Biographies — Page 3

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Position                                            DirectorDepartment                                      Education OfficeOrganization                                    Ecological Society of AmericaWhen did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?Since I was a child I have always been interested in both learning about the natural world and sharing this knowledge with others.  I…

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Position                                       Environmental Science Instructor Department                                 Department of Environmental Science Organization                               Salish Kootenai College When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? First of all, I owe a lot to my parents for the way I was raised….

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…