{"id":6014,"date":"2017-07-01T06:32:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T13:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:32:43","slug":"esas-2017-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/2017\/07\/esas-2017-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA&#8217;s 2017 Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESA\u2019s annual awards, to be presented in Portland at the August annual meeting, include high honors to four distinguished women in ecology. Awards are announced in the <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/bes2.1320\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July issue of the ESA <em>Bulletin<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Eminent Ecologist Award: Diana Harrison Wall<\/strong><br>The Eminent Ecologist Award honors a senior ecologist for an outstanding body of ecological work or sustained ecological contributions of extraordinary merit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-6098 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2018\/03\/2017-AM-Publish.png\" alt=\"Official logo of the 2017 Annual Meeting has a frog and bee as graphics.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2018\/03\/2017-AM-Publish.png 200w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2018\/03\/2017-AM-Publish-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>ESA 2017<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soil ecologist Diana Wall, the founding director of the Colorado State University\u2019s School of Global Environmental Sustainability, is world-renowned for uncovering the importance of belowground processes, with a focus on studies in Antarctica. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/bes2.1320\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more\u2026<\/a><br>For more on Diana Wall\u2019s career and perspective, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wall-diana\/\">ESA profile here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Eugene P. Odum Award for Excellence in Ecology Education: Kathleen Weathers<\/strong><br>Odum Award recipients demonstrate their ability to relate basic ecological principles to human affairs through teaching, outreach, and mentoring activities.\u202fKathleen Weathers is a senior scientist and the G. Evelyn Hutchinson chair of ecology at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, where she focuses on freshwater ecosystems. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/bes2.1320\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Distinguished Service Citation: Debra Peters<\/strong><br>The Distinguished Service Citation recognizes long and distinguished volunteer service to ESA, the scientific community, and the larger purpose of ecology in the public welfare. Debra Peters is the founding editor-in-chief of ESA\u2019s newest journal, <em>Ecosphere<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/bes2.1320\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award: Gillian Bowser<\/strong><br>ESA\u2019s Commitment to Human Diversity in Ecology Award recognizes long-standing contributions of an individual toward increasing the diversity of future ecologists through mentoring, teaching, or outreach. Gillian Bowser, research scientist in Colorado State University\u2019s Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, is honored for her joyful and successful recruitment and retention of under-represented students to the study of ecology. <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/bes2.1320\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA\u2019s annual awards, to be presented in Portland at the August annual meeting, include high honors to four distinguished women in ecology. Awards are announced in the July issue of the ESA Bulletin. 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