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Dr. Pamela Matson

Pamela Matson

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                                      Ph.D. 1984 (Oregon State University)Position                                                    DeanDepartment                                              School of Earth SciencesOrganization                                            Stanford UniversityDescribe your route to a career in (or using) ecology. What challenges did you need to overcome? What was your training, and what positions have you held?The route to my current position was…

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James MacMahon

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree                                                 Ph.D. 1964 (University of Notre Dame) Position                                               Director & Trustee Professor Department                                         Ecology Center & Ecology Organization                                       Utah State University Distinguished Service Citation Award 2005 When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? I was lucky…

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Nadine Lymn

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree                                                MS (University of Wisconsin) Position                                              Director Department                                        Public Affairs Office Organization                                      Ecological Society of America When did you become interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? I grew up in a suburban setting, Northern Virginia right outside Washington, DC….

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Dr. Margaret Lowman

Margaret Lowman

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                              Ph.D. 1982 (University of Sydney)Position                            Director & ProfessorDepartment                      Environmental Initiatives & Biology and Environmental StudiesOrganization                    New College of FloridaESA Eugene P. Odum Award for 2002When did you become interested in ecology? I became interested in ecology at about the age of 3, collecting wildflowers and…

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Gene Likens

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree                                      Ph.D. 1962 (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Position                                    President and Director Organization                            Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook NY When did you get interested in ecology?  Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? I grew up on a small farm in northern Indiana. While…

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Jonathan Levine

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree                                            Ph.D. 2001 (University of California, Berkeley) ESA George Mercer Award for 2002 I was always interested in the outdoors, but was first exposed to ecology in an invertebrate zoology course my second year of college. I found myself interested in marine ecology, and worked…

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Dr. Zakiya Leggett

Zakiya Leggett

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                        Ph.D. 2004 (North Carolina State University)Position                                      Research ScientistDepartment                                Research and Development DepartmentOrganization                              Weyerhaeuser CompanyI became interested in ecology as a child. My mother raised us to respect nature and its entirety and helped us gain an appreciation for the link between our livelihood and our…

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Dr. Janet Lanza

Janet Lanza

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                          Ph.D.Position                                        ProfessorDepartment                                  Department of BiologyOrganization                                University of Arkansas at Little RockI wish I had collected bugs when I was 12! Many ecologists who did know so much about the outdoors. Despite this “deficiency,” I have still learned a lot about the natural world and have…

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