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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…

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                                       Ph.D. 1997Position                                                     Associate ProfessorDepartment                                               Department of BiologyOrganization                                             Bard CollegeI became interested in ecology by accident. For my first few years in graduate school, I was studying evolutionary biology. In my third year, while looking for a new dissertation project, I stumbled across an ecological question…

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                         Ph.D. 1977 (University of Sevilla)Position                       Professor of ResearchDepartment                 The Estacion Biologica de Doñana, SevillaOrganization               Research Institute of the Spanish CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) ESA Honorary Membership Award for 2002 When did you become interested in ecology?In retrospect, I think it was a consequence…

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                            Ph.D. 2006Position                                          Graduate Student at UCSCOrganization                                  University of California, Santa CruzMurray F. Buell Award for 2004 When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t interested in biology. I grew up…

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                                      Ph.D. 1985 (Arizona State University)Position                                                    ProfessorDepartment                                              School of Life SciencesOrganization                                            Arizona State University When did you get interested in ecology?Although I have always enjoyed the outdoors, I was not a budding ecologist growing up. I went to college with no earthly idea of what I…

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                     Ph.D. 1985 (University of Washington)Position                                   Executive Director & ProfessorDepartment                             Big Sky Institute for Science and Natural HistoryOrganization                           Montana State University When did you get interested in ecology?  Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? As an undergraduate, I had a terrible…

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                                               Ph.D. 2008 (Brown University)Position                                                             Graduate StudentDepartment                                                       BiologyOrganization                                                     Brown UniversityE. Lucy Braun Award 2004 When did you get interested in ecology?  Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?As a kid, I always felt attracted to nature and I enjoyed spending time outdoors. At…

From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree                                       Ph.D. (University of Wales)Position                                     Tropical EcologistDepartment                               Instituto de EcologíaOrganization                             Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRodolfo Dirzo has long been fascinated with patterns in nature. From his childhood bugwatching in Mexico to his graduate studies with slugs and snails in Wales to a career in tropical ecology,…