLink
2021Amy E. ZanneZanneLink
2020Aimee ClassenClassenLink
2020Ellen DamschenDamschenLink
2020John DrakeDrakeLink
2020Serita FreyFreyLink
2020Nicholas GotelliGotelliLink
2020Benjamin S. HalpernHalpernLink
2020Andrew HansenHansenLink
2020W. Carter JohnsonJohnsonLink
2020Michael KaspariKaspariLink
2020Julie LockwoodLockwoodLink
2020Gary LovettLovettLink
2020Fernando Maestre GilMaestreLink
2020Knute NadelhofferNadelhofferLink
2020Shahid NaeemNaeemLink
2020Yude PanPanLink
2020Jennifer PowersPowersLink
2020Taylor RickettsRickettsLink
2020Patricia SorannoSorannoLink
2020Susan UstinUstinLink
2020Diego VázquezVázquezLink
2020Mark VellendVellendLink
2020Don ZakZakLink
2019Peter B. AdlerAdlerLink
2019Steven R. BeissingerBeissingerLink
2019Ottar N. BjørnstadBjørnstadLink
2019Gordon B. BonanBonanLink
2019Elizabeth T. BorerBorerLink
2019John F. BrunoBrunoLink
2019Ingrid C. BurkeBurkeLink
2019Daniel F. DoakDoakLink
2019Tadashi FukamiFukamiLink
2019John HarteHarteLink
2019Bruce A. HungateHungateLink
2019Felicia KeesingKeesingLink
2019Jonathan M. LevineLevineLink
2019David LindenmayerLindenmayerLink
2019Thomas E. LovejoyLovejoyLink
2019Brian J. McGillMcGillLink
2019Rosamond L. NaylorNaylorLink
2019Diane E. PatakiPatakiLink
2019Catherine M. PringlePringleLink
2019Matthias C. RilligRilligLink
2019Scott R. SaleskaSaleskaLink
2019Pamela TemplerTemplerLink
2019John (Jack) W. WilliamsWilliamsLink
2019Jianguo WuWuLink
2018Frederick R. AdlerAdlerLink
2018Craig D. AllenAllenLink
2018Emily S. BernhardtBernhardtLink
2018James E. (Jeb) ByersByersLink
2018Zoe G. CardonCardonLink
2018Cory C. ClevelandClevelandLink
2018Phyllis D. ColeyColeyLink
2018Jana E. ComptonComptonLink
2018Todd E. DawsonDawsonLink
2018Jeffrey S. DukesDukesLink
2018Brian J. EnquistEnquistLink
2018Nelson G. Hairston Jr.HairstonLink
2018Stephen C. HartHartLink
2018Janneke Hille Ris LambersHille Ris LambersLink
2018Nancy J. HuntlyHuntlyLink
2018Douglas J. LeveyLeveyLink
2018Jianguo (Jack) LiuLiuLink
2018Yiqi LuoLuoLink
2018Michael G. NeubertNeubertLink
2018Amy Daum RosemondRosemondLink
2018Nathan J. SandersSandersLink
2018Mark W. SchwartzSchwartzLink
2018Eric W. SeabloomSeabloomLink
2018Emily H. StanleyStanleyLink
2018Michael J. VanniVanniLink
2018Kirk O. WinemillerWinemillerLink
2018Erika ZavaletaZavaletaLink
2018Jizhong ZhouZhouLink
2017David AckerlyAckerlyLink
2017Anurag AgrawalAgrawalLink
2017Priyanga AmarasekareAmarasekareLink
2017Steven I. Apfelbaum,Apfelbaum,Link
2017Martyn M. Caldwell,Caldwell,Link
2017Bradley J. CardinaleCardinaleLink
2017Carmen R. CidCidLink
2017Emmett DuffyDuffyLink
2017Jennifer A. DunneDunneLink
2017David M. EissenstatEissenstatLink
2017Exequiel EzcurraEzcurraLink
2017Monica A. GeberGeberLink
2017Leah R. GerberGerberLink
2017Nick M. HaddadHaddadLink
2017Feng Sheng HuHuLink
2017Raymond B. HueyHueyLink
2017Travis E. HuxmanHuxmanLink
2017Richard KarbanKarbanLink
2017William K. LauenrothLauenrothLink
2017Matthew A. LeiboldLeiboldLink
2017Jennifer B. H. MartinyMartinyLink
2017Mark A. McPeekMcPeekLink
2017Russell MonsonMonsonLink
2017Peter B. ReichReichLink
2017Melinda D. SmithSmithLink
2017John J. StachowiczStachowiczLink
2017Lawrence VenableVenableLink
2016Steven R. ArcherArcherLink
2016Greg P. AsnerAsnerLink
2016Cherie J. BriggsBriggsLink
2016Judith L. BronsteinBronsteinLink
2016Carla E. CaceresCaceresLink
2016Sharon K. CollingeCollingeLink
2016Scott L. CollinsCollinsLink
2016Howard V. CornellCornellLink
2016Frank W. DavisDavisLink
2016Andrew P. DobsonDobsonLink
2016James R. EhleringerEhleringerLink
2016Stephen P. EllnerEllnerLink
2016Catherine A. GehringGehringLink
2016Mark E. HayHayLink
2016Alan K. KnappKnappLink
2016Richard L. LindrothLindrothLink
2016Karen R. LipsLipsLink
2016David M. LodgeLodgeLink
2016Margaret D. LowmanLowmanLink
2016Michelle C. MackMackLink
2016Marc MangelMangelLink
2016Peter B. MoyleMoyleLink
2016Nalini M. NadkarniNadkarniLink
2016James D. NicholsNicholsLink
2016Richard J. NorbyNorbyLink
2016Julia K. ParrishParrishLink
2016N. LeRoy PoffPoffLink
2016Leslie A. RealRealLink
2016Paul A. SandiferSandiferLink
2016Katriona SheaSheaLink
2016Whendee L. SilverSilverLink
2016Katharine SudingSudingLink
2016Kathleen K. TresederTresederLink
2016Jackson R. WebsterWebsterLink
2015Jayne BelnapBelnap
2015John BlairBlair
2015David BreshearsBreshears
2015Grace BrushBrush
2015Peter ChessonChesson
2015Kathy CottinghamCottingham
2015Evan DeLuciaDeLucia
2015Valerie EvinerEviner
2015Mary FirestoneFirestone
2015Janet FranklinFranklin
2015Peter GroffmanGroffman
2015Drew HarvellHarvell
2015Sarah HobbieHobbie
2015David InouyeInouye
2015Pat MegonigalMegonigal
2015Gary MittelbachMittelbach
2015Craig OsenbergOsenberg
2015Mercedes PascualPascual
2015Ivette PerfectoPerfecto
2015Steward PickettPickett
2015Jim ReynoldsReynolds
2015Os SchmitzSchmitz
2015Sharon StraussStrauss
2015Kathie WeathersWeathers
2014Andrew BlausteinBlaustein
2014Hal CaswellCaswell
2014Jiquan ChenChen
2014Deborah GoldbergGoldberg
2014James GraceGrace
2014Mark HunterHunter
2014Stephen T. JacksonJackson
2014Jon KeeleyKeeley
2014Robert NaimanNaiman
2014Richard OstfeldOstfeld
2014Alan TownsendTownsend
2014John VandermeerVandermeer
2013Carla D’AntonioD’Antonio
2013William FaganFagan
2013Lisa J. GraumlichGraumlich
2013Jessica GurevitchGurevitch
2013Susan P. HarrisonHarrison
2013Robert D. HoltHolt
2013Nancy JohnsonJohnson
2013Pablo MarquetMarquet
2013Kevin McCaneMcCane
2013Bruce Allen MengeMenge
2013Camille ParmesanParmesan
2013Eric R. PiankaPianka
2013Hugh PossinghamPossingham
2013Julie ReynoldsReynolds
2013Osvaldo Esteban SalaSala
2013Joshua SchimelSchimel
2013Joy ZedlerZedler
2012Jill Spann BaronBaron
2012Ann Marie BartuskaBartuska
2012Barbara Lee BentleyBentley
2012May Roberta BerenbaumBerenbaum
2012Alan R. BerkowitzBerkowitz
2012Rosina M. BierbaumBierbaum
2012Lawrence Carroll BlissBliss
2012Carol Ann BrewerBrewer
2012James Hemphill BrownBrown
2012John Jr. CairnsCairns
2012John Edward CantlonCantlon
2012Stephen Russell CarpenterCarpenter
2012Juan Carlos CastillaCastilla
2012Francis Stuart Chapin IIIChapin
2012Sallie W. ChisholmChisholm
2012Norman Leroy ChristensenChristensen
2012James Samuel ClarkClark
2012Robert Knight ColwellColwell
2012Joseph H. ConnellConnell
2012Arthur Wells CooperCooper
2012Alan Paul CovichCovich
2012Richard M. CowlingCowling
2012Bert CushingCushing
2012Gretchen C. DailyDaily
2012Pierre DansereauDansereau
2012Margaret Bryan DavisDavis
2012Ruth DeFriesDeFries
2012Sandra M. DiazDiaz
2012Rodolfo DirzoDirzo
2012Frank Nicholas EgertonEgerton
2012Paul Ralph EhrlichEhrlich
2012Aaron EllisonEllison
2012Paul FalkowskiFalkowski
2012Peter FeinsingerFeinsinger
2012Christopher FieldField
2012Stuart FisherFisher
2012Richard T.T. FormanForman
2012Jerry Forest FranklinFranklin
2012Charles Remington GoldmanGoldman
2012Eville GorhamGorham
2012Peter GrantGrant
2012Nancy Beth GrimmGrimm
2012Katherine Lynn GrossGross
2012Ilkka HanskiHanski
2012Alan HastingsHastings
2012William HazenHazen
2012Crawford Stanley HollingHolling
2012Stephen Philip HubbellHubbell
2012Laura F. HuennekeHuenneke
2012Robert B. JacksonJackson
2012Frances Crews JamesJames
2012Anthony C. JanetosJanetos
2012Edward A. JohnsonJohnson
2012Peter KareivaKareiva
2012Kenneth M. KlemowKlemow
2012Dennis Hal KnightKnight
2012Charles J. KrebsKrebs
2012Otto LangeLange
2012Jean Harmon LangenheimLangenheim
2012Richard LenskiLenski
2012Simon Asher LevinLevin
2012Claudia LewisLewis
2012Gene Elden LikensLikens
2012Jane LubchencoLubchenco
2012James A. MacMahonMacMahon
2012Pamela Anne MatsonMatson
2012Samuel Joseph McNaughtonMcNaughton
2012Ernesto MedinaMedina
2012Jerry Michael MelilloMelillo
2012Judy Lynn MeyerMeyer
2012Lee Norman MillerMiller
2012Harold A. MooneyMooney
2012John C. MooreMoore
2012Patrice A. MorrowMorrow
2012William M. MurdochMurdoch
2012Robert V. O'NeillO'Neill
2012Gordon Howell OriansOrians
2012Stephen W. PacalaPacala
2012Robert Treat PainePaine
2012Margaret Ann PalmerPalmer
2012William J. PartonParton
2012Ruth Myrtle PatrickPatrick
2012Duncan Theunissen PattenPatten
2012Paul Guy PearsonPearson
2012Robert Krug PeetPeet
2012Deb PetersPeters
2012Evelyn Christine PielouPielou
2012Louis Frank PitelkaPitelka
2012James W. PorterPorter
2012Richard Vincent PouyatPouyat
2012Alison Gail PowerPower
2012Mary Eleanor PowerPower
2012H. Ronald PulliamPulliam
2012Peter RavenRaven
2012O. James ReichmanReichman
2012Robert E. RicklefsRicklefs
2012Paul Gillan RisserRisser
2012William Robertson IVRobertson
2012Richard Bruce RootRoot
2012Michael Leo RosenzweigRosenzweig
2012David SchimelSchimel
2012William Harrison SchlesingerSchlesinger
2012Thomas William SchoenerSchoener
2012Timothy Duane SchowalterSchowalter
2012Rebecca Reyburn SharitzSharitz
2012Gaius Robert ShaverShaver
2012Daniel S. SimberloffSimberloff
2012Allen M. SolomonSolomon
2012Donald R. StrongStrong
2012John. W. TerborghTerborgh
2012James M. TiedjeTiedje
2012David TilmanTilman
2012Monica TurnerTurner
2012Peter Morrison VitousekVitousek
2012Diana Harrison WallWall
2012Earl Edward WernerWerner
2012Thomas G. WhithamWhitham
2012Henry Miles WilburWilbur
2012Edward Osborne WilsonWilson
2012George Masters WoodwellWoodwell
2012Harold E. Wright Jr.Wright