From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Assistant Professor Department Evolution and Ecology Organization University of California, Davis Dr. Stachowicz, along with his colleagues, is the winner of the ESA 2004 Mercer Award, which recognizes an outstanding ecological research paper published by one or more “younger” researchers (under 40…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position ProfessorDepartment Facultad de Pesquerias y oceanografíaOrganization Universidad Austral de ChileWhen did you become interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I remember trying to get into marine biology when I finished high school but such an undergraduate program was not…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Senior Global Research Ecologist Department Office of Research and Development Organization U.S. EPA Distinguished Service Award for 2003 When did you become interested in ecology? Although I spent my childhood catching frogs and camping as a Boy Scout, it wasn’t until I…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Assistant Professor Department Entomology Department Organization Washington State University, Pullman WA When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? I got interested in ecology by doing an undergraduate research project at the University of…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Professor and Charles H. Babcock Chair in Biology Department Biology Department Organization Wake Forest University, North Carolina When did you become interested in ecology? I became interested after reading an article in Reader’s Digest about the application of physics to biology. The…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Department Ecology and Evolution Organization Stony Brook Eminent Ecologist Award 2005 I was born just before the stock market crash of 1929. My father was an artist. Up to age 13, I was raised in the Bronx with access to Bronx Park and…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position James B. Duke Professor Department Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Organization Duke University When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? I would trace my interest in ecology back to…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Head & Professor Department Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management group Organization Wangeningen University Dr. Scheffer, along with his colleagues, is the recipient of ESA’s 2004 Sustainability Science Award, which is given annually to the authors of the peer-reviewed paper published in…