From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position Senior ScientistOrganization Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NYSteward Pickett grew up with a general fascination with the natural world, fueled by books his librarian mother would bring home for him to read. He remembers reading about astronomers, and thinking, “Oh, I want to be…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Professor Position Biology Department Department Department of Entomology Organization University of Maryland Describe 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? When I was an undergraduate…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Program Director Department Division of Graduate Education Organization NSF I became interested in ecology while in college. I was majoring in Biology at the U. of Costa Rica and had the opportunity to do lots of field trips. I also took a…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Assistant Postdoctoral position Department Dr. Brewer’s Lab Organization University of Montana When I was a child, my parents and my grandfather nurtured in me a deep love for nature. As a teenager, I had the fortune to live in a city…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D.Position Professor and ChairDepartment Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental BiologyOrganization Columbia University Somewhere in my senior year as an undergraduate at U. C. Berkeley I became interested in ecology. The undergraduate course in ecology I took was dull and really never gave the sense that ecology was…
From a “Focus on Ecologists” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2009-2011. Full Name Carolyn Mary Kurle Degree PhD Job Position Post Doctoral Fellow Organization University of California Santa Barbara Department Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Professional Affiliation Academic Research Discipline Community Ecology Research Habitat Marine Research Organism Animals in general Describe what you do and briefly describe the…
From a “Focus on Ecologists” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2009-2011. Full Name Laura Foster Huenneke Degree PhD Job Position Vice President for Research Organization Northern Arizona University Professional Affiliation Academic Research Discipline Community Ecology, Conservation Biology, Plant Ecology, Vegetation Ecology Research Habitat Desert, Forest, Grassland Research Organism Plants in general Describe what you do and briefly describe…
From a “Focus on Ecologists” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2009-2011. Full Name Colibrí Sanfiorenzo-Barnhard Degree BA/BS Job Position Graduate Research Assistant Organization Northern Arizona University/University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras Department Biology Professional Affiliation Academic Research Discipline Plant-Animal Interactions Research Habitat Barrier islands Research Organism Plants in general Describe what you do and briefly describe the activities…