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,…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 2001 (University of Maryland)Position DirectorDepartment Estuarine Research CenterOrganization Morgan State University“There be Scientist”. When early European mariners constructed maps of the world, at the edges of their known world they wrote, “There be Dragons”. They were wrong. For it is at the edge of…
From an “Focus on Ecologists” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2009-2011. Full Name Cecilia Nuñez Degree Ph.D. 2005 (University of Montana) Job Position Assistant Postdoctoral position Organization University of Montana Department Dr. Brewer’s Lab Professional Affiliation Academic Describe what you do and briefly describe the activities that your job encompasses I just finished a Ph.D. in Organismal Biology…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Current: Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife at the University of Missouri–Columbia, MO Education B.S. Biology, Morehouse CollegeM.F.S. Master of Forest Science with an emphasis on wildlife, Yale UniversityPh.D. Ecology/Wildlife Ecology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and ForestryDr. Nilon was awarded ESA’s Commitment…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2010.Current: Research Associate, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, othersPh.D. Dalhousie UniversityB.Sc. Honours University of British ColumbiaDr. Lam served as an ESA Council Member-at-Large from 2011 to 2013, and as Chair of the Traditional Ecological Knowledge section 2008-2011. Ecologist Profile Describe what you do and…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004.Currently, Director for Conference and Presentation Programs in the Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics and Related Professions, Washington DC.Professor (retired), College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University and School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa….
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2004. I realized, this is what I should have been doing all my life! If I hadn’t gone to grad school, I might not have found a way to discover science writing. It would have been impossible for me to start a Ph.D. project if I…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2011. Profile circa 2005. Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York Education Ph.D. Cornell University M.S. Yale School of Forestry Dr. Uriarte’s research focuses on tropical forest dynamics and landscape ecology. Ecologist Profile When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential…